Richard addressed this on his Telegram a few days ago.

He said:

I feel I need to address the Gum story floating around. I ate at Pete’s on the 11th of April. I asked if there was any unpaid tabs for the troops. Gum’s answer to me then was, No. Now two weeks later it’s 10k? Gum has my number. She hasn’t contacted me. Most of the troops have left & the ones that are still here are rarely visible. We gave her $13k plus in March. I’d love to continue that mission if the troops were still here but again their presence is no longer a heavy one. There is much more to this story on Pete’s & at the time I didn't want to come forth with this information because I still trusted in Gum. I didn't want to believe anything negative about her. Let’s just say someone was caught red handed doubling dipping... this is the main reason we sought new restaurants. (Italian pizza, hoagies, etc). We were transitioning to new places & then the troops suddenly all but disappeared. After giving Pete’s (gum) 60k plus of your donations and my own personal money. Gum had me running to Costco, doing errands etc. Yet ask me if she ever gave me one free meal let alone one free coffee?? I have shown plenty of evidence/proof of me paying Gum. Has Gum showed any proof that I owe her?