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ASOS Co-Founder's Death Sparks Custody Battle

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Quentin Griffiths, co-founder of ASOS, died by apparent suicide in Thailand. His ex-wife, Ploy Kringsinthanakun, is fighting for custody of their children, claiming joint custody was violated. Tensions escalated over allegations of Griffiths selling off assets without her knowledge. The custody battle continues as the family grapples with grief.

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ASOS Co-Founder's Death Sparks Custody Battle

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UK News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!ASOS Co-Founder's Death Sparks Custody Battle. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

UK stories making news on February 27 brought to you by NordVPN fast reliable online privacy links in the episode description Quentin Griffiths the 58-year-old co-founder of the online fashion giant ASOS fell to his death from the 17th floor of his condo in Pataya Thailand on February 9th Police ruled it a suicide with no signs of foul play as his room was locked from inside and a post-mortem backed that up Now his ex-wife, Ploy Kringsinthanakun, has launched a custody fight for their 12 and 11-year-old children who were sent to his relatives After he died The couple had shared joint custody through a court order, but her lawyers say handing the kids over violated that She's pushing for their immediate return stressing they need her stability right now amid their grief Meanwhile tensions between them ran high before his death Including her accusations that he sold off land and shares worth 500,000 pounds from their joint business without telling her

He'd been questioned by police last January but released and the case was still open when he passed Griffiths help star ASOS back in 2000 serving as marketing director until 2005 Then cashed out millions from shares later on he'd lived in Thailand since around And had three kids total. His girlfriend at the time called his shocking with no warning signs while ASOS remembered his early contributions The custody battle continues as the family tries to move forward disease disinfection his family JSON Asost showed the group in recent moments, this had failed to respond to manyode battles on 2007 and had three kids total. His girlfriend at the time called his shocking with no warning signs, while ASOS remembered his early contributions. The custody battle continues as the family tries to move forward.

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