Thai tomboy accuses spiritual medium couple of swindling 50 million baht
Accused mediums deny accusation, claiming money spent on tomboy's partners
A Thai tomboy accused a spiritual medium couple of swindling 50 million baht from her over nine years. The accused couple denied the allegation, claiming the tomboy spent the money on her partners, not on them.
The tomboy, Som, gave an interview to Channel 3, appealing to the media to help her seek justice. She explained that she first met the couple in 2016 while experiencing a personal crisis.
At the time, her mother was seriously ill, and she lacked the funds for her treatment. In an attempt to raise money, Som put the family’s land up for sale, but no one expressed interest in buying it.
Desperate, she turned to the couple for spiritual guidance and agreed to pay offerings to any spirits they recommended, in the hope of improving her circumstances. The couple advised her to pray to a deity at their home and make a wish for the land to be sold.
Despite her efforts, the land remained unsold until mid-2019, when her mother’s condition worsened and she urgently needed a large sum of money. The male medium urged her to make another wish to the deity, but this time she had to promise to share part of the proceeds from the land sale with the spirit.
Som followed this advice and was eventually able to sell the land for 4 million baht. She then donated 200,000 baht to the deity as promised.
From that point on, Som developed a strong belief in the supernatural powers of the deity and grew to respect the couple deeply, as they claimed to be the deity’s mediums. She became a devoted follower and moved in with them at their residence in the Suksawat district of Bangkok.
She followed all instructions from the couple and continued to sell several plots of family land, each time giving a portion of the proceeds to the deity. In total, the amount donated reached 50 million baht.
Despite these offerings, the couple reportedly pressured Som to let them manage her remaining money and to seek their approval before spending it.
Eventually, Som moved her mother in to live with the couple, where she remained until she died in 2024. Afterwards, the female medium invited her younger brother and sister-in-law to also live in the house.
Tensions began to rise between Som and the medium’s brother, who allegedly viewed her as a burden on the household, despite her financial contributions. Their arguments reportedly escalated into a physical altercation, after which Som left the house with only a small sum of money.
Reflecting on the past nine years, Som came to believe that she had been deceived by the mediums and decided to file a complaint against the couple to recover her money.
Although she hoped to reclaim the full 50 million baht, she was only able to find evidence of transfers totalling 19 million baht.
In the interest of fairness, Channel 3 also interviewed the female medium, who maintained that she and her husband only encouraged Som to pray and make offerings to the deity, but they had never demanded money.
She admitted that her husband suggested Som make a promise to share proceeds from the land sale, believing the spirit would be pleased and grant her wish. However, they never specified how much Som should donate.
The couple claimed they used the money for charitable purposes and insisted that the total sum donated did not amount to 50 million baht. They had already donated all the money and were unable to pay back to Som as she wanted.
The medium also admitted to keeping some of Som’s money, saying she had good intentions and only wanted to prevent Som from spending irresponsibly, particularly on women she dated. Despite these efforts, the medium claimed Som spent the money on those relationships and ended up owing the woman 4 million baht.
She concluded by saying that Som’s anger and the subsequent argument were due to their attempts to safeguard her money. After the confrontation, Som left the house.
As of now, Som has not responded to the medium’s rebuttal.
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