Wow, thanks for the article. Such a sad read, one man's descent into insanity drags so many others with him

BTW, Brock was born in 1980, so he was 19 when the lawsuit was brought against the trio in 2000. Alexander Burton, the guy who sued them, was born in 1981, one year later. Anyone else see the absurdity of the "child molester" claims?
After living in London for about two years, Collins-Rector and Bowles moved to Antwerp, Belgium. Together, they often played an online video game called Entropia Universe, according to people with knowledge of their relationship Bowles using the name Colonel Lee Bowles and Collins-Rector under the moniker Marcus Slayem Aurelius. They became prominent players, but in August 2007, members of Entropia Universe
identified who Marcus Slayem Aurelius really was when a picture of Collins-Rector appeared in a U.K. tabloid article titled Tycoon paedo on prowl in UK. The vociferous reaction by many other players soon forced Collins-Rector and Bowles out of the game.
What a weird coincidence. I used to play entropia universe with this guy (Lee Bowles) and had no idea. We went hunting several times. It was kind of amazing back then how he went from having nothing / newbie to buying all the best equipment worth tens and tens of thousand of dollars. Let's just say these two guys have quite a history in the entropia community for anyone who wants to dig deeper...
I only met him on his later avatar however, not the first one "Colonel Lee Bowles" but on an (female) avatar named "x-x brook x-x". I don't think many knew that he was back in game under a different name.
It's a small world.
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screenshot I took back then of his new avatar x-x brook x-x holding a modified first aid kit (worth about $30-40k USD at the time)