Things can get tricky if you’re unfortunate enough to share the same name as a controversial figure – especially if using the same name as that person on Twitter. Cases of mistaken identity are nothing new – take, for instance, the poor soul named John Lewis who regularly receives customer complaints about queues in a certain popular retail shop.
But times can be particularly tough if you share the name of a hated antagonist in the most popular video game of the year – and this is exactly what’s happened to Colm O’Driscoll, a chap from Ireland who’s gotten caught up in Red Dead Redemption 2 mania.
Since the game’s release, O’Driscoll (the real one) has received multiple threatening messages on social media from players pretending he’s the infamous villain of Red Dead Redemption 2. Although they’re likely made in jest, some are quite alarming and take the trolling a little too far.
Source: Eurogamer Red Dead Redemption 2 players have been sending abuse to a real person called Colm O'Driscoll