Brandon is not banned. Nor, apparently is he dead, at least not according to any of the Irish death registries a couple of us have checked.

He got a few timeouts, post-demodding, simply to let him know how it felt. (He also tried to ban me when I called him out for banning FB). But his long absence is entirely self-imposed.

My guess: He started the rumor of his own death to revive his flagging sales. Or had "Monsieur" do it. If he faked his death to get back on this site, it was wholly unnecessary, like most of Brandon's shenanigans.