Tragic Asos tycoon Quentin Griffiths’ two children will not attend his funeral amid a legal battle.
The founder of the online fashion store died in February at the age of 58 after falling from a 17th-floor balcony in Thailand.
After the divorce, he was having a dispute with his second wife Ploy regarding the custody of his 12 and 13 year old children.
The couple’s adult children from their first marriage are seeking custody of them and plan to fly them to Britain for the funeral.
But a Thai judge ruled that Quentin’s 29-year-old son Joel could not take the children, despite promises to return them, because he could not provide written details of the funeral.
Ploy’s lawyer Mona Mankong said: “The court said that allowing children to travel abroad without the mother’s consent and outside the jurisdiction of Thai the courtsThis could create serious complications in enforcing future court orders.
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“For the same reason, the Court found it inappropriate to allow children to travel EnglandEven for his father’s funeral.
“He is relieved that the court has denied the international travel request.
“He believes that if the children had been allowed to leave the country, he would never have had the chance to see them again.”
The ASOS co-founder was facing jail in Thailand after he fraudulently removed Ploy as a director from a company he set up to buy his marital home.
The Sun revealed last month that almost $4 million in cryptocurrency mysteriously disappeared from his online wallet days after his death.
Joel’s family had no comment.
