Entitled half-siblings steal nearly $100k from little brother's inheritance, 25-year-old sister comes to his defense: ‘I never thought they would be capable of something like this’

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  • m ONLINE BANKING username password login "There are bank statements of our older half-brother making large transfers to his personal bank account."
  • "AITAH for refusing to speak to my older siblings without an explanation?"

    I, 25f, lost my father unexpectedly 2 years ago. For some background, my older 3 siblings all have different biological fathers, but consider my little brother and I's father to
  • be their own. When he passed, my older half brother (33M) took over all of the life insurance and estate stuff. At the time, I was grateful to be able to just grieve without worrying about
  • paperwork as I was technically my dads next of kin. In the state of Texas, stepchildren are not entitled to to life insurance benefits, but at the time I
  • believed everything should be split evenly because we are all his kids. Because my younger brother was a minor at the time of dads passing, his benefits.
  • paperwork was all filed under our half brother. Joint bank account, the works. I'm sure you see what's coming. Cut to late last year, my little brother is now 19 and trying to get his life on track.
  • They set him up in an apartment on his own, while still maintaining control over his money so he didn't go crazy with it. At the time, I agreed with this. Then
  • came the "I'll get it to you later, I don't have it right now, etc". They would nickel and dime him over everything, which seemed ridiculous considering it was HIS money and he was well over 18
  • and had our mom there to help him learn to budget. Then we find out the money just isn't there. There are bank statements of our older half brother making large
  • transfers to his personal bank account. We've been unable to get any details out of any of the older 3, none of them will surrender a dime of my little brothers money back to him. If
  • they didn't take it, where did it go? The older 3 and I have never gotten along for personal reasons, but (allegedly) stealing near 100k from our little brother is just cruel. Our older
  • half sister even texted him saying that they were entitled to it, because my little brother stayed with them for a year after dad
  • di d. Imagine being so heartless that you demand a young man who just lost his dad pay you, a FAMILY MEMBER, back for providing a bed and 3 hot meals.
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  • They've been bu ies our entire lives, I've always been able to withstand their torment and dish it right back. You will not treat my little brother this way! I've been
  • told by a few other members of our family that I'm being childish and petty for refusing to speak to them, but I want a detailed start to finish explanation of EXACTLY
  • what went on with my little brothers money. That has to happen before anything because at this point I wouldn't spit on em if they were on fire. Please offer opinions or advice, and if the
  • older 3 are reading this I'm disowning you from the Jackson's and hope you get back everything you've put out into the universe. Edit: we are doing absolutely everything we can on the legal front for retribution.
  • We've spoken to attorneys, the DA, the police, etc but it is. unfortunately slow going. Just needed some validation that my family does in fact sok and I'm not crazy lol. Also for anybody
  • asking why I allowed the money to be split up if they were bu ies, I believed it was what dad wanted. Now I believe differently. I never thought they would be capable of something like this, even if they were mean to me growing up.
  • ProfessorDistinct835 You don't need AITA, you need a lawyer. Oh, but not speaking to them is fine.
  • Alfred-Register7379 NTA. Lawyer up, and don't be sorry one bit. Your mom also had a hand in this, since she's not speaking up.....or maybe never said anything.... because she was getting a chunk.
  • Tight-Spell-9730 She was cut out of the initial process because none of us trusted her, she hasn't had a hand in any of this except for picking my little brother back up after they kicked him down.

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