'I was hacked, please recover my account I'm OO' - yeah, like they haven't heard that false line 65,000 times.
They've both recovered the account numerous times and it's been accepted, therefore the 'hacker' obviously has specific details that the OO also knows to recover the account. Normally, a hacker will only have the login details hence why people who claim to or have been hacked only get hacked once. Again, they will most likely not buy into it and call it a 'heavily contested account'.
Sure, it's worth a try but I'm giving a pre-caution to the OP to expect the worst.