An Heir to a Thai Beer Empire Accused His Brother of Sexual Abuse. Then He Took on His Family.
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Siranudh Scott, heir to Thailand's Singha beer dynasty, broke his silence about childhood sexual abuse, accusing his brother and a nanny while alleging his mother covered up the assault. His courageous stand has sparked a rare public reckoning on sexual abuse in a country where #MeToo had found little purchase.
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For years, the Thai public knew Siranudh Scott as a scion of Thailand’s largest beer dynasty and a high-profile marine conservationist who publicly criticized government officials for ignoring environmental violations.
But Mr. Siranudh, 30, was also fighting a personal battle. Earlier this year, he decided he could no longer stay silent, and made a bombshell accusation.
Mr. Siranudh, who is also known as Psi, said his older brother, Sunit Scott, and his nanny had sexually assaulted him as a child — and that his mother attempted to cover up the abuse and buy his silence. The fallout was swift. He said that as punishment for speaking out, he was cut off from the $1.3 billion Singha family fortune and thrown out of the family beach house.
His accusation — which his brother denied — unleashed a rare public reckoning over sexual assault in Thailand, where the #MeToo movement had failed to make an impact. Many Thais have responded with accounts of sexual assault within families and by powerful people.
It has catapulted Mr. Siranudh further into the spotlight. Now a household name and considered a symbol of standing up to power, he is mobbed in the streets by supporters. When he stopped his pink pickup truck at an intersection in Bangkok recently, a man rolled down his window and shouted: “Keep fighting!”
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Sui-Lee Wee interviewed Siranudh Scott over three days, reviewed documents and an audio recording related to his case, and spoke to some of his friends. His mother, Chiranuj Bhirombhakdi, also gave her side of the story, the first time she has done so.
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For years, the Thai public knew Siranudh Scott as a scion of Thailand’s largest beer dynasty and a high-profile marine conservationist who publicly criticized government officials for ignoring environmental violations.
But Mr. Siranudh, 30, was also fighting a personal battle. Earlier this year, he decided he could no longer stay silent, and made a bombshell accusation.
Mr. Siranudh, who is also known as Psi, said his older brother, Sunit Scott, and his nanny had sexually assaulted him as a child — and that his mother attempted to cover up the abuse and buy his silence. The fallout was swift. He said that as punishment for speaking out, he was cut off from the $1.3 billion Singha family fortune and thrown out of the family beach house.
His accusation — which his brother denied — unleashed a rare public reckoning over sexual assault in Thailand, where the #MeToo movement had failed to make an impact. Many Thais have responded with accounts of sexual assault within families and by powerful people.
It has catapulted Mr. Siranudh further into the spotlight. Now a household name and considered a symbol of standing up to power, he is mobbed in the streets by supporters. When he stopped his pink pickup truck at an intersection in Bangkok recently, a man rolled down his window and shouted: “Keep fighting!”
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