You’re not the asshole — you were falsely accused and exercised due diligence in your own defense. You didn’t place the camera in (say) a bedroom or bathroom; it was put in a public space that you were accused of stealing from. You didn’t even give away or exploit the footage — you showed it to your roommate to exonerate yourself.
My instincts tell me that your roommate’s anger is really about her feeling humiliated and wanting to blame someone else (the video showed it was her boyfriend). You didn’t intrude on her privacy; you revealed the truth. If anything, her boyfriend crossed both of your boundaries by sneaking in there and using the shared space without permission.
AITA for secretly recording my roommate after she accused me of stealing?
