'When I told her we had video, she confessed': Woman catches her good friend stealing her boyfriend’s Canon G7X camera at dinner, demands she return it or just contribute half for a new one, when she refuses, woman threatens to file police report

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Emma Saven
Sep 22, 2025 7:00 AM EDT

A friend is not a friend if they are stealing from you. End of story…The fact that this girl has so much patience for someone with such minimal respect is actually impressive. We clap our hands for her, because wow…This deceitful 'friend' decides that a fancy dinner party is the perfect time to steal her friend's man's camera. Not some $15 disposable camera, but a very expensive one.

I guessed she hoped no one would suspect her, but after the sweet girl and boyfriend watched the surveillance footage, it was clear as day: Not only was their friend a liar, but a thief too ... She was feeling extremely conflicted about how to go about the situation. They've been good friends for years, and yes, looking back, there were some…red flags, but to file a police report against a friend feels like a last resort, regardless of what her boyfriend wants.

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  • So she gives her friends a chance, a very, very long three-week chance, to return the camera, or to contribute half to it after claiming it was ‘lost’. These options are fueled with patience and leniency, yet she is shocked by her friends' unquivering refusal. Unfortunately, there are no more cards to play, and her boyfriend is losing patience…So, will she file a police report against her own ‘friend’?

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    AITA For filing a police report on a good friend who was caught on video stealing my boyfriend's camera at a dinner? She has refused to help me either replace it in full or contribute to the cost of replacing it.

    More context: We were out to dinner one night at an expensive hotel. My boyfriend let me borrow his Canon G7X (1800) camera to bring to take pictures with my friends.
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    At the conclusion of the dinner, I went up to the room and realized the camera was gone. I went back right down to the table and no one had seen it.
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    I immediately got with hotel security and she is on video, clear as day, swiping the camera when my back was turned and shoving it in her purse.
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    I covered for her initially with my friend, and contacted her to find a resolution. She had taken the camera with her and my other friends to a club after dinner, which I did not attend, and lost it there.
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    For background, this is my good college friend who I know well (the camera thief). She has been taken on free trips to Coachella and St Barths on my dime (not kidding), as well as many other things.
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    We have done a lot together and are good friends, so I expected her to feel sorry. Initially she lied, saying she did not have it. When I told her we had video, she confessed and then said yes she took it but lost it at the next bar she went to with my other friends.
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    It is now gone. I asked her to help me replace it by going in on me with the cost. She has refused all measured or resolutions, and now I feel I have nothing left to do but file a police report and let them handle it.
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    It is impacting my relationship, and I am furious my friend is not helping at all. Why should I be on the hook for something she stole? I have given her three weeks to help me resolve this, but she insists she is going to do nothing.
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    I am being pressed by my boyfriend to either replace the camera or help him file a report with her info and the footage. I even asked her to just throw in half or less than half the cost to help, but she still refuses.
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    I do not want her to get in trouble, but I am at the point where I feel she really does not care.
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    UPDATE: I sent her a text this AM telling her if I do. not receive full cost of the camera or shipping confirmation of a new camera from an approved vendor to a provided address by end of day Friday, we will be filing a report with the police Saturday AM.
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    I felt like an ah le typing this out to her, but I have to do it.
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    UPDATE X2: She told me she is sick of me and that I will be receiving a tracking number by 12 eastern on friday and not to blame her if the package is never receieved.
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    I told her if she was my real friend, she would be sorry and in no way will I allow this to be flipped on me.
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    Should I ask if the camera is new, or the one that "Dissapeared"?
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    Update X3: She sent me a tracking number via FEDEX. It says it is awaiting package.
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    I have asked her repeatedly if she is sending me the original camera, assuming it "Magically" turned up, or a new one.
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    She refuses to answer and only tells me to stop bothering her.
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    Pleasant-Tax8290 YTA - Is there a reason you are choosing your thieving friend over your boyfriend? She's made it clear she's not your friend, and that she's not going to make this right. The police report should have been filed the moment she said she wasn't going to pay for it.
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    nonamejohnsonmore NTA. She didn't "lose" it, she hocked it. She isn't your friend. File a police report.
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    Sea-Palpitation6969 If she lied about stealing it, what makes you think she's not lying about "losing it at a bar"? Also, the outright refusal to replace the camera is wild. You are NTA for reporting her, but you are for letting her use you like this. That girl is not your friend.
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    Working-Ad694 A good friend that you have paid for several trips with ? That's not a good friend, just a leech
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    Fearless-Speech-1131 So your loyalty is actually to her and not your bf because if it was, you'd have called the police the second you saw the video You are making a drama out of a simple matter. A thief needs to face consequences and not have their victims pay to replace the items they stole. YTA
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    dacanev It must be horrible being you, having to ask a thief to repay for something just so she'll be your friend. Sounds like this thief friend doesn't give 2-sh s about you and has likely been stealing other items undoubtedly. If you lied to your bf about this, you are clearly an AH!
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