{"id":162578,"date":"2026-05-29T01:19:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T01:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/29\/asos-tycoon-quentin-griffiths-two-children-will-not-attend-his-funeral-amid-custody-battle\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T01:21:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T01:21:56","slug":"asos-tycoon-quentin-griffiths-two-children-will-not-attend-his-funeral-amid-custody-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/29\/asos-tycoon-quentin-griffiths-two-children-will-not-attend-his-funeral-amid-custody-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Asos tycoon Quentin Griffith&#8217;s two children will not attend his funeral amid custody battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Tragic Asos tycoon Quentin Griffiths&#8217; two children will not attend his funeral amid a legal battle. <\/p>\n<p>The founder of the online fashion store died in February at the age of 58 after falling from a 17th-floor balcony in Thailand. <\/p>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter aligncenter inline-module--thesun aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-newsletter\" data-source-unit=\"Inline Newsletter Module \">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__title-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsign up for <span class=\"newsletter-name theme-main\">Sun<\/span> Newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39248582\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Tragic Asos tycoon Quentin Griffith&#8217;s two children with ex-wife Ploy over Griffith, will not attend his funeral<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Credit: AsiaPacificPress via ViralPress<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38279362\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38279362\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NINTCHDBPICT001060438829.png?w=960\" alt=\"Modern high-rise building with a curved glass facade and a &quot;Elysium Meraki&quot; Signal.\" class=\"alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-38279362\" width=\"960\" height=\"730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NINTCHDBPICT001060438829.png 1091w, https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NINTCHDBPICT001060438829.png?resize=300,228 300w, https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NINTCHDBPICT001060438829.png?resize=1024,779 1024w, https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NINTCHDBPICT001060438829.png?resize=600,456 600w, https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NINTCHDBPICT001060438829.png?resize=774,589 774w, https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NINTCHDBPICT001060438829.png?resize=652,496 652w, https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NINTCHDBPICT001060438829.png?resize=576,438 576w, https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NINTCHDBPICT001060438829.png?resize=440,335 440w, https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NINTCHDBPICT001060438829.png?resize=371,282 371w, https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NINTCHDBPICT001060438829.png?resize=180,137 180w, https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NINTCHDBPICT001060438829.png?resize=93,71 93w, https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NINTCHDBPICT001060438829.png?resize=53,40 53w, https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NINTCHDBPICT001060438829.png?resize=92,70 92w, https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NINTCHDBPICT001060438829.png?resize=71,54 71w, https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NINTCHDBPICT001060438829.png?resize=200,152 200w, https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NINTCHDBPICT001060438829.png?resize=231,176 231w, https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NINTCHDBPICT001060438829.png?resize=322,245 322w, https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NINTCHDBPICT001060438829.png?resize=580,441 580w, https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NINTCHDBPICT001060438829.png?resize=79,60 79w, https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NINTCHDBPICT001060438829.png?resize=105,80 105w, https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NINTCHDBPICT001060438829.png?resize=960,730 960w, https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NINTCHDBPICT001060438829.png?resize=50,38 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>The building from which Griffith died<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After the divorce, he was having a dispute with his second wife Ploy regarding the custody of his 12 and 13 year old children. <\/p>\n<p>The couple&#8217;s adult children from their first marriage are seeking custody of them and plan to fly them to Britain for the funeral.  <\/p>\n<p>But a Thai judge ruled that Quentin&#8217;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. <\/p>\n<p>Ploy&#8217;s lawyer Mona Mankong said: &#8220;The court said that allowing children to travel abroad without the mother&#8217;s consent and outside the jurisdiction of Thai <span id=\"eb1db866-77c4-4325-87f4-6f40ab23652d\" class=\"suggested-link\">the courts<\/span>This could create serious complications in enforcing future court orders. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-readmore\">\n<div class=\"article-readmore__content-wrapper article-readmore__content-wrapper--multi\">\n<div class=\"article-readmore__content\">\n<div class=\"article-readmore__content-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"240\" width=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/newspress-collage-jkmle3vna-1780007846608.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;1780011632&amp;w=360&amp;h=240&amp;crop=1\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-readmore__text\">\n<div class=\"article-readmore__text-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-kicker\">Tsar Blimey<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-headline\">Christmas card written in English by &#8216;Daddy&#8217; 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<\/p>\n<p>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. <\/p>\n<p>The Sun revealed last month that almost $4 million in cryptocurrency mysteriously disappeared from his online wallet days after his death. <\/p>\n<p>Joel&#8217;s family had no comment. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tragic Asos tycoon Quentin Griffiths&#8217; two children will not attend his funeral amid a legal battle. 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