Griffith Simmons Parlaman III (30 October 1958 – 23 November 2002), who often referred to himself as “Sean Parlaman”, was a self-proclaimed activist who, before his death, sought to raise awareness regarding the trafficking and prostitution of children into Thailand. Parlaman was born in Los Angeles County, California, to Griffith Mead Parlaman (20 April 1923 – 22 October 1991) and Doris V. Simmons Parlaman (22 November 1923 – 11 February 2007); he fell to his death in Jomtien, Pattaya, Thailand.
Parlaman created websites which appeared to represent substantial institutions and projects, such as the now-defunct capcat.org.[1]
He was able to secure government grants, to become a member of the Oregon steering committee of the 2000 Green Party Presidential campaign of Ralph Nader, and to get permission from Stephen King to make Stud City, a short, independent sequel to Stand by Me.
Parlaman moved to Thailand and continued his activism, but after several efforts to raise awareness of local establishments' engaging in child prostitution was accused by those same institutions of being a pedophile himself. On 30 September 2002, living in Thailand, Parlaman was charged with molesting a 12 year-old boy, but released on bail by the local magisrate due to lack of evidence, as the sole inriminating evidence against him was a bruise on the boy's neck.[2] On 23 November, after another accusation, Parlaman was to accompany police officers to their station for further questioning. Instead, he jumped or was thrown to the street from his apartment building in the city of Pattaya.[3]