The ex-wife of British ASOS co-founder Quentin Griffiths has said “I didn’t murder him” after he died in a balcony fall in Pattaya, Thailand. Griffiths, 58, plunged from the 17th floor of his luxury condominium. Thai police are treating the death as a suspected suicide but are awaiting full and final autopsy results before making a final determination.

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Ploy Kringsinthanakun, 43, denied any involvement, telling The Sun: “I had absolutely nothing to do with his death. How could I kill him? How would I know anything about it? I live in Bangkok, I wasn’t in Pattaya.” She said she learned of his death when his lawyer contacted her and described herself as “shocked”.

Police said they were called to the death at 10.30pm on February 9 and investigation found the apartment door was locked from the inside and CCTV checks showed Griffiths was the only person who entered the room before his death. Officers found two opened bottles of wine and a bottle of water inside the condo. A police source said: “The only person who went into the room was Quentin, so we do not believe there was anything suspicious.”

However, questions remain. A wicker chair had been pulled next to the waist-high glass balcony surround and there were hundreds of footprints on the balcony floor. No suicide note was found in the apartment, but an unsealed envelope was seen on the passenger seat of his McLaren 570S parked in the building’s garage, which Pattaya police reported, were linked to the ongoing legal case.

Griffiths’ death followed a prolonged custody dispute and financial battle with Kringsinthanakun over their two children, aged 12 and 11. She alleged he fraudulently sold land and shares worth £500,000 belonging to her company, claims he denied. Court papers cited accusations including “reporting a false message” to police and falsely claiming a land deed was lost, and a further hearing had been due on 23 February.

Griffiths was arrested at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport in January last year and questioned by the Economic Crime Suppression Bureau before being released. The legal proceedings were ongoing at the time of his death.

A Foreign Office spokesperson said: “We are supporting the family of a British national who has died in Thailand and are in contact with the local authorities.” ASOS said: “We’re saddened to hear about the passing of Quentin, one of our original co-founders.”

Pictures courtesy of The Sun

Key Takeaways

• Quentin Griffiths died after falling from his Pattaya condominium balcony on 9 February at around 10.30pm.

• His ex-wife Ploy Kringsinthanakun denies any involvement and says she was in Bangkok.

• Thai police are treating the death as a suspected suicide pending final autopsy results.

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There's no way a hit man could drive from Bangkok to Pattaya ...........

She's completely innocent!

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

There's no way a hit man could drive from Bangkok to Pattaya ...........

She's completely innocent!

And again, we are out in the blue sailing on fluffy clouds. How do you explain that CCTV only shows one person entering the room?

Or do we believe in a real professional, that climbed 17 floor and waited on the balcony?

Also, a hitman??? Do they usually throw people of balconies in your world?

I think you should stick to Nicholas Cage and Bangkok Dangerous, that'll be enough fantasy for you.

11 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

Also, a hitman??? Do they usually throw people of balconies in your world?

Balcony falls and slipping in the bathroom seem to be unusually prolific killers in Thailand. Although my last Thai lady admitted to having a Tuk Tuk drive hit and run to kill her Nordic husband, and another American pal nearly suffered the same fate from his Thai gf.

1 minute ago, BritManToo said:

Balcony falls and slipping in the bathroom seem to be unusually prolific killers in Thailand.

So we are not talking hitman no more. Now we are changing to unusual happenings.

9 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

So we are not talking hitman no more. Now we are changing to unusual happenings.

Unusual deaths that incur no police investigation.

13 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Balcony falls and slipping in the bathroom seem to be unusually prolific killers in Thailand. Although my last Thai lady admitted to having a Tuk Tuk drive hit and run to kill her Nordic husband, and another American pal nearly suffered the same fate from his Thai gf.

Sure she did.

32 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

my last Thai lady admitted to having a Tuk Tuk drive hit and run to kill her Nordic husband

I assume you did your civic duty and duly reported her to the appropriate authorities!

26 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

I assume you did your civic duty and duly reported her to the appropriate authorities!

Not my country, not my business.

1 minute ago, BritManToo said:

Not my country, not my business.

What a pathetic and totally unacceptable response!

I take it therefore that you do not believe in law and order and if you see an old lady being attacked/mugged/robbed etc in a street in Thailand you would do nothing as it is in your words "Not my country, not my business"!

16 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

What a pathetic and totally unacceptable response!

I take it therefore that you do not believe in law and order and if you see an old lady being attacked/mugged/robbed etc in a street in Thailand you would do nothing as it is in your words "Not my country, not my business"!

I'm older than the old lady, what could I do, pass out on them?

Marry a Vietnamese, you won’t have these issues.

2 hours ago, BritManToo said:

I'm older than the old lady, what could I do, pass out on them?

Call the police or anyone for help to give her aid.

I just hope you are trying and failing to be sarcastic!

If not you are a self centred moron with no sense of civic duty or of any aid to your fellow persons or community!

3 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

Call the police or anyone for help to give her aid.

I just hope you are trying and failing to be sarcastic!

If not you are a self centred moron with no sense of civic duty or of any aid to your fellow persons or community!

I can't say I really care what happens to people outside my direct household.

4 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I can't say I really care what happens to people outside my direct household.

7 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I can't say I really care what happens to people outside my direct household.

So you do not expect any person, irrespective of age, race or nationality to come and aid any person of your household or even at least to ask for aid for them?

4 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Balcony falls and slipping in the bathroom seem to be unusually prolific killers in Thailand. Although my last Thai lady admitted to having a Tuk Tuk drive hit and run to kill her Nordic husband, and another American pal nearly suffered the same fate from his Thai gf.

Is that giving you any ideas now as to why you nearly saw your maker after getting 'hit n run' a couple of years ago ?

22 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I can't say I really care what happens to people outside my direct household.

You might want to give that a little more concern then !!!!

Just now, richard_smith237 said:

Is that giving you any ideas now as to why you nearly saw your maker after getting 'hit n run' a couple of years ago ?

You might want to give that a little more concern then !!!!

I'm actually OK with being dead, I've had my life and it was pretty good.

1 minute ago, BritManToo said:

I'm actually OK with being dead, I've had my life and it was pretty good.

Yes but you didn't answer the question of maybe the rear ending at the lights was deliberate !

1 minute ago, johng said:

Yes but you didn't answer the question of maybe the rear ending at the lights was deliberate !

Nah, my wife gets much less if I'm dead, in Thailand better to be worth more alive.

29 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I can't say I really care what happens to people outside my direct household.

Given your attitude to them I would assume they also feel the same way about seeing you being attacked and them robbing you of their inheritance but NOT your life!!

1 minute ago, scottiejohn said:

And you would allow your "household" to perish!?

I'm not sure, at my age, I could allow or deny anything.

Just now, Harrisfan said:

You're a girly man. You would run away.

How can you possibly know how anyone would react in any situation unless you knew them very well and not by your blinkered ignored responses!

PS' I have warned you before about totally unfounded slurs and accusations. Do it one more time and it will be YET another report!

14 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I'm not sure, at my age, I could allow or deny anything.

And anyone over 60 without combat training should avoid street fights as much as possible.

50 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Nah, my wife gets much less if I'm dead, in Thailand better to be worth more alive.

In a healthy relationship its better that such topics are not even a consideration.

But when someone is 'paying' for a partner / wife - the dynamic changes and I can understand why the attitude changes with it.

5 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Balcony falls and slipping in the bathroom seem to be unusually prolific killers in Thailand. Although my last Thai lady admitted to having a Tuk Tuk drive hit and run to kill her Nordic husband, and another American pal nearly suffered the same fate from his Thai gf.

Wow - All I had were plates and sharp knives thrown at me by my mad ex#2...

8 minutes ago, simon43 said:

Wow - All I had were plates and sharp knives thrown at me by my mad ex#2...

I have had a conversation with a young man from Pattaya where exactly such a method mentioned by BritM was nearly successful .

Multiple off topic and troll posts removed.

Very sad to hear and for his children.

You do wonder why a man of such wealth would come to live in Pattaya ?

You could literally live it up in some of the most luxury countries in the world.

On 2/21/2026 at 12:34 PM, BritManToo said:

There's no way a hit man could drive from Bangkok to Pattaya ...........

She's completely innocent!

It's a matter of checking her phone to see where it has connected to the cell towers.

I wonder what her financial status was before she met him, considering she accused him of theft of the equivalent of 500,000 GBP?

Thais are mustard when it comes to money matters; it is usually one of their best qualities to cry ' foul ' for theft of property, goods, and chattels that they were probably given in the first place.

It certainly looks like a suicide on the surface; of course, this is Thailand, and scenes of crimes can be altered to suit when they involve extreme wealth.

I think I read he still had a couple of or three ongoing lawsuits regarding the company he sold previously, but retained substantial shares in? So maybe this guy had a great deal on his mind.