Briton Says Thai Woman Dumps Him After Getting His Bt17 Million

[meemiathai]

I'm reading from this thread that either they were legally married, or that they had 'legally married' but that she was actually still married to her Thai husband. Well, if it's the latter, then I assume she can be sued for bigamy eyc.

If the marriage is legal, then the guy simply has to divorce her and he will get 50% of their joint assets, so he will at least get half of his 'investment' back. To me, it just sounds like a marriage gone sour and the guy can use the law of Thai divorce to obtain his 50%.

And just to sail close to OT, pnustedt is correct to comment that some posters know nothing about UK divorce law. 100% of the marital home can be awarded to the wife (or husband), without financial compensation to the other party. I 'lost' a 60 million baht house to my ex in exactly these circumstances.

Simon

Thai law does say that marital assets accumulated during the marriage are to be split 50/50. I know a guy who lost it all and went to court to claim his half. The court DID award him half the assets, BUT, three years later nothing had been sold and it appears he will be dead and gone before he gets anything or anything is sold.

EXACTLY!! The house and land is obviously in her name and whose going to make her sell it? As for any cash he may have given her, it is likely long gone or well hidden. As I previously posted, a KKTV news story on this said they were not legally married, so the whole matter of any 50-50 split or division of assets is irrelevant. These idiot men need to be a bit more informed and cautious in dealing with people in a foreign country, where they probably don't speak or understand much of the language, let alone the culture. These half-baked guys running around paying hundreds of thousands of bht in sin sod, buying houses and cars in which they have no ownership, etc,etc, are unbelievable.

Talking about me? Thanks!

[meemiathai]

The more I read the more I wonder if I am really God! Why do all the Thai girls like me more than my money? Can anyone explain?

[meemiathai]

Briton says Thai woman dumps him after getting his Bt17 million

A 63-year-old Briton called for help from the authorities to force a Thai woman to return his money nearly Bt17 million after she chased him out of her house.

Stephen Jones said he had met the woman in Pattaya in 2001 and decided to sell all of his assets in England and gave the money to her to buy a house and plots of land in Kalasin to live with her.

But the woman chased him out of the house two months ago after she had got all of his money.

He said he became broke and wanted his money back so that he could return to his homeland.

Kalasin chief public prosecutor said the woman could not yet be charged with cheating because the two had got married.

He said the Kalasin public prosecutor office would investigate to see if the assets had been bought with Jones' money or not and would see if Jones had willingly given the assets to the woman.

He said it was possible that Jones could sue the woman for equal divisions of the assets.

Source: The Nation - 05 October 2007

I don't understand why good men like to mess with bad girls..while we are waiting for them....we're educated, nice good looking, have good moral values and affectionate...why none of us met you guys!! anyway.....God Bless you....

Because you don't understand what is good and what is bad. Because you believe in what you see on the surface too easily.

[meemiathai]

The golden rule for me here is once again NEVER EVER MARRY A THAI under any circumstances.

Philippinas make better wives.

Speak for yourself!!!!

Dont bite brit,.people that have these opinions have a reason ( normally not stated ) for making these comments,.as ive said in my post if they cant find a decent woman in thailand they wont find one anywhere, not because there isnt any its because they have no selection skills ,.

I'm 33 and never had a problem getting women anywhere I have ever been. Lol.

People that need to come to Thailand to get laid or find a wife are the true losers!

33 yrs old. Does it really take that long for some human brains to develop?

It's obvious my post hit a nerve. Did you have to come to Thailand to find a wife?

It's sad that the only way people can find companionship is to come to Thailand and exercise their financial superiority (which is clearly what this British man did only to find he was being played like a fiddle).

You have my sympathy meemiathai, despite your efforts to flame me.

Thanks for making me laugh. I am 5 foot heavy and 200 lbs tall, do you think I can't find a wife?

[meemiathai]

Let's put it simply, you are marrying a prostitute.

Most people wouldnt marry a prostitute, but plenty would marry a high class super model escort.

But this one is different.

[meemiathai]

The only direct information on this comes from the Nation.

Does anyone have anymore information, as opposed to rumor and speculation?

DAS, can you get any more information on what is actually happening to this poor sod?

No need! We don't need it! Please don't wake us up! We are enjoying!

[Zpete]

The only direct information on this comes from the Nation.

Does anyone have anymore information, as opposed to rumor and speculation?

DAS, can you get any more information on what is actually happening to this poor sod?

No need! We don't need it! Please don't wake us up! We are enjoying!

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This blog should be required reading for all farang males visiting, or thinking of Thailand for a new life.

I am sorry, but whilst I do pity the guy, sheeeeeeeeesh.

It has been fun reading.

When was he born?

World over this is happening, diff here is the inability of farangs to own property.

My Thai gal wanted a joint bank account....... yeah, rite away......... NOT.

I opened a bank account in her name, made deposits and used it.

My home immigration needed confirmation of her assets, cash, etc.

She took in the bank book. Thank you very good.

Only thing, I had the signatory rights to the account, NOT her.

Yeah, we are having a good life.

She understands that she will eventually be the main benificiary of my estate.

Even then with conditions.

Hey she has never had it so good.

Time in my country, time in hers.

LIFE IS GOOD FOR US

Catcherz

Edited October 7, 2007 by Zpete

[Heng]

This can't be true.In my 14 years in thailand I never heard such a story.

At least not for this amount of money.

What's unusual is that the foreigner is still alive to tell the tale. Usually he/she just passes away (and no, I'm not suggesting as a result of foul play; although that happens too in a small % of cases surely)... like the not so old but terribly overweight German fellow who owned the Ole' restaurant on Soi Yensabai (in that new block of LK shophouses just completed there this year). Gal got the building: 4 mil. and 25 million (Baht only, but still not bad) in life insurance. Nice 30 something gal, I only know her because we own several buildings in the same complex, our housekeeper knows the restaurant workers, etc. Most 'ehm of 'a certain group of folks looking for a relationship with a foreigner' take the investment (it's often a sure thing) approach as opposed to the robbery approach. And you know what the result is? A good number of gals in her family and village are trying to find older Germans to marry now. It's a cycle that feeds upon itself.

Edited October 8, 2007 by Heng

[cdnvic]

meemiathai, do you know how to use the +quote feature?

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Edited October 8, 2007 by cdnvic

[backflip]

"Why do all the Thai girls like me more than my money? Can anyone explain?"

Easily, you're wrong.

[Gary A]

When a man is young and inexperienced he can be expected to make some mistakes. Most of these mistakes involve a broken heart and money. Broken hearts indeed heal and you can always make more money. BUT, a man is expected to learn from his mistakes. Once you hit your late fifties, you can no longer make up the money. Your peak earning years have passed you by.

I have a Thai wife and she has been good to me and good for me. The past four years have been the best of my life. I have bought property for her and if our marriage were to go pear shaped, I can walk away and know that she will not starve to death and more importantly know that I will never miss any meals and will always have a place to live. You are number one and if you don't look after yourself, no one else will. Yes, I am a cynic and got that way because of huge mistakes I made in the past.

This guy may be quite wealthy and that money is not really important to him. If that was his life savings, it is REALLY difficult to feel very sorry for him. Building a mansion out in the boonies is a VERY common mistake. She more than likely was raised in a shack on stilts. That house is a millstone around her neck and not worth a lot to her. She can't keep it up and she can't sell it because people in that area cannot afford a house like that. Building a huge house for two people is just inviting her family to move in with you because you have plenty of room for them. My wife and I live in a small western style two bedroom house and if any of her family moves in, I'm off to the farang ghetto with or without her. I value my/our privacy.

[nullx8]

boys, where is the diffrence?

The only diffrence i see is that a us or eu scam girl is nice to you as long the $$$ are on the move, after you chained (married) the truth is comes out as you loose already 50%.

I do not think there is any diffrence.

I had in 5 years Thailand 2gf, where the first was exactly like this, she now drive the car i payd for and i riding 8baht bus.

She is not a bargirl at all (chief accountant)

Its straight forward biz, with clear picture about benefits and possible loss.

Its just a matter to know how far you can or want go. After this desition ìs maded there is no real room for getting things back.

Back in the homecountry, NONNE Here would give live and future in the hand of a girl. In asia peoples do, and this fact is just become a great busines oportunity.

[brahmburgers]

This is but one source of incoming money that isn't figured in the gov't tallies - ragarding how much money comes to Thialand via farang long-stayers.

Official tallies just look at things like hotel and restaurant receipts, but convenintly avoid looking at the many other ways that farang contribute mightily to the Thai economy.

Besides the many big ticket dupes, like the poor fellow in this thread (all but a few of those go un-reported) - there are the thousands of dowry payments and under-the-table contributions to girlfirends'/wives' families. Such things aren't in the official tallies of outside money coming in to Thailand.

In sum: The incoming revenue flow of individual farang, mostly via ATM withdrawals is much greater than Thai officialdom will have us believe.

[Seneque]

How about capital control ... I thought you could not transfer more than 20000 USD without any problem ... above that amount the BOT keeps 30%, interest free (no interest) for one year .... but when this brit decided to give it all to charity may be he got a special deal ...

Every plane brings at least one of those and Thailand should be thankful.

[bannork]

This story was on the front page of The Daily News yesterday with an interview with Stephen's other half, Lamyai who says he's actually married to a lady from Sisaket.

According to Lamyai, after living in the house in the sticks for a while Stephen couldn't hack it due to no internet or Thai visa.com,( sorry that last phrase was my own interpretation) so he moved into a house in downtown Kalasin, gradually removing all the furniture. The last straw was when he came to take the fridge which provoked a row. Previously he's asked via a lawyer for a return of 4 million baht which Lamyai said she didn't have.

She claimed he used to beat her up when he was drunk.

If he's not legally married to her it's going to be hard to claim anything back in my view.

[meemiathai]

meemiathai, do you know how to use the +quote feature?

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Hey you are making me lose face!

Thanks but I don't see any "New Reply" button on the screen.

[meemiathai]

meemiathai, do you know how to use the +quote feature?

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Hey you are making me lose face!

Thanks but I don't see any "New Reply" button on the screen.

I got it cdnvic, thanks!

[sbk]

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[cdnvic]

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[richardb]

what would you expect from a woman met in pattaya?

And a stupid old lonely white fool.

His colour is relevant?

Richard

[rcalsop]

Same thing happens the world over, not only Thailand.

hope i do not upset anyone on this forum, but this is my opinion, a lot to do with this is age differance, can you tell me a thai woman in her 20s, is in love with a man 40 + years older, she is seeing baht signs and a meal ticket. can you blame her.

Fair point. In most of the world, when a very young woman marries a much older man, there's only one reason.

...and more often than not, both parties are aware of the trade-off, and are fine with it.

LOVE IS GRAND!!!!

Love is grand but short time is 2 Grand

[mellow1]

Why did she get the entire house? Did she buy it before she married you? If you owned it before you married, she would not be able to touch it, except some of the appreciation of the houses value during the time you were married. Did you give it away out of the "goodness" of your heart? Or couldn't you afford a lawyer? What exactly is it that you are not telling us? I've never heard of such crock of shit. Either you are an imbecile, or believe all the readers are. What did you do wrong to be stripped of your home? you must have something terrible to hide. You think you are the only one who has been to court in a divorce and fought over marital assets? Tell us the story of the guy, where the court gives the wife the entire 24,000,000 Bath house (average middle class income housing,Lavish?). Do you think a woman in the West having a car, and living in a middle class house is lavish. Did the court feel that therefore, you are so rich, it could take the liberty to throw this house at her, because with your middle class status you could afford to by another, with no problem. There is a lot more to your story than you even come close to letting on.

I don't believe all readers here are embeciles but you obviously are. You ask what "I did wrong" but the English divorce process is not based on fault or wrong doing. The financial settlement went to court where I was represented by an expensive solicitor and barrister. My situation is not uncommon in the UK and I think that, if you were to take time to research the subject, you would find that the man comes off considerably worse in divorce all over the world.

I think that mellow1 (E)mbecile has a point (though he does sound a little angry about it). Did your ex get the house as part of the settlement for it's value as opposed to making you homeless? I thought that you had to file for a divorce in the UK, is that not true? Somebody has to be at fault for the marriage to be dissolved. By the way, in case you didn't pick up on it, you spelt imbecile wrong, or rather you copied it from the OP incorrectly

First of all I'm from the US. and no my ex didn't get the house I did, therefore I wasn't homeless. I didn't know nothing about UK family law, and I'm surprised it is the way it is, especially for men, such as "pnustedt". In the US. there is also a no fault divorce. I appreciate the fact that your concerned about my spelling, try to concentrate on yours a little more. You wrote spelt instead of spelled. Are you an English teacher in Thailand?

[Straight8]

Some Thai girls are bad Mr Toad. And this is why I will never buy property through a TGF or wife.

If you can't trust someone this much you have no business marrying them.

Your kidding right ?? Since when did marrying mean you where obliged to buy a house for them also. Get real mate, cause some day you maybe wake up in the middle of the night being thrown out also.

There are times, unless you have a solid plan not to lose anything at all (and there are ways) if the woman you trusted so much one day up and left without warning, then not only in Thailand but anywhere in the world, rent rent rent.

I am sure we all have heard of stories of the perfect relationship going bad, and the lady (of course) taking the most. Men need to really do something to protect their assets, if you don't and fall victim, as sad as it, you have no one but yourself to blame.

As for the dude, again, don;t know the facts, it's sad for this to happen, but as they say.. a fool and his money are parted very quickly.

[JimsKnight]

Let's put it simply, you are marrying a prostitute.

Most people wouldn't marry a prostitute, but plenty would marry a high class super model escort.

Aye, but the plenty who could would likely be expats in the French Riviera and not have anything to do with 'lowly' Thailand. To them, Thailand is for the poor mans expat.

[jackr]

My wife and I live in a small western style two bedroom house and if any of her family moves in, I'm off to the farang ghetto with or without her. I value my/our privacy.

Me too!

[mr_hippo]

You wrote spelt instead of spelled. Are you an English teacher in Thailand?

If you can't play nicely, I'll take your toys away. Both versions - spelled and spelt - are correct!

[maipleur]

I got divorced too in the USA, and although being an imbecile, I nevertheless managed to get a much better lawyer than you. As a matter of fact I kept the house and my ex walked away with enough money to buy a good used car and I kept the new one. The US is notorious for the types of divorces you seem to know so much about. But putting up a good fight goes a long way, and doing research in finding the best lawyer certainly does no harm.I also believe that there is no way in hel_l a UK judge is going to give your entire house(if it is your house) away to your ex-wife, without you being comparably compensated in return. Unless you did something considered very wrong,and you are just not telling the whole story. Your story don't fly as stated.

You obviously know next to nothing about the English system of family law and perhaps you should not post about it!

Im with you pnusted.. mellow1 = typical crap from someone who knows little else, except from the country he is from.. Also the US has many different laws in many states, so his is just a generalisation and just a waste of internet time and space.

anyway, back to the original thread = what was he thinking?

[mrbojangles]

anyway, back to the original thread = what was he thinking?

That's the problem, "he wasn't thinking" !!!

[duceahearts]

Briton says Thai woman dumps him after getting his Bt17 million

A 63-year-old Briton called for help from the authorities to force a Thai woman to return his money nearly Bt17 million after she chased him out of her house.

Stephen Jones said he had met the woman in Pattaya in 2001 and decided to sell all of his assets in England and gave the money to her to buy a house and plots of land in Kalasin to live with her.

But the woman chased him out of the house two months ago after she had got all of his money.

He said he became broke and wanted his money back so that he could return to his homeland.

Kalasin chief public prosecutor said the woman could not yet be charged with cheating because the two had got married.

He said the Kalasin public prosecutor office would investigate to see if the assets had been bought with Jones' money or not and would see if Jones had willingly given the assets to the woman.

He said it was possible that Jones could sue the woman for equal divisions of the assets.

Source: The Nation - 05 October 2007

And i bet hes a bloke who wouldnt lend his best mate a fiver ! ,but they hand it all over to some issan farmers daughter, .deserve all they get,. i wonder if he made the classic quote when his mates warned him " no,this ones different "

so what's wrong with an Issan farmers daughter, me thinks you are generalising a tad.

[cdnvic]

Some Thai girls are bad Mr Toad. And this is why I will never buy property through a TGF or wife.

If you can't trust someone this much you have no business marrying them.

Your kidding right ?? Since when did marrying mean you where obliged to buy a house for them also. Get real mate, cause some day you maybe wake up in the middle of the night being thrown out also.

There are times, unless you have a solid plan not to lose anything at all (and there are ways) if the woman you trusted so much one day up and left without warning, then not only in Thailand but anywhere in the world, rent rent rent.

I am sure we all have heard of stories of the perfect relationship going bad, and the lady (of course) taking the most. Men need to really do something to protect their assets, if you don't and fall victim, as sad as it, you have no one but yourself to blame.

As for the dude, again, don;t know the facts, it's sad for this to happen, but as they say.. a fool and his money are parted very quickly.

The real fools are the ones who think that a house is what really matters. I'm far more worried about losing my wife's companionship than any piece of property we own.

Edited October 8, 2007 by cdnvic