We have emailed Bruton (email rather than PM) several times, apologizing for the mistake (it really was an accident with no intention whatsoever behind it) and asking for him to contact us. Most likely a new account needs to be created by him but we hope for there might be ways (needs to be tested) to transfer his postcount to the new account. However, so far Bruton has not reacted to any of the emails
I do hope that legitimate anger does not compell him to make wrong assumptions or decide not to return to the GOF. His contributions are really good and missed. We do hope very much that he (you Bruton, hopefully you are reading this) will contact us so we can see how much of the damage can be fixed.