People make mistakes and he is young still. However, IF he has spent the money, it's the lying and hiding behind a private account that magnifies and intensifies this. If he just came clean and told the WHOLE story, explained whatever went on, I genuinely think people will cut him some slack as we're all human and everyone messes up (just not always under the watchful eye of the public). Plenty of public figures have made poor decisions, but it's how you deal with it that makes or breaks you. If you put your life out in the public eye, you sort of have to be prepared to put everything out there, it's just respectful to those who offered help at the end of the day.