My (28F) best friend (29F) did something crappy (and illegal) to someone else and I am upset with her even though it has nothing to do with me

This is a throwaway as friends of ours use reddit!

One of my best friends Ellie (28F) was planning to take a year leave from work starting April 2020 to move to a new country for travel and to work light jobs. In preparation, Ellie found a year long sublet starting in April for her one bedroom apartment downtown (a woman going thru a divorce). Ellie and her sublet signed a legal sublet agreement in January and the woman sent Ellie first and last month's rent.

Unfortunately, Ellie's travel plans have been postponed due to the global pandemic and she now plans to go for 6 months starting in the fall instead. Ellie reached out to her sublet and the woman confirmed she still needs the apartment in April.

So Ellie asked my husband and I if she could rent one of our spare rooms in our house and we agreed. Shortly after, a colleague of Ellie's offered her a room to rent in an apartment that the colleague owns. Ellie took the second option since it was closer to her work and all seemed good.

Well, yesterday Ellie texted me excitedly that she called her sublet and told her that she wants to stay in her downtown apartment, the sublet was no longer permitted to move in on April 1st and Ellie was reneging on the contract. I was shook because Ellie was bragging to me about pulling this off.

I asked Ellie if she was legally allowed to do that and she said: "Good question hahaha but I did it". (Side note I asked a family member who is a lawyer and they said that Ellie is breaking a legal contract and the subtenant definitely has a case for damages.)

Not even legally, but morally I am quite upset with how Ellie treated this poor woman. I know Ellie did not do anything to me personally... but I would never expect this kind of behavior from her. Ellie has known for a month that her trip was postponed, yet she gave this woman a week's notice to find a new apartment during this pandemic.

It does not help that Ellie is showing zero remorse for what she did. Especially considering Ellie has two other very decent options (our house and her friend's apartment) and this woman has been counting on this apartment since January.

Is it crazy that what my friend did is affecting how I see her? I know I am not Ellie's "parent"... And I want to stay Ellie's friend long term, but I am completely torn as to how to move past what she did because I consider her actions pretty abhorrent.

TL;DR - My close friend screwed over her subtenant and is showing no remorse. I am really shook and it is affecting how I see my friend.

Edited: a word I missed.

Submitted March 25, 2020 at 08:32PM by frienddidabadthing https://ift.tt/2QNhQHN