"I am merely a thankful beggar and don't want to overstep my bounds in asking," he wrote in one February 2012 text message to a donor in reference to a second planned Caribbean vacation on the donor's tab. He told another in 2013 that he "never want[ed] to feel like a drag on your wallet," yet he allegedly returned again and again to seek the man's help in paying for trips to California, Florida, and Las Vegas.