THE family of tragic Asos tycoon Quentin Griffiths may never know what lay behind his mysterious death in Thailand, a court heard today.
The multi-millionaire online retailer plunged from his 17th-floor balcony in Pattaya in February.
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A Sun investigation has thrown up a series of troubling questions which remain unanswered.
The day before he died he texted his oldest son to say: “Trust no one.”
Two men then ransacked his family villa a few miles from his apartment in the hours after his death – and £2.6million of cryptocurrency was stolen from his online wallet in the following days.
But Coroner Rachael Griffin told the family of Mr Griffiths – known as Q – at a pre-inquest hearing in Bournemouth that they may never fully get to the bottom of the mystery.
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She told his brother Adrian and a family representative who attended the hearing: “There has been quite a lot of media reporting around Q’s death, which I understand has raised some concerns for the family.
“I have to rely on documents as opposed to the rumour mill generated through press and social media.
“I’m happy to look into any other lines of enquiry you as a family think is relevant but at the moment my only source of contact is you as a family and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
“The evidence suggests that Q was the only person in the flat at the time of his death. We obviously know very sadly he had a fall from height which led to his death.
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“What I may never know is exactly how that fall came about and whether that fall was a deliberate fall or an accidental fall.
“I understand there may be lots of questions unanswered and that may not change.
“I’m not sure I’m going to get any information more than I have now, but I am also prepared to continue asking the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and await their response and give more time.
“The likelihood is I’m not going to be able to seek any further evidence with regret.
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“I understand the challenges we face and the upset and distress that causes you as a family that there’s still going to be a lot of things unanswered.”
Quentin co-founded Asos in 2000 but stepped down as marketing director in 2005.
By then he was a hugely wealthy man with Asos on its way to becoming a £4billion global giant.
After divorcing his British wife, the mother of his first three children, he moved in with a Thai woman he met in Bangkok and had two more children.
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They split up triggering a bitter custody dispute and a criminal probe when he fraudulently removed her as a director of the firm they set up to buy the family home.
He was convicted in October 2025 and jailed for 18 months but freed pending an appeal.
Quentin died on February 9 when he plunged from his balcony at the exclusive Elysium apartment block in Pattaya.
The entrepreneur was dating 26-year-old beautician Jom Thipanongsri at the time of his death.
Ae Ladlakhon, the nanny he employed to look after his two children in Thailand, later told her sister that he had sent the troubling text to his son and that the villa had been ransacked.
Rattikan Ladlakhon, 34, said: “She told us that she could not believe that he had killed himself – there had been no argument, no warning signs, no apparent stress and nothing unusual.
“She told us that the house was searched that night after Quentin died.
“It had been searched and ransacked.
“Ae said that she thought it was probably someone with influence who had gone into the house.
“Someone also called her and told her not to interfere with or touch anything in the house, but that she could continue looking after the children as normal.
“Ae also told us that his son said Quentin had sent him a message the night before he died, something along the lines of ‘Trust no one’ or ‘Don’t trust anyone…’ I can’t remember the exact words.
“It seemed as though he had given his son some kind of warning beforehand, which was why his son became suspicious.”
When oldest son Joel discovered the house had been ransacked and the crypto stolen he reported it to Thai police.
The police report states: “This report also serves as evidence to show the behaviour and actions of individuals who may be involved in Quentin’s death.”
Despite the unanswered questions, Thai police have closed their inquiry into his death.
Phupha Hongyakun, the Police Lieutenant in charge of the probe, told The Sun: “I don’t know about him sending a text message to anyone as I handed his phones and tablet to his family.
“I feel that he was under a lot of stress, facing various legal cases at the time and he felt there was no other solution for him.
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“There is no further investigation taking place.”
Mrs Griffin, Senior Coroner for Dorset, set a further hearing for March next year and said it may be a further pre-inquest review or the full inquest hearing.