I have just received an email from people representing Sarah LaFleur informing me that the person owning the account @S_lafleur on Twitter whom many Sailor Moon and Ugly Betty fans had been talking to over the past few weeks is in fact an imposter.

I was very surprised by this as the user seems very legit with her replies to fans and also in the recent interview she did with Moonkitty.net (which I have naturally now taken down). This person is obviously very good at what they do and also very dedicated.

I have no idea if this person is just an overenthusiastic fan or is up to something more sinister but I must emphasise how serious identity theft is and ask that if you to are using another person's name (celebrity or not) for your username online you should change it. Misrepresentation can cause emotional pain but also affect professional relationships (this user had been tweeting other actors not just fans!).

I urge you all to block this account and say that if the real Sarah LaFleur is reading this that I am truly sorry for the stress this may be causing you and that your fans still love you and wish for a fast end to this ordeal.

Now for your peace of mind, I am absolutely 100% sure that all the other voice actor interviews are with the real, authentic, voice actors. With every single one I had gotten in touch with the voice actors via their official websites and conducted the interviews with email addresses that matched those on their sites. The interview with "Sarah LaFleur" was done purely on good faith via the Twitter account. She has no official site to compare email addresses and even then (and I'm seriously hitting myself right now for this big red flag) she used someone else's email address and claimed it to be her sister's (which was obviously hers). I should have been more suspicious but I guess I always like to look on the bright side of things and, like the rest of you who had spoken to her, was fooled.

I hope this episode doesn't affect your trust in myself, Moonkitty.net or the real Sarah LaFleur.

Identity Theft is bad. Sailor Moon Says!

Labels: Interviews, Sailor Moon News, site

Posted By: Brad # Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Comments:

Yikes! I still have every faith in Moonkitty! It's sad to see someone take advantage of Sarah Lafleur's fanbase like that, but in the grand scheme of things, this is spit in the ocean.

# posted by

Karyn : 31 March, 2010 18:50

This kind of ordeal is scary! Poor Sarah

# posted by

Anonymous : 31 March, 2010 21:24

Lesson learned I suppose. le sigh

# posted by

Sakky : 01 April, 2010 00:35

That's terrible! She was even posting over on Emilie ClaireBarlow's twitter. >.> ugh!

# posted by

Unknown : 01 April, 2010 01:42

Good to know the cat is out of the bag! Good to see that account is now deleted too :)

# posted by

chibi : 01 April, 2010 07:16

Who even *does that*? Seriously lame. It's awful that she tricked so many people, too. Oh well, at least it's all cleared up now. Poor Sarah, I wonder how she's dealing with this impersonator person and how far all of the impersonating has really gone.

# posted by

Anonymous : 01 April, 2010 23:40

Yeah this person really took it to the next level by interviewing with me. She was even doing one for Moon Chase as well! It went way too far.

Hope it was only on Twitter and not realworld.

# posted by

Brad : 03 April, 2010 10:49

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Sarah LaFleur Imposter