Did My Cousin Steal $1,000 From Me? | KARAMO

Alexa says that $1,000 was stolen from her and the thief is her cousin.

Growing up, me and my cousin, we were super close. We was like sisters. She took 1K from my Cash App account. That's a whole lot of money. She had complete access to my phone. I know it was her. That 1K she stole from me was part of my wedding money. She's telling me I'm crazy. But she will see crazy if she feel this lie that Tiff says. When I told my mom about this, she said she wasn't really surprised at all. And she's here with me today because she's equally as upset as I am.

Y'all so messy. All right, let's meet Alexis and hear what's going on. Hi, Alexis.

How you doing?

Hi, cousin. You look cute. Can I have a hug? How you doing? You look great.

Thank you.

Thank you for being here. So why do you think your cousin stole the money?

Look at this.

What is this?

The wig that she snatched off my head last night.

Yes.

Oh, she snatched the wig off your head last night?

Mm-hmm.

What happened?

Jealousy is the main thing.

Oh, so y'all fought?

Yes.

Let me see the wig, girl. You brought it out.

So I had to get a new wig, y'all.

Yes, I had to get a new wig because—

I see cute.

Okay, girl, she wrong for that, but girl, okay.

Yeah, I had to come in with a new do.

Okay. Well, you look cute, so that's all that matters. Thank you. So what exactly happened last night at the hotel? I'm gonna keep the wig here just in case. Oh, were the cops called?

Yeah, the cops was called.

Okay. There's a lot going on.

'Cause it got a little crazy. Like, my mom, she was in between of it, and she was trying to swing, jump on me and everything. She's just a wild banshee.

Oh my gosh, okay. So the cops were called because she's tried to fight you?

Yes.

Okay. You're here because you think she stole money, so y'all are not in the best terms at this point?

Yes, you already done burnt that bridge.

Okay then.

She was staying with me about 7 or 8 months.

Mm-hmm.

Wasn't paying no rent at all.

Okay.

I was just letting her stay there, you know, to get herself together so she can get on her feet.

Were you two close before this?

Yes, like best friends, sisters.

Okay, best friends, sisters. And then for 7 to 8 months, you had her stay with you?

Mm-hmm.

And then what happened?

And while she was staying with me, she ain't have no job, didn't try to get no job either.

Okay, unemployed.

Let's clock that. Clock that T. Okay then.

And then $1,000 goes missing.

Yes.

How?

After my wedding. Oh my God. Yeah, she unlocked my phone and Cash App herself. I had $3,000 in my bank account. And she sent herself 1K. My own blood cousin.

Wow. And what happened when you confronted her?

She was gone before I could even confront her. She had left and sent me a text saying, "Oh, I'm moving to Atlanta, moving to the ATL." I was like, "Why you didn't tell me you was leaving?" You just gonna up and leave?

So you brought her here for her to take a lie detector test?

Yes, I wanted her to take a lie detector test.

Because you want confirmation that she's lying?

Yeah, 'cause she's a manipulator, she's a liar and a con artist.

Mm. Wow, okay then. Did you see it going to a specific account on the app? Because if you saw that, you should be able to see exactly where it went.

She had burner accounts 'cause she's a scammer, so it didn't have her name. The reason why I know this 'cause she tell me everything. Like when she scamming dudes, she don't want them to know that it's going to her account.

So because of that past information, when this happened to you, you just assumed like, oh, you've done it to others. "You're doing it to me now." To me, yeah. Makes sense. So who else had access to your phone?

She would be the only person. And then on top of that, she's manipulating my mom.

Oh, she's manipulating your mother?

Yeah, my mom, she slept in a room with my mom last night. They kicked me out the room.

So your mom was still on her side last night?

Yes.

She does. Hold on, I'm confused that your mother saw that you were getting into a fight with your cousin and you're coming here to prove that she stole money and your mom took her side?

Yes.

Interesting.

She want everybody to feel sorry for her. You know she got her own mom and sister locked up behind her mess?

Her mother and her sister are in jail right now because of her accusations?

Mm-hmm.

Oh wow. My producer told me that something happened on your birthday. What happened?

She went on live. She was like, "It's my cousin's birthday. It's my cousin's birthday. Send money, send money to me on her Cash App for her so I can give it to her." Do you think I seen her die?

Oh wow, okay. Well, let's meet Jay and hear her side of the story. So everyone please welcome Jay to the show.

Lexis, you got me fucked.

You got me fucked.

The only manipulator that's on this stage right now is you. The one thing I hate is a liar and a thief. What the fuck I look like stealing anything from you? Look at your wig. Didn't nobody take nothing off your head. Your wig is synthetic, baby. It don't matter. It don't matter. Look what's in the bag right now. First of all, this is what you do.

This is what you do.

Hey, cousin.

Cousin.

How y'all doing, everybody?

Yeah, I'm Jay. I'm Jay, by the way.

Nice to meet you, Jay. Take a seat for me. So did you take the money from your cousin?

No, I didn't take nothing from her. I didn't even really live with her that long. And I stayed with her before she got married. I left because I'm a grown woman. Don't interrupt me while I'm talking. She's lying. Don't interrupt me while I'm talking. I'm so tired. You see how she's talking over me right now? Now you see, yeah, I'm hot. 'Cause I'll never steal from my family. I'll never steal from my family. My blood cousin. I want her to prove herself today.

So then what happened last night?

She was drunk, she's an alcoholic, a recovering alcoholic. No, you're a recovering alcoholic. And a crackhead. You see how she's not loving me right now? With a crackhead wig on.

You see how she's—

You see how she's trying to make me look bad.

Were you drinking last night?

She got drunk and fought me.

Answer the question. Was you drinking last night or no? It's a yes or no question.

You was at a whole bottle.

It's a yes or no question. You can't even answer the question, sweetheart. You still hungover from last night. No, you sound like you still hungover from last night. You got in my face, you mad because you ain't got— That's fine.

So let me ask you this, are you trying, 'cause she says that you're manipulating her mother as well. Are you trying to turn her mother against her?

No, I would never.

Okay, so what happened last night then with her mother?

She said some weird shit under her breath from being an alcoholic and it threw me off. So when it threw me off, her mom, she came to the door.

And her mom took your side. Why did her mom take your side?

She came on my side because she knew, she know that she's fucked up. Her mom was in jail, I'm sorry for her. Your mother feels sorry, my auntie feels sorry for you. My mom felt sorry for you. She feels sorry for you, sweetheart.

'Cause she know we haven't been talking to your mom.

So my mom feels sorry for you.

Did you really pull her wig off last night?

No, I didn't pull her wig off last night. She pulled her own wig off last night. She came up here with a crunchy wig.

So did you pull it off yourself?

Ain't no telling what she did with that wig. It was so fucked up. Like she had to get her hair redressed.

I be always on fleek, baby.

She had to get it redressed.

Girl, y'all always looking a mess.

Tight dress.

Always looking a mess.

Okay, she made another accusation. She said your mom and sister are in jail 'cause of you.

Is that true? No, they're not. My sister and my mom, well, that's my business.

Yeah.

But we come here about her accusing me of stealing $1,000.

Okay.

What I got going on with my mama and my sister, y'all and your sister, they have nothing to do with right now. Bitch, the only track record that you have is being a drugaholic. Maybe you need to go back and read all the track records that you have. You have a drug addict.

So let me go back to the money. Do you have access to her phone?

I don't have access to her phone, I don't even know her passcode.

Okay.

Like, everything she's saying is a lie.

So who do you believe took the money?

I'm not sure, whoever she was around, 'cause she's around so many different people, you know what I'm saying? Maybe you should check your husband. Maybe you should check your friends. Why would my husband take the money? Maybe you should check the people that you was around. We both was getting money from. I left 'cause I feel weirdly.

It don't make sense.

That's why I left.

So let's go through this. Because she said that on her birthday that something happened. What happened?

Oh, I was hyping her up. I was hyping her up. You know what I'm saying? I told everybody wish her a happy birthday, send some little wish condolences, I mean birthday wishes and this, that, and the third.

Did you also ask for them to send money?

Yeah.

I can't remember 'cause I was lit.

Were you asking last night to move back in with her?

No, I wasn't.

Okay.

I don't wanna move in with that. Girl, you going to the homeless shelter. You going to the homeless shelter. Girl, I'd rather go to a homeless shelter. That's what you gonna do. Bitch, stay with an alcoholic, weird-ass bitch. You talking about no drug addict shit no more.

That's why I said no more.

Bitch, I'm far from a drug addict. Let me show you.

Alexis, I think it's time we meet your mother Valerie.

You making me hype.

And hear what she has to say about this. So Valerie, come on in.

Girl, I don't came a long way. Hey Auntie, how you doing?

Hi Valerie, thank you for being here. You look very lovely. Thank you. So I gotta ask you, from your point of view, what happened last night?

Oh, Karamo, it was a hot mess. I'm just so frustrated with them two. I'm sick of them bickering and arguing from last summer about this. It is embarrassing. We are family. I cannot believe you all are out here doing this.

And that's the end date.

I feel that.

They got into it last night. I had to play a referee. Police got called, everything.

She called the police on me.

That girl called the police on me 'cause she couldn't control herself. They could have went to jail.

She feels like you betrayed her. Do you agree?

Well, I did not betray her. I did not betray her. Jay was just more calm. I could reason with her so that they didn't get locked up last night. Alexis was unreasonable. I couldn't talk her down. She just wouldn't listen.

Is that true? Were you unreasonable last night?

No.

'Cause your mother, so why would your mother lie on you? 'Cause she's saying that like she couldn't communicate with you. With you last time?

No, I was just a little, you know, under the pressure with everything, but.

Okay, how did you find out that the money was missing?

Alexis told me the money was missing. Okay, but before I got here, I only heard because they haven't been communication and I kind of stayed outta it 'cause I thought they would work it out on their own. I just, I didn't think it would get this far.

Do you believe that Jay stole the money?

I don't know what to believe. I'm stuck in the middle now. I'm just stuck in the middle.

What did everyone say? I don't know.

I mean. I want Jay, I do. I do want to believe it. Jay, you know your past, you know you have a lot of— I mean, I'm just saying— I don't have to agree. I'm not— I didn't—

Now let me ask you, has any other family members ever accused her of being a thief?

They have, but that's why I say, you know, Jay has always said that. But I mean, I mean, that's what I said in the past is just check her, it's just check her. But I always— I told Jay I would be fair.

I heard her side of the story, but I didn't even know when you heard her side of the story, what did you think?

I, I just I just felt like, I felt like Jay was telling me the truth. This went on too far. I wanted y'all to come, you said you was gonna work on, y'all was gonna try to resolve. It's been going on since last summer. We are family. I cannot have, I just can't believe you two are still at it.

So Alexis, you reached out to the show because you wanted her to take a lie detector test. If it comes back proving that she has not stolen the money, can you start to mend this relationship?

Yes.

You can?

I want a relationship back with my cousin.

You do want one back with her. Okay, well, we're gonna— Why you roll your eyes over there?

'Cause she's fucked up.

I love my cousin, I do, but she's fucked up. She needs help just like anybody else. Nobody's perfect, but I would never steal from my family. I got my own family, my own problems, you feel me? I'm trying not to cry right now. I know y'all can see it in my face.

Right, got it. Well, I think it's time to get to the truth. So here we go. All right, we asked, did you steal any of the money from Alexis? You said no. And Jay is telling the truth. We asked Jay, do you know who stole the money from Alexis? And you said no. And Jay is telling the truth. But I'm gonna be real with you. We unlocked your phone.

Okay. This should be interesting.

Alexis, you wanna know if Jay has been texting with anyone about the missing money. We wanted to find that out first. Jay says she is not. My locked phone investigator searched her texts and found that Jay is telling the truth. Alexis, we wanna know if Jay has any emails that show she took the missing money. She says she does not. My locked phone investigator searched her emails and found that Jay is telling the truth. Now this is the big one. Alexis, you wanna know if Jay stole your money. She said she did not. My unlock the phone investigator searched her apps. We went and looked and we found nothing suspicious.

I apologize.

It's okay, I love you.

I love you too.

So the question is here, Who else had access to your phone?

It could be one other person. I probably need to come back on the show.

So it could be one other person. Do you feel like you owe your cousin an apology?

Yes.

You damn right you owe an apology.

This is not casual.

I'm like, oh, we gonna go on a girls trip. We gonna make up. We gonna go on a girls trip.

No more fighting.

No more fighting.

Can I just say something right now? And this is real. Without even knowing, and I know we came here with this money and I'm glad we got this, but there's some deeper issues here. One of the things that I can say is I'm sorry for what's going on. I don't have a full sense, but I can get a bit of a sense.

Yeah, energy don't lie.

You know, I can tell you're right now feeling alone and lonely and I can see that, you know, in those vulnerable situations you want family. And so for family to be here, but then to be kind of digging at you and you digging back at her, so it's not just one-sided. And I just encourage you to know that even through things, 'cause I think you got some things going on too, okay? I can believe through your erratic behavior that I heard last night and through how you said that you were emotional, emotions like that don't just come from just from an argument. There's something deeper underneath that that's happening. And so, and that's why you stayed crying, which is why your mother said she could reason with her and not reason with you. But I just ask that you be a little bit more vulnerable so that you can get support from her and vice versa. Instead of digging. Thanks, Mom, for being in the middle and being fair and trying to hear all sides. I can see you're trying to support each, but I know it's a lot going on and y'all will be stronger together than apart. You know what I mean?

I wish y'all the best of luck.