Friend Owes $1500, HELP
Okay chat here we go. About a year ago I sold a car to a friend from high school. The car was listed everywhere for $2500, and he agreed to pay that amount. His only stipulation was that he would only pay $1000 up front and I would receive the other $1500 at a later time because he didn't want his dad to know how much he was really spending on the car. His dad comes with him to both pickup the car and to transfer the title. No reason to mention the $1500 right? Wrong. Fast forward over the last 11 months. Initially I was reaching out every couple weeks to ask about the money, to which he would always claim, "I don't have it yet but I'll get it soon." That went on up until about 2 weeks ago. I made a post (attached) to which HE replied to. "I didn't pay for it dad did." WHATEVER. Anyways. Couple days ago. I ask again, where's the money? He now claims to know nothing about ever owing me any money at all and that I have fabricated this elaborate scheme to extort money from him because I need the money and he's such an easy source. He now wants proof and evidence. Only issue is that this exchange was done over snap and the messages have long since disappeared. I've tried a data request but it didn't include any chats that had disappeared. If I could get those chats it would prove the whole thing.
What we have already
-Why would he reply to the story if he doesn't owe anything?
Does anyone know of any way to pull up the story so I can see that he actually replied to it?
Is there ANY way possible to get those chats back. At this point I'm willing to go to the police and have them scan my phone to try to get it back. Any suggestions help. End TedTalk.