MEDIA RELEASE [For Immediate release]
Date 2nd June 2016
FakeComicCon CEO confirms full investigation into play fight that turned real
FakeComicCon CEO Casey Smith has confirmed that there will be a full investigation into a fight that broke out at an event held at the Brisbane Convention Centre between two groups of cosplayers, which ended in 8 people injured having to be transported to hospital.
CEO, Casey Smith said FakeComicCon were working to provide support to the people and families involved.
“I would like to tell the public how concerned we are for those involved and how sad we are that something like this has happened at our event.”
“I am very upset this has happened, an incident such as this is not in the spirit of our event.”
“One of the aims of the ComicCon series is to give people a safe place to come play and meet like-minded people.”
“We are committed to working with the police and all those involved to ensure this does not happen again at any future events.”
The FakeComicCon is a national event that is run in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Popularity of the event has grown each year with more than 30,000 people attending the 2015 Brisbane event alone.
The event attracts International TV and film stars, with the autographing of photo’s by the stars being most popular among fans.
The CEO, Casey Smith said FakeComicCon has run for three years in Brisbane without incident and hoped that fans would continue to support future events.
“Our immediate thoughts are with those that have been injured,” he said.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Contact Jenna Jones, Communications Manager, FakeComicCon
Phone 07 556 785 or 0412 655 287
Fax 07 556 786
Email media@jennajones.com.au
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