Did My Daughter STEAL My Grandson's Funeral Funds? | KARAMO

I raised my grandson Davian from the time he was 8 months old. He meant the world to me. On September 3rd, Davian told me he had trouble breathing. He had really bad asthma, so I made him take a treatment, but it didn't help. I did CPR on him for 20 minutes. When the ambulance got there, they worked on him for half an hour, but it didn't help. They couldn't save him. He died in my arms. I miss his smile, his laugh, his funny wit. I wish I could have saved him. I dream about it every day. I didn't have money to pay for the funeral, so my daughter Krista Diamond created a crowdfunding website for me. The site ended up raising close to $38,000, and I never saw a dime of it. That money was supposed to be for me and my grandson, and she took it and did whatever she wanted to do with it. The funeral only cost $19,000, and where'd the rest go? I think my daughter's a thief. The money was meant for me and my grandson, and what was left after my grandson's funeral was left for me. I raised this boy since 8 months till 9 years old. He lived with me. I am his guardian. Every time I get off the elevator, I look and see where he was. And my money could have helped me move. I lost two people, because when my grandson passed that day and when she took the money, I told her she's dead to me too. I need my daughter to take a lie detector test so I can find out the truth what happened to the rest of the money.

Listen everyone, we will talk to Crystal a little later, but first please welcome Crystal's daughter, Krista Diamond, to the show to hear her side of the story. So tell me, what is going on between you and your mother?

Okay, nice to meet you, Karamo.

Nice to meet you too, beautiful.

Thank you so much for having me.

Yes, of course.

Okay, let me start from the beginning. My son was born on September 3rd. I have a baby born, so he's 2 years old. I was throwing a party for him, his second party, on August 31st.

Yeah.

Unfortunately, my nephew passed away September 3rd on my son's birthday. I was in New York celebrating my son's birthday. So when my nephew passed, I had to get on the highway, come straight home, you know what I'm saying? And see my mom. So I get to my mom and I'm like, what do you need me to do? At the time, my mom didn't have a phone that was working. She was switching over programs, I guess from Verizon to whatever. And it was just a lot going on. So I took an initiative to step it up. I'm gonna go do a GoFundMe. We gonna raise some money for him because you didn't have no insurance. So with that being said, I do the GoFundMe, it's raising money. You know how it is, once that money goes up, everybody wants to see where it's going. So I said, let's open up a brand new account so we can put the money in there and everybody could see. Oh no, that money's mine. It needs to go to me to move, to the kids, to all of this. Other things. And I'm like, at the GoFundMe, I wrote for his funeral costs and his tombstone. So there's nothing else that we should move forward with besides taking care of what we need to take care of for Davian, my nephew. And that's basically where I am. My mom disrespected me the whole time. I ended up doing everything by myself. I still don't have any help or any type of conversation with my mom.

At all? How long has it been now?

Ever since the funeral, September 21st, she said I'm dead to her.

September 21st of this year.

September 21st of 2024 was my nephew's funeral. And I've been dead to my mother since that day.

Well, I think it's time to talk to Crystal about all of this. So please welcome her to the show. Hello, Crystal.

Hi, how are you?

I'm good, thank you.

I'm not no liar.

Yes, you are. Before I even get here, you're lying. She's a liar.

How am I a liar?

You know what?

You're a liar.

Explain to the people.

You're talking about 12-year-olds.

Let's stick to the point.

He asked me about growing up. He asked me about growing up.

Your life wasn't bad. I was living there every day.

You was mean to him.

You're crazy.

I lived with that baby. I had that baby.

You had him, but you wasn't that much of a caregiver if he died in your care.

What do you mean?

What are you talking about?

I'm talking the truth, Momma. Let's talk about it. That's why you got the gap between your lips, because you lie. That's why the gap is there.

I took a lie detector test. So that I could stand strong for my nephew. What happened to his legacy? Did you even post anything about him? Do you even talk about him?

For one, Karamo, it was a GoFundMe fund. The bitch didn't put a fucking dime in there. So how was it her money?

On the GoFundMe it said for his funeral costs and his tombstone.

It don't say Crystal's account.

Crystal's card.

You paid $1,500 for big posters.

No, I didn't. It was $350. He had the receipts.

Okay, well, you paid $1,300. All of his producers have the receipts.

That's the thing. You always talk about I was like, you know, you never call the source. I'm the source.

Did you call me? Did you call me? You didn't say nothing. So please, I'm the source.

You were the caregiver. You were the caregiver. How much caregiving did you give for him to pass in your home?

You and your hip-hop—

there we go. I'm a rapper and I know who I am.

I know who I am.

I'm his Auntie Diamond.

You turned a funeral into a stage show.

Anybody who knows me knows that his funeral is on YouTube. So anybody wants to watch it, come watch it.

I don't have nothing because you know what, I don't want nothing.

How many text messages did I text you?

Why don't you be quiet?

How many text messages did I text you?

You're not the one, you're not the guardian. So why do you think you have money that you never put in for? I'm the auntie. Oh, you're the auntie.

He lived with me, I raised him.

Smoking cigarettes.

It doesn't matter. You smoke weed at—

Watch it in front of the kids? Never.

Yes, you do.

Never. You smoke weed? You will watch movies in front of the kids and spark up. Stop it.

We talk about going in my room.

Stop it. You're like, this is my home. You know how they say Black people, what stays in this house, what goes on in this house stays in this house. I'm tired of that. You need to say what goes on in this house, and if it doesn't make you feel comfortable, you need to talk about it.

My grandson didn't want to go to her house because her daughter's a bully. And you know what? I took him to the hairdresser to get his hair cut 'cause he didn't wanna go to our house.

Who braided his hair?

'Cause he was dead, dummy.

Let me back up.

How the fuck you gonna say something like that? Who braided his hair? He was dead when you braided his hair.

He asked me before he passed if I could braid his hair for school.

No, he didn't, no, he didn't, no, he didn't.

So why wasn't it done?

You're lying.

So why, you're lying, why wasn't it done?

Why, because you said you wanted to do it.

And I did it.

Yeah.

Krista, I gotta ask you this.

Yeah.

So I know that She paid for the funeral, correct?

No, she didn't.

So then did you pay for the funeral?

GoFundMe paid for the funeral.

No, Davian's GoFundMe paid for it.

She didn't pay for nothing.

Everything came outta my pocket beforehand. I paid for the shirts that my brothers wore. I paid for the picture that we had at the balloon release.

Her friends are boosters. They stole it.

No, nobody stole nothing.

Yes, they did. Friends are boosters.

Do you feel like she pushed you outta the decision making?

Yes, she did. Cut down on texting her and text messages me. He lived with me. That's why I said you are dead to me and you'll stay dead. 'Cause you're a liar.

This is your daughter. This is your daughter.

She's dead to me. You ain't gotta deal with me 'cause I don't deal with you.

You're right, after this day you don't have to.

I never will.

You don't have to.

I don't care.

Just like you talk about my kids, about my fiancé. Y'all got the texts, right? I ain't gotta lie to kick it.

Please, let me tell you about her kid. My grandson been with me.

I told you, I sent him over there because you was reaching.

She lying again.

Ask my son, my son don't wanna get in the middle of it 'cause you're being nasty, 'cause you're being who you are.

No, 'cause I told you the bitch that you are.

How much was remaining after everything was spent? Nothing.

I paid for the funeral, I paid for the repass. There was about maybe $4,000 left after I got the tombstone. I bought the tombstone for $6,400 and then there was about $2,000 left.

$2,000.

I gave my brother $2,000 and I had—

No, you gave your brother $2,000 before the funeral was even stopped.

I gave my brother increments.

You're lying.

$500, maybe a week later, another $500 the following week. I gave my mom $500 a day before the funeral. And I told her, I'm gonna give you another $1,500.

She told me to shove it up my.

So that's why we're here.

No, it's not why we're here.

She never gave me anything. So as of right now, there's nothing left of the money? Nothing. Nothing at all. It's time to unlock the truth here.

Okay.

My examiners asked, 2 very specific questions. And these 2 questions were to unlock the truth in the situation because outside of the grieving and the hurt and the pain, there's also this money issue, like you said, Duck, that is confusing all of this. So you have questions if she stole money. You wanna know.

She didn't steal it.

But you wanna know.

Yeah, I do.

When these results come back, will you trust them?

I don't trust her with nothing.

The results, the results. Do you trust the results that are coming back?

Here.

Okay, great. That's all I need to hear. All right, so our lie detector examiner asked, did you give extra money to your brother just so your mother wouldn't get as much? Krista Diamond, you said you did not. The truth is—

You lied.

You're telling the truth.

Thank you.

You didn't give any extra money. You didn't give any extra money.

You're lying.

Bitch, get out my face. I'm gonna punch you in your mouth. Get outta my face. Get outta my face. You're lying.

All right, our lie detector examiner asked, did you purposefully change Davian's last name to spite your mother?

Yeah.

Crystal Diamond, you said you did not. The truth is, Crystal Diamond, you're telling the truth. She didn't do it to spite you. No, she didn't do it to spite you.

We agreed to it together.

I didn't agree to that shit.

You don't remember.

I do remember. If you wanna be aggravated, do that on your own time. The truth is right there.

I took the test 3 times.

You're a liar. 3 times for the video.

You're a liar.

You're a liar.

There are also 2 questions our lie detector examiner did not ask because Krista Diamond confessed. Krista Diamond did admit to spending part of the crowdfunding money on herself for the purchase of family portraits. She also admitted to overspending. Portraits?

$200.

She also admitted to spending.

It's $200, I'll pay it back.

Overspending on. I got bread. She did also admit to overspending on funeral costs just so that you wouldn't get any of the money.

I know that. I told you, bitch.

Okay, now this is why, I'm gonna explain to you guys why.

You ain't can't explain shit.

You been disrespecting from the day that you ever gonna be a dad. Yeah, you ain't never gonna be a dad. Disrespecting bitch.

So I wanna be very clear, I wanna be very clear with you because this is super important to me.

I don't like you.

My producer, we did ask you for all the receipts and you turned over all the receipts and the receipts totaled $37,755.53. You ain't get no money that was given anywhere. All the costs were for everything around.

I did it, I did it outta the kindness of my heart.

I already paid for my mother's tombstone. Out of the money?

Out of the money.

That has nothing to do with— Where's the money?

Out of the money, right? Let's keep it 100. So when they asked, did you overspend or did you spend extra? Yes, that's one of the reasons. My grandmother's been dead for 2 years.

So what? But your mother's— No, no. The reason that you're gonna say so what?

Her name isn't even engraved on the tombstone.

Excuse me, Karamo.

So what I did was I got a blanket tombstone. I got a blanket with my grandmother's picture on it. To put at the place. So I put it down, right? And when everything was paid in full, I went to the place and paid for my grandmother's name and called my mother. I said, Mom, you have to sign the paper for Nana's name to be engraved. She told me, I'm not signing nothing.

I have two brothers. When my mother died—

My grandma been dead two years.

Yeah, she been two—

You still ain't put her name down.

Excuse me, let me talk.

And it wasn't for you.

You been talking, big mouth bitch.

I know.

Y'all see what I have to deal with.

Let me talk. I told her I'm done. Yeah, you stay done too. Lemme talk. My mother been dead 2 years. I paid for my mother's whole funeral. That was $22,000. I paid for it with her funeral money and I put an extra $3,000 and something in of my own money.

You getting all the disability from all the kids. You should put inside here.

What kids? Excuse me. No, no, no, no.

You get all the money.

My grandson got $61 a month. $61 a month I got for my grandson since he was 8 months old. That's all they gave me was $61. You can ask her.

Money hungry people, y'all.

$61.

Crystal, this is the thing.

No, no, but I'm talking about my mother. Wait a minute.

Yeah, I know, I know. And I heard your point.

I wanna stop telling you about that. So when I paid for my mother's funeral, when it was time for her to put her name engraved, I didn't have enough. And they told me, she died in December, they told me it was too cold to put the name down. So after a year, I called the family and said, okay, I paid for the whole funeral. I would like y'all to help me put the name down. This trip right here didn't give me a dime. Everybody gave me all but $200. My brother didn't send a dime either. So now all of a sudden she get that money.

And she does what she thinks is right.

That's what I had to do.

No, what she had to do was give me $200 and I would've been able to got it.

You can keep the lionel.

You can keep that, go on.

Don't. All right, Crystal, I asked you a very specific question. I asked you if these results came back, would you—

Yeah, but she told a lie. She overspent the money and everything. No, she didn't.

Yes, she did.

She said you did.

Well, she overspent it on funeral stuff.

Because you was— You wasn't there. You were supposed to do it with me. No, I wasn't gonna do it. So after you opt out, I opt in.

No, I'm not.

But at the end of the day—

I'm not gonna—

No, no, no, you can't engage.

She not gonna send me on. She not gonna send me up behind her, wagging my ass behind her. She's my child.

I'm gonna ask you this, okay? First of all, nothing's gonna bring back baby.

Nope, it's not about the money, it's about her lying ass.

I didn't lie.

Money comes and goes. You did lie. And there's no lies.

Yep.

She has told us, she's given us the receipts. All of them.

All the receipts.

Yes, so what, you crybaby?

Get out of my house. I don't wanna punch you in your face.

You can.

You know me.

If you want, I don't care.

Exactly.

I don't care. Stand up.

I don't care.

You don't.

You don't scare me, little girl.

I never said I did. You don't scare me.

You try to scare me. That's why we're here. You don't scare me.

Crystal, can I ask you this? Crystal? Crystal, can I ask you this? Would you ever, you've lost your grandson.

Yes.

My favorite person.

You've lost your grandson.

It's always your favorite person. Now all of a sudden you crybaby.

You lost your grandson.

Yeah.

And I know you're in a space of grieving and I know you've said some horrible things about my daughters.

And I mean it. And I will never take it back. Fuck this bitch. That's what I said.

This is what I would love to do. And I don't want you to answer this question right now because this show, though we've gotten clarification about what has happened with the money, this is—

I figured that.

This is deeper than that. This is years of pain in a relationship that you all have never healed.

I've got a perfect relationship with her.

Maybe, you know, Dark and all my other kids.

So I'm gonna ask you this. If your daughter would've put the $38,000 in the bank, would you be having these issues?

No.

You would not be having these issues? No. You would be fine with her?

No.

You would not be fine with her?

We're not fine because she's disrespectful.

So then what you're doing is you're confirming what I'm saying, that this is not about the money. This is a relationship that has been damaged way from before.

A long time ago.

So what I'm gonna do to you, and you do not have to answer this right now.

Okay.

I'm gonna tell you that until you are able to mend whatever it is inside of you—

It will never happen.

Until you're able to mend whatever it is inside of you, it's going to keep your whole entire family in chaos. It's gonna keep you in chaos.

There's no family left.

So what? So there could be family left.

No, because only thing that's left is my kids and my grandkids.

So let me tell you, that's family. So I'm gonna tell you this, what I'm gonna do for you is now that we've gotten clarity and Krista Diamond has gotten her truth, we know that she didn't lie. She didn't lie. What I wanna do for you is I'm gonna offer you to come back to this show and this show is not gonna be about money. It's not gonna be about y'all figuring this out. I'm gonna give you an opportunity to think about it. If you want to mend your relationship and mend your family.

I don't wanna mend nothing with her. I'm sorry. I don't wanna mend nothing with her. Now the rest of 'em, yes.

Her, no.

This is the problem is that losing that child right there should show you how precious life should be. Yes, losing that child. And you don't wanna show that.

That picture on my heart. That was my baby. I raised him. From 8 months on.

But this little girl right here is also your baby. That little girl right there is also your baby. These are also your babies and they don't deserve that. They don't deserve that. They don't deserve that. They don't deserve that.

This right here is something lying you don't know, Karamo.

They don't deserve that. The lie that she tells. They don't deserve that.

I don't deserve that.

I agree. What I offered you was an opportunity to come back for me to actually help you. I'm gonna let you sit on that. If you would like to come back for that, I'm here for you. If you don't want that, just know that this is the beginning of the end of any family unity you would have, okay? Listen, thank you for being here. I hope you got your answers. And friends, make sure to come back so we can keep talking and growing. I love you all.