Yesterday we brought you the grim story of Marcier, a US teen who was deceived by a twenty-year-old UK man impersonating Bring Me The Horizon frontman Oli Sykes, kidnapped, and nearly murdered. At the time of our story, Sykes had only made a brief reaction to the situation via Tumblr, but today we have an official statement.

In a message released late yesterday, Sykes wrote “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.”

Sykes hasn’t had the best week as far as news is concerned. Hopefully he catches a break soon.

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