So I was invited to a wedding of a dear friend getting married and I was in a situation which I'm not sure I handled correctly.
Sorry this is a long one (hopefully I have got all the details in)
My friend also invited A, B and C and all their children. A, B and C, me and the bride all used to be very good friends until A suddenly stopped talking to C and unfriended C socials and flat out refused to tell anyone why. They were very close trio (A,B and C before all this) when I asked A she said C didn't speak to her anymore, didn't like her posts ect and didnt bother with her anymore. Ok fair. People grow apart.
C asked what had happened had she done something wrong. Crickets. So she said it would be best to leave the whatup group and A was making unsubtle jabs and she felt it would be best to silently leave.
Once she did A suddenly piped up that C had apparently been slagging A off to B for ages and A marriage (As husband is pretty controlling tbf) and B had been passing it all back to A for months including all personal stuff C had been going through. A has a v religious view on the world and C was a unmarried mother (by choice) and obviously A didn't want her children engaging with a women with "low morals" and B told her because she was a good friend. B admitted she liked drama and hasn't expected it go down like that.
It didn't sound right as some of the stuff C had supposedly said was about things only B knew about. Also C doesn't seem like the type to bitch behind someone's back - if she has a problem she is one of those who will just say it - she's not for everyone but I like her.
Anyway C and I continued to be friends as did the bride. C never spoke of the matter just said people who knew her could make up their own mind and continued with her life. However A and B continued to say quite unkind things about her, screen grabbing her social media and making comments in group chat. None else engaged or agreed (but I was starting to feel very uncomfortable not saying anything)
So the wedding rolls around everything's fine and I go to the toilets. Both A and B come in fixing their make up by the mirrors and they are loudly ripping C (Cs friendly with her ex so he came along with their daughter to shreds)
I go to wash my hands and who walks out of the last toilet C. She doesn't say anything, smiled weakly at me and walks off. B makes a comment at how awkward it is sniggering.
I go find C in tears outside - I hadn't shared what had been said in detail re the group chat but the gist as C was still unaware although B had stopped talking to her and she didn't chase it. C a bit tipsy and hands over her phone and shows me all the messages from B. Every single point "B" had said C had said about A, had come from B. Nothing she had said was bad even remotely.
Even though I suspected I was a bit shocked . Obviously I gave her a hug and told her it wasn't worth it and was there anything I could do ?
It got worse as As husband drunkenly squared off to C when she was on her own because she had upset his wife (As husband being a big bloke)
I don't know what to do ? Do I tell A ? I doubt C will share screenshots proving her innocence. She just silently took all this abuse and never said a thing.
I really wish I had said something in the toilet but when I think about it I don't know what I could have said ?
This is involving women mid 30s btw.
I don't know if this is relevant but A is very pretty but insecure, C is pretty but completely unaware of how pretty and B made a drunken jab at A saying that she just hated C because As husband thought she was good looking as a "bit of banter".
I realise I should have said something but what ? When I spoke to others about the situation at the time people said just don't get involved. I have ASD and this seems like teen behaviour to me.