Scientologist farmer at war with family over control of £80m business: Norfolk farming dynasty’s onion boss sues uncles and cousins over claims he’s being squeezed out because of his religion
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A farming dynasty worth £80million is engaged in a venomous civil war amid accusations one family member was sidelined by his cousins and uncles because he is a Scientologist.
Thomas Abrey claims his cousins Giles and Matthew and their fathers Richard and Robert have unfairly chipped away at his authority and badmouthed him to employees due to his belief in the teachings of L Ron Hubbard.
However, they in turn allege that Thomas has created a ‘toxic working environment’, has an ‘overbearing style’ around the farm and his conduct borders on ‘bullying’, with relations between them deteriorating badly since 2021.
Things have got so bad that the three scions of the family, have ended up in the High Court as Thomas fights to keep his role in their Norfolk mega farm business, RG Abrey.
He is suing his cousins and uncles after he was removed as a director of the company in September and claims he has been ‘wrongfully excluded’ from the family partnership which has been in place for nearly 100 years.
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