AITA for refusing to pay rent after my aunt and uncle entered my apartment, found me on my knees with my friend’s dick in my mouth, moved my aunt in to make sure I ‘don’t engage in any further sinful behavior’?

I be a college student studying law. I live in my parents’ apartment in town since it saves me money on rent. I never had any trouble with anyone. I even worked part time and paid for the bills and groceries. I never had a boy friend before, I met a guy, let’s call him Alex, in one of my classes and we’d started dating. He’d come over to my apartment and we’d just hang out, do homework together, watch stuff or cook together and it was just nice and I’ve never been happier. <br><br>One day, we were cooking, Alex confessed he liked me so much, I told him I felt the same way and he kissed me and, well, we were getting hot and heavy. He went down on me, and I was about to go down on him when I heard my aunt scream “what the fuck is this??”. I was so shocked, how was I supposed to know they were there? They had a key, since they were supposed to look after the apartment while my parents were abroad. I didn’t know they were there until I heard my aunt scream. Alex zipped up his pants, I got dressed and we sat in the living room. My aunt was crying and packing my bags and my uncle was cursing at both of us and calling me a whore. I told them to chill, and Alex suggested we all sat down and talked. My aunt cursed at him and told him to get out or she’d call the police and have him arrested for being in a sexual relationship with a minor. I told her I wasn’t a minor since I was 20 and she found that to be a problem too and cried about how I was behaving like a whore and ruining my reputation and how I’d never find a husband. Alex was fed up and got up and left and my uncle yelled at him to never come back. <br><br>I was, honestly, very scared, but I tried to be calm and rational and told them nothing happened and they had no right even though they had a key and my parents told them to look after the apartment. My uncle got mad, took the key from my aunt’s purse and slammed it on the coffee table and told me they weren’t going to babysit me anymore and going to tell my parents. At that point, I was very shaken and in a state of panic and told them not to and, well, I admit I wasn’t in my right mind and told them they had no right because they didn’t pay the bills and I paid the rent on the apartment. My uncle got angry, said I was being very disrespectful and told me to pack my bags because they were selling the apartment and told me to stay with their son until they found a buyer. I’d rather be homeless than stay with my cousin, he’s always made me uncomfortable and the very thought of being alone with him made me sick. I refused but they started packing my stuff. I told them they couldn’t do that, it was my home and my parents would never agree. My aunt told me to call them and tell them what happened. I knew if I did, they’d take their side and tell them to do whatever they saw fit and tell me to obey my elders and all that, and I just couldn’t bear the thought of that. So I got up and packed a small bag and told them I’d come back for my stuff once they calmed down and left. I stayed at Alex’s for two nights, I told my aunt and uncle I was staying with a friend and they threatened to call the police if I didn’t tell them who I was staying with. I was just so, so heartbroken and scared and confused and- oh god, I was just in a state. <br><br>I went to see a lawyer, he agreed to take my case and told me it’d be hard but this was a winnable case and I had so much evidence supporting me and my aunt and uncle really had no grounds to stand on. But I was still so scared, what if I lost the case? What if my parents disowned me? I couldn’t focus on my studies, or do anything and Alex tried to calm me down but all I wanted was my home back and my aunt and uncle gone and most importantly, my peace back. The day after that, my aunt called me and told me she’d decided to move in the apartment herself and that she’d pay the bills and rent and that would teach me to be obedient and not to engage in any other sinful behavior. I was livid and told her she couldn’t do that and she told me she’d already moved in and she’d pay double the rent but I’d be considered a trespasser if I came back. I told her I’d call the police and my lawyer and she said the police wouldn’t do anything since she had the papers and it was better I obeyed her then my parents found out. I was dying inside all I wanted was my home back. I did end up calling the police and they told me to talk to my lawyer and that there was nothing they could do. I went home, banged on the door, my aunt opened it and she told me she’d call the police if I kept banging and I told her I’d stay and bang until she let me in and called the police. They came and took me to the station and I had to call Alex to bail me out. <br><br>I stayed with Alex and told my aunt and uncle she could stay there if she paid the rent, but I’d keep paying the bills and the rent to my old landlord. My aunt told me I was being petty and I told her I’d keep paying the bills and rent to my landlord, since she didn’t legally live in the apartment and the apartment was still in my parents’ name. She cried and cursed and hung up and my uncle called and told me I was being very mean since his wife just wanted to help and told me my behavior was going to ruin my reputation and I told him I’d pay the bills and rent no matter what and he told me I was being very mean since his wife was willing to pay the rent and that I had no right to tell her no. I got angry and told him she can’t just barge in my apartment and throw me out and I told him I’d fight to get my apartment back and he told me to stop being selfish and told me that his wife needed a place to live and since we owned the apartment, she could live there. I got very angry and told him I’d rather live on the streets than share an apartment with his wife and he told me that if I kept being bratty, he’d tell my parents and I’d regret it. I told him I’d regret it more if I let his wife live in my apartment and he hung up. My aunt called me again the next day and offered to pay me 8000$ to get the apartment and I told her I’d rather die than let her buy my home. She told me how ungrateful I was and how she was be willing to pay me a lot of money and I’d be living rent free because they’d pay the bills and the rent and how selfish I was to keep saying no. I told her she couldn’t buy my home and she just kept offering me higher amounts of money, I was so angry and told her to get out of my apartment and that she and her husband could go fuck themselves and she cried and my uncle took the phone and told me how rude and ungrateful I was. <br><br>It’s been a while, and my aunt and uncle kept telling my friends and family and everyone who’d listen that I was behaving like a whore and going against my religion and my values and how I was a very ungrateful person for not obeying my elders and how shameful it was that I was allowing a man to live in sin with me in the apartment my parents worked their asses off to buy for me. My lawyer told me to stay strong and not to care about what they said since it was all lies and I had evidence to prove that I was in the right and they were in the wrong and I’d win the case. I was just so heartbroken, what if my parents believed my aunt and uncle? What if they threw me out? I didn’t know what to do and I just wanted my own home, I felt so lost and so, so heartbroken and scared. <br><br>UPDATE: I am so overwhelmed by the amount of support, I honestly didn’t expect anyone to even care. I am very thankful, I really appreciate everyone who offered to venmo me money for my lawyer fees, I am so, so touched and I am very sorry I can’t list everyone since there are so, so many and I don’t know how to quote. I really, really appreciate it and I am honestly very touched, thank you all for your kindness and for supporting me and standing by me. Thank you.<br><br>UPDATE: my dad called me, he told me my aunt and uncle were evicted, then he told me he was very disappointed in me and how I should obey my elders no matter what and I told him he was wrong and my aunt and uncle were wrong. He told me my mom wanted to talk to me and my mom told me she knew I was very smart and I can differentiate between right and wrong and she trusted me to always make the right decision and she was very sorry for what happened and how my aunt and uncle were wrong and she’d talk to my dad and make him understand. I am honestly very, very happy, I feel like a huge burden has been lifted off. I really, really want to thank every single one of you who stood by me and supported me and gave me advice and defended me. Thank you and thank