Drama in a friend group.
Just as the title says:
I have a friend group of 2 girls and 3 guys, me included. 10 days ago, one of the girls by the name of Maria confided in me and told me Carl asked her to send him explicit videos of herself. She politely declined and he sent her an immature response which made things worse. I saw the screenshots and it rubbed me the wrong way. I told the other girl in the group about it, Jasmine to keep her distance from him. I gave Jasmine and Maria my word this will stay between the 3 of us to keep them safe.
I'll be honest, I took the avoidant route way too far because he started picking up on it when he messaged me the following days. Yesterday, he told me about the situation with Maria from his perspective. Carl mentioned he felt bad and thinks he ruined the vibe of the group because of it. He sent me the screenshots between him and Maria through this feature on Instagram called 'disappearing messages'.
Unbeknownst to me, I was not aware taking a screenshot would notify him when this mode was on. He immediately asked me about it, I said I wanted to test it because a girl used that feature with me to send me stuff through the same app. In reality, I just wanted to provide an update to Maria about how Carl felt and felt the need to send her proof. It obviously backfired.
Carl could smell the bs through that excuse and told me to he was about to go completely ghost. I told Jasmine about the situation, and she feels this isn't a black and white situation and that I can still salvage the friendship without me breaking my word to Maria and her that this would stay between the 3 of us.
I am looking for advice as to what would you guys recommend I do? I honestly didn't want to get more involved but somehow, I did. If you have more questions I'll be happy to answer them in the comments.