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Andy and a man identified as Sirawith Nokthong were involved in a scuffle at Khlong Tan police station earlier this month. The encounter was captured on the station's security cameras.
Police released the video footage to the media. From there it found its way on to the internet, where it has done a lively trade.
Mr Sirawith, who is involved in a car dispute with Andy, has laid assault charges against the presenter, saying he laid into him at the station without provocation.
Andy laid a counter-complaint against Mr Sirawith, claiming he sold him a stolen BMW.
The video footage appears to show Mr Sirawith, who was chatting on the phone, punching Andy after Andy tried to wrest the phone from him.
Muscular Andy totters briefly on his feet, but quickly recovers his poise.
He quickly moves in on his foe, and lands a solid counter punch to Mr Sirawith's head. He collapses to the ground.
The footage then shows a policeman intervening between the pair.
The video footage has been widely viewed on YouTube after Channel 3 aired it on a morning news programme.
"He's tumbled to the ground!'' exclaimed a sports presenter, as he watched the clip with two co-presenters.
"Andy packs a mean punch!''
The showdown occurred on Sept 1, almost a year after Andy bought the second-hand car from Mr Sirawith.
He paid for it in cash, which the presenter borrowed from his mother.
After asking a friend in the motor industry to check its bone fides, he found the car was in fact stolen, and fitted with fake licence plates.
Andy says he tried in vain for five months to persuade Mr Sirawith to return his money and take back the stolen vehicle.
Mr Sirawith, who liked to boast about his influential friends, refused to take his calls.
"A few months ago, I was so stressed over the saga that I started parking the BMW in front of his house for several hours a day, just so he would get the message,'' Andy told the media, the day after assault charges were laid. He also besieged him with phone calls.
Andy said that on the day of the confrontation, a friend called him to say he had spotted Mr Sirawith. The pair had decided they must talk to Mr Sirawith, come what may.
"I asked my friend to tail him and not let him out of his sight,'' said Andy.
Mr Sirawith told police that he was driving near the Khlong Tan intersection when a Mitsubishi, driven by Andy, cut in front of him. Andy approached his car, joined by a friend of his who turned up in a Nissan vehicle.
He said Andy beat his first on his side window. One report said the window broke. Worried he might be attacked, Mr Sirawith said he refused to talk to the pair.
He fled to Khlong Tan police station, with Andy in hot pursuit. At the police station, Andy attempted to talk to him again.
They started to argue. Mr Sirawith said he merely tried to palm Andy away. Andy, however, responded with a fully fledged punch, knocking him to the ground.
Both have denied punching the other.
Mr Sirawath said his sister turned up moments later. He says Andy assaulted her, too.
Andy said he attempted to take the phone off Mr Sirawith so the pair could talk.
"He called one of his influential friends, who evidently advised Mr Sirawith to play dumb. Mr Sirawith denied he knew me, or anything about the car,'' said Andy.
"His sister turned up and spoke to me rudely. She also picked up a plant pot from nearby and threw it at me. I hit her in self-defence,'' said Andy.
Both men have laid complaints with police, who are gathering evidence. Charges have yet to be laid.-
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Actress and singer Jarinya "Kaew'' Sirimongkolsakul is taking a wait and see approach to reports that actor Nawat "Pong'' Kulrattanarak, a notorious Romeo, is hitting on her.
"I don't know if it's true. Please ask him. He tells me to speak the truth, no matter what I am asked,'' she told reporters about her relationship with the older actor.
Kaew, an RS Promotion singer, and actress in the movie Bangkok Kung Fu, says she chats and trades BlackBerry messages with lead actor Pong, though they are still in "brother and sister'' mode.
"We meet at work, and he takes me home. He has met my mother, but I have yet to meet his family. He's very sweet to me. We discuss work, and he offers me advice,'' she said.
"He didn't ask for my number. Let's just say that we agreed to exchange numbers,'' she said. The pair have known each other for two months.
At the launch of her kung fu movie recently, Pong turned up to lend her moral support. However, reporters say that when they turned up at a function last week to ask Pong about his relationship with tomboyish Kaew, he declined to see them, claiming he was too busy.
Kaew said she knows nothing about his cancellation, but is not worried he might be getting cold feet.
"I admit I'm worried about his reputation as a Romeo, but we will have to see how it goes,'' she said.
A gossip magazine manager has achieved victory against an actress who took him to court for defamation. -
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| Pong, Kaew |
"I don't know if it's true. Please ask him. He tells me to speak the truth, no matter what I am asked,'' she told reporters about her relationship with the older actor.
Kaew, an RS Promotion singer, and actress in the movie Bangkok Kung Fu, says she chats and trades BlackBerry messages with lead actor Pong, though they are still in "brother and sister'' mode.
"We meet at work, and he takes me home. He has met my mother, but I have yet to meet his family. He's very sweet to me. We discuss work, and he offers me advice,'' she said.
"He didn't ask for my number. Let's just say that we agreed to exchange numbers,'' she said. The pair have known each other for two months.
At the launch of her kung fu movie recently, Pong turned up to lend her moral support. However, reporters say that when they turned up at a function last week to ask Pong about his relationship with tomboyish Kaew, he declined to see them, claiming he was too busy.
Kaew said she knows nothing about his cancellation, but is not worried he might be getting cold feet.
"I admit I'm worried about his reputation as a Romeo, but we will have to see how it goes,'' she said.
A gossip magazine manager has achieved victory against an actress who took him to court for defamation. -
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Kaew Premier, manager of Gossip Star magazine, is celebrating victory in a five-year legal battle that went all the way to the Supreme Court.
Channel 7 actress and model Chatchadaporn "Tai'' Tanantha took the magazine to court for publishing a clip of a woman bearing her likeness at a racy party. She sought damages of five million baht.
The Criminal Court agreed she had been defamed, but suspended the jail sentence. It fined Premier 400,000 baht, and the magazine's publisher another 400,000 baht.
Premier appealed against the decision. The Appeal Court rejected the ruling by the lower court, denying Gossip Star had defamed the actress. Tai appealed to the Supreme Court, where she lost for a second time.
Welcoming last week's decision by the Supreme Court, which brings the battle to an end, Premier said his magazine would run no more stories about Tai, as he was worried about getting sued again.
"The court found there were no grounds to her complaint, and that we gave her an opportunity to put her side,'' he said.
However, Premier admitted to feeling a little piqued that when Tai announced she was taking legal action, reporters splashed the story over the front page. "We were guilty in the eyes of the public, even before the court had ruled,'' he said.
However, now that the highest court in the land had rejected the case, hardly any media outlets were interested.
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| Tai, Kaew Premier |
Channel 7 actress and model Chatchadaporn "Tai'' Tanantha took the magazine to court for publishing a clip of a woman bearing her likeness at a racy party. She sought damages of five million baht.
The Criminal Court agreed she had been defamed, but suspended the jail sentence. It fined Premier 400,000 baht, and the magazine's publisher another 400,000 baht.
Premier appealed against the decision. The Appeal Court rejected the ruling by the lower court, denying Gossip Star had defamed the actress. Tai appealed to the Supreme Court, where she lost for a second time.
Welcoming last week's decision by the Supreme Court, which brings the battle to an end, Premier said his magazine would run no more stories about Tai, as he was worried about getting sued again.
"The court found there were no grounds to her complaint, and that we gave her an opportunity to put her side,'' he said.
However, Premier admitted to feeling a little piqued that when Tai announced she was taking legal action, reporters splashed the story over the front page. "We were guilty in the eyes of the public, even before the court had ruled,'' he said.
However, now that the highest court in the land had rejected the case, hardly any media outlets were interested.
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