Stepsister Demands Half of Victim Compensation After Doin…
The Original Post
My dad was murdered almost four years ago and the trial is finally getting close.
When it happened, I handled fucking everything. Calls. Detectives. The DA. Paperwork. Cremation. I also had to decide when to pull the plug. I was in my 20s dealing with all this bullshit.
My stepsister (I’ll call her Chloe) wasn’t around. We weren’t estranged. She just didn’t show up. No help, no check-ins, no funeral stuff. Nothing. She also wasn’t very close to my dad.
I received a victim compensation payout a while back, that’s how I paid for the cremation, urn and memorial. I’ve been waiting for almost four fucking years for anything in this case to move. My stepmother heard the state might issue another one after the trial.
So suddenly Chloe was calling me, wanting to talk…
So… I’m sure exactly where she got the audacity but she wanted me to split the money so she could keep her house. She has kids. Her husband recently lost his job. ALSO. My stepmom (her bio mom) backed her. She was the one who told her there might be another payout. She also pressured me, said I owed them, said this was “what my dad would have wanted.” Btw, they had been separated and divorced for six years when he died.
None of them were there when I had to make medical decisions. But now they want the money!?
Yeah, I didn’t give it to them. If that makes me selfish, I can live with that shit.
What Reddit Said
Redditors were absolutely furious on OP’s behalf. The consensus was immediate and overwhelming – the stepsister had zero right to any compensation. Moreover, commenters pointed out the obvious pattern of opportunistic behavior from both the stepsister and stepmother.
Many users highlighted how telling it was that these family members only emerged when money was involved. In fact, several pointed out that the father had already divorced the stepmother six years earlier, which spoke volumes about his intentions.
The Verdict
The overwhelming consensus: OP is absolutely not selfish for keeping the victim compensation. This is a clear case of family drama where absent relatives suddenly appeared for financial gain. The stepsister wants victim compensation money she never earned through the trauma and responsibility OP endured alone. Reddit firmly supported OP’s decision to refuse their demands.
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