Insurance deductible charges to tenant

[Abdelkhalek Saleh]

So I posted about a week ago regarding a damage caused by a tenant who flushed wipes into the sewer system which caused clogging and sewer back up resulted in a total damage of $6000

Their renter insudid not cover that.

I was nice enough (or stupid enouh) to claim the damage from my insurance. The insurance paid most of the cost woth some exclusions and a deductible 

Now the tenant came back to me saying that it doesn’t make sense ti charge them my deductible and that is my responsibility 

I’m new to that business and need your advice. I think they should be charged because the damage caused by their fault and helped them enouby covering part of the damage by my personal insurance 

Please let me know