Revealed: Murder-suicide family secret of Traitors PhD brainbox Jade Scott
Jade Scott, a member of the Traitors squad, knows a thing or two about keeping secrets.
But while millions watch the PhD student try to win the BBC One show, he is hiding a heartbreaking family tragedy that deprived him of his youth.
The Daily Mail can reveal that Ms Scott’s mother, Maggie Fung, and her seven-year-old half-sister died by suicide at their home in Tai Kok Tsui, the Kowloon town of Hong Kong, in August 2018.
Both were found dead by firefighters who entered the flat after a domestic worker raised the alarm. Sadly, the mother and daughter were found lying on the bed, unconscious in each other’s arms, and died at the scene. Police found a suicide note in the apartment.
Ms Fung, 44, had recently broken up with her boyfriend and is suspected to have been hit hard by the shock.
Allegedly, Ms. Fung, who worked at a medical clinic, had arranged for the housekeeper to go home for the holidays because she and her daughter were going abroad. But when the worker returned to Hong Kong two days ago, they were unable to contact Ms. Fung and assumed she was still abroad.
Traitors contestant Jade Scott has revealed the heartbreaking secret family tragedy that left her isolated when she was still a teenager
PhD student Jade, 26, was photographed with her mother Maggie Fung in August 2017, a year before her death.
Her co-stars were overcome with emotion as Jade shared her heartbreak in the show’s most emotional episode to date.
Paramedics confirmed that the mother and daughter had been dead for some time, perhaps as long as a week.
In Friday’s episode, the University of Warwick student revealed that after Ms Fung and her financier father Stuart divorced, her mother and half-sibling passed away and she returned to her native Hong Kong, where she had another child.
Ms Scott, 26, revealed her secret when host Claudia Winkleman threw a dinner party for the final eight players; The players sat here and shared how they would spend their prize money.
He said: ‘I want to buy my own house. My parents divorced when I was 7 years old. My mother returned to Hong Kong.
‘He had a child and they were both found dead in 2018. I really had to rebuild myself from then on and I’m proud of myself for getting to this point. ‘I just want a place I can call my own.’
Ms Scott, who researches women’s health and pregnancy, added: ‘I was very close to him so it was a shock to the system.
‘Our parents form part of our own identity. I had to rebuild myself. It takes me a while to let people in because it takes me a minute to get comfortable. I guess at first glance it looks like cold-bloodedness.’
Ms Scott pictured with her father Stuart (right) and partner Susan (left) on graduation day in 2022
In what appears to be a tribute to her mother, Ms. Scott has a delicate tattoo on her arm of Ginkgo leaves, often used as a sign of loved ones or overcoming adversity.
Fellow actress Rachel Duffy admitted after hearing Ms Scott’s devastating story: ‘As a Traitor listening to people pour their hearts out at that table, it’s hard to make your next decision knowing what people are going through.’
Meanwhile, Ms Scott’s father Stuart is HSBC’s former head of foreign exchange trading and was accused in 2016, along with HSBC colleague Mark Johnson, of using inside information to profit from a $3.5bn (£2.6bn) foreign exchange deal.
He vehemently denied the allegations and two years later won a final battle to block his extradition to the United States.
He faced 11 charges of currency fraud, each of which carried a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, but was cleared when American prosecutors dropped the case in August 2023.
Ms Scott is in a relationship and regularly shares loved-up photos of herself and boyfriend Sam Brown Light on Instagram. She is a business owner who funded a company called FEM, which sells the ‘first women-only nutrition bars’.
Miss Scott is still a strong performer in the fourth series of The Traitors but although she is Loyal, she is subject to many doubts.
His name was mentioned once again at last night’s roundtable, but in the end the person who received the most votes and was banished from Ardross Castle was 33-year-old Dr. It was Ellie Buckley.
Miss Scott is still a strong performer in the fourth series of The Traitors but although she is Loyal, she is subject to many doubts.
The psychologist burst into tears as he tried to defend himself and stunned the group with his final speech.
Dr. In addition to revealing that she is Loyal, Buckley also revealed that she is in a relationship with Ross Garshong, 37, who was voted out of the BBC show.
‘I have a confession to make before I go. I didn’t come here alone. ‘I actually came with my boyfriend Ross!’ he said.
Elsewhere, Jessie Roux is brutally murdered by the Traitors, leaving only eight contestants left in the competition.
The episode ended with Traitor Stephen Libby and Miss Duffy having to choose a Loyalist to give the ceremonial dagger.
