Jewel claims her mother embezzled $100 million from her

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Jewel claims her that now-estranged mother stole millions upon millions of dollars from her as her career skyrocketed. While appearing on the "Verywell Mind" podcast, the singer spoke of her financial struggles and the huge debt she was saddled with after her mom's alleged embezzlement. "I didn't really realize what my mom was until I was 30-something.

I woke up and realized she embezzled all of my money, over $100 million," Jewel said. "And then as I started investigating the truth about what my mom had told me in my life versus what was true, I had realized that pretty much everything I formed my reality on was fiction."By the time she was 34, the songstress was deeply in debt."I realized I'm $3 million in debt, realize my mom stole it, realize everything I thought my mom was, isn't what she was, [it is a] very difficult psychological thing to come to terms with," she said, per Us Weekly.

Jewel never gave a timeline as to when the alleged embezzlement took place.According to reports, Jewel and her mother, Leandra Carroll, have been estranged since the early 2000s.

The two, however, weren't always on the outs. In fact, Leandra previously served as Jewel's business manager."I mean, it's a complex issue, but my mom used to [be] this heroic figure.