Bring Me The Horizon frontman Oliver Sykes has responded to Wednesday’s news of a UK man jailed for attempted murder after impersonating the vocalist to seduce a California woman he met on Facebook.
“Guy nearly kills someone posing as me, not cool,” Sykes initially commented on his Tumblr.
Sykes later issued the following statement:
“I woke up to the news in LA, and didn’t really believe it at first. It’s very unsettling. I’m aware that people have used my identity for pranks and whatever, which has always been something that’s been uncomfortable for me, but for something like this to happen is terrifying. My heart goes out to Maricar and hope she recovers soon. I would also urge anyone using social networking sites about a really great foundation called the Carly Ryan foundation (carlyryanfoundation.com). Carly suffered a fate worse even worse than this case but the story isn’t worlds apart. The foundation was set up to raise awareness and educate people on the risks of meeting people online. Stay safe and be careful.”