Business ProfileforACE Rent A Car

We rented a car from Ace rental car ****** May 14th 2023. I had asked for a compact car but was given a white dodge charger which I thought was weird but I didn't complain. When we picked up the car it was raining really hard so we couldn't get a good look at the car. Once the rain stopped I noticed hail damage on the hood of the car. I took a photo of the car with damage once we got to our location and mentioned it to my wife. We went about the rest of our trip with no weather issues. We dropped off the car May 18th and the person checking the car in mentioned the hail damage. I showed him the time stamped photo and stated that it was already there when we picked up the car but didn't notice because of the rain. He said OK and we got on a plane and came home. A few days later I received an email from them about the hail damage. I told them the same thing I told the attendant at the lot. I never heard back so i assumed it was all taken care of and deleted the photos. Fast forward a year and I start getting emails from a collection agency demanding i pay over $8000 in damages for the car. I reach out to my insurance agent and they start a claim. After multiple conversations between the 2 my insurance company says they will not back down and claim i am at fault. They suggest we pay the claim to get it over with which I finally agree to do. Fast forward another 2 months and now they are asking for $500 more for admin fees, lose of use, and damage. A quick ****** search show that there was no hail storm during my 4 days in the ****** area. In fact the biggest hail storm ****** had all year happened a few days before we arrived. Now they are saying my insurance doesn't cover this new fee and I need to pay it. I have been getting non stop emails and phone calls from ***************************** asking for more money and it is getting borderline harrassment.