# Red Bull heir arrested in deadly Thai hit-and-run **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 3, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570 "2012-09-03T19:39:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![cougar58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@cougar58](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cougar58)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/41 "2013-04-05T05:22:36Z")
he only went 200 meters (600 feet) after hitting the motorcycle cop. in a Ferrari, that’s about 1.7 seconds ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/42 "2013-04-05T14:28:06Z")
He tested positive for alcohol…but I wonder if he also had a large amount of caffeine in his system? ---
**Author:** ![babygoat666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2acd7d/32.png) [@babygoat666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/babygoat666)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/43 "2013-04-05T14:44:59Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Why did you bring up Senser in the first place, in a thread about Thailand? Because she also struck and killed a Thai person with her car? ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/44 "2013-04-06T15:51:54Z")
> [@babygoat666](#): > > Because she also struck and killed a Thai person with her car? Yeah, you can only get away with running over Thai people in Thailand. Here in the US I think it’s still a crime. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/45 "2013-04-07T01:42:36Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Yeah, you can only get away with running over Thai people in Thailand. Here in the US I think it’s still a crime. Here, you score points. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/46 "2013-05-09T14:39:55Z")
[Update today](http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/349145/red-bull-heir-still-awaits-indictment). Prosecutors are still trying to figure out whether they should charge the poor boy. I can tell you this has completely left the public eye. No one cares about this anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/47 "2013-06-20T01:38:20Z")
[Update yesterday (Wednesday)](http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/355893/fourth-reprieve-for-red-bull-heir). Indictment delayed for the fourth time. From the story: **“The attorney-general also instructed that further investigations be made after the suspect asked for justice and to be allowed to call four more witnesses to testify in the case.”** Four more witnesses? 😕 But at least we’re assured there is nothing underhanded going on: **“He insisted that there was no attempt by authorities to drag out legal proceedings against the wealthy Red Bull heir.”** And again, this has dropped completely off the public radar. No one cares. ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/48 "2013-06-20T01:42:53Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > And again, this has dropped completely off the public radar. No one cares. I haven’t drunk a single can of Red Bull since the incident. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/49 "2013-08-23T23:46:26Z")
Small update: [The public prosecutor will decide on Monday whether to indict the poor little rich boy.](http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/366014/indictment-of-red-bull-heir-looms). Gee, I wonder what will happen. No prizes for guessing they won’t indict him at all or they will and then quietly sweep it under the rug. Another wealthy heir – but one not nearly this rich – a few years back out of meanness ran his car into a crowd of people getting off a bus, because the bus had cut him off or somehow otherwise offended him. Deaths involved. He was sentenced to prison but is still free. I don’t think he even showed up in court. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/50 "2013-08-23T23:58:25Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Another wealthy heir – but one not nearly this rich – a few years back out of meanness ran his car into a crowd of people getting off a bus, because the bus had cut him off or somehow otherwise offended him. Deaths involved. He was sentenced to prison but is still free. I don’t think he even showed up in court. Ah yes, I see I had already mentioned him way up above. :o ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/51 "2013-08-27T03:32:45Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Small update: [The public prosecutor will decide on Monday whether to indict the poor little rich boy.](http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/366014/indictment-of-red-bull-heir-looms). Gee, I wonder what will happen. Late Tuesday morning over here and if anything _did_ happen yesterday, neither the English- nor the Thai-language press have given it even a mention. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/52 "2013-08-27T15:35:57Z")
Still no mention in the news, but a news source told me privately today that the indictment was quietly postponed again yesterday. This makes something like the fifth time. I don’t know the reason this time or why it’s been kept out of the news, but I’m sure the prosecutors are getting tired of the bad publicity. They keep making a big deal about the statute of limitations for the speeding charge expiring on Tuesday of next week, but really, I’d think the speeding charge would be peanuts compared with what all else the punk could be charged with. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/53 "2013-08-27T15:43:04Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Still no mention in the news, but a news source told me privately today that the indictment was quietly postponed again yesterday. Thai justice is sinking to levels previously unknown other than in the US!:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/54 "2013-08-27T15:43:58Z")
Oh, I think I could show you worse in a few other countries around here. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/55 "2013-08-28T02:39:08Z")
Turns out there was a small blurb in yesterday’s (Tuesday’s) _Bangkok Post_. They just didn’t link to it on their website for some reason. But I have it here in front of me. On an inside page, it says the delay was because “… police had yet to finish questioning six witnesses, including two people who could give information regarding the speed at which Mr Vorayuth’s Ferrari was going.” It also says: “Mr Vorayuth’s lawyer also sought the postponement, claiming his client was sick.” Aw, poor little guy. It was indeed the fifth delay, and the indictment announcement has been rescheduled for next Monday morning. This is no doubt because the statute of limitations on the speeding charge expires next Tuesday, but he could also be charged with “reckless driving causing death” and “failing to stop his vehicle to help his victim,” so it seems to me the speeding charge would be the least of his worries. I wonder – just speculation here – if they might want to convict him of speeding so that _something_ would appear on his record while quietly squashing the cop killing. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/56 "2013-08-28T03:00:19Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > And the story has dropped right out of the news. > > At least the kid (probably) didn’t mean to kill the cop. Remember, as I’ve detailed in other threads, this is the place where 11 years ago next month, the son of a powerful politician who is today a deputy prime minister put a gun right up against the head of a cop and blew his fucking brains out, right smack dab in the middle of a crowded pub full of witnesses. Apart from having to resign his army commission, he was never punished and was in fact himself made a police officer a month or so ago. Holy fuck :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/57 "2013-08-28T03:05:39Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > Holy fuck :eek: Indeed. But the father that I mentioned was a deputy prime minister is a loud-mouth who recently got busted down for being annoying. Now he’s just the labor minister. (Really.) And his son who killed the cop and was made a police officer last year? The cop he killed, that cop’s son is also now a Bangkok police officer himself. Man, that must make for some tension around the department, I don’t care how big Bangkok is. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/58 "2013-09-01T03:27:09Z")
A small ray of hope: [The Office of the Attorney General has ordered prosecutors to indict the little brat](http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/367325/prosecutors-told-to-charge-vorayudh) before the statute of limitations on the traffic offense expires on Tuesday. So we’ll see. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/59 "2013-09-03T16:04:17Z")
So the kid was a no-show again, as can be seen here: [Red Bull heir off the hook on speeding charge](http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/crimes/367641/red-bull-heir-says-he-is-too-sick-to-attend-indictment-on-speeding-charge). But you have to feel sympathy for the poor little rich boy. He _wanted_ to meet with prosecutors yesterday (Monday.) _Really_ he did. But he (supposedly) went to Singapore last week on business and (supposedly) planned to return to Thailand on Sunday. But gosh darn it, wouldn’t ya know? He came down with the flu at the last moment, and a doctor in Singapore ordered bed rest for a while until he could return. Gosh darn it, of all the rotten luck for the kid. So the speeding charge is out the window, the statute of limitations on that having expired today after one year. But he’s still liable to “reckless driving causing death” and “failing to stop his vehicle to help his victim” charges. And I find it encouraging that both the English- and the Thai-language press are keeping the spotlight on this. But still, I think I know how it will ultimately turn out. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/60 "2013-09-04T03:37:41Z")
And the press is keeping up the heat with: [‘Justice has failed’ in Vorayudh hit-and-run](http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/367840/justice-has-failed-in-red-bull-heir-case) You may have noticed by now the different spellings of his name, Vorayudh and Vorayuth. That’s due to the vagaries of transliteration. If his name were spelled in our alphabet how it actually sounded, it would be more like Worayoot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570.md?page=4)