Here's an idea. Maybe she said she was on autopilot as a cop out? She could also have her foot on the accelerator which disables automatic stopping (clearly shown to the driver as a warning) when autopilot and traffic-aware cruise control (TACC) is engaged.

If this is truly a substantiated issue. Hundreds of Tesla owners would have created threads on the forums below. That would indicate a trend which will prompt NHTSA to take action:

https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/forums/-/list

https://www.reddit.com/r/teslamotors/

But alas, a quick cursory search yielded nothing.

There was another media frenzy a while back. Falsely claiming sudden unintended acceleration (SUA) on Tesla vehicles. The result? "NHTSA determines sudden acceleration complaints in Tesla vehicles were due to driver error"

“There is no evidence of any fault in the accelerator pedal assemblies, motor control systems, or brake systems that has contributed to any of the cited incidents"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqTXhKVtQbU&t=203s

https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/08/nhtsa-tesla-sudden-uninten...