My daughter, the Nazi’s lover: Shattered father of Thomas Sewell’s fiancée reveals how the couple met – and the unthinkable dilemma his family now faces
The devastated father of a woman who is engaged to marry Australia’s most notorious neo-Nazi has spoken out for the first time, describing the ‘incredibly difficult situation’ his family is navigating.
Rebecca ‘Bec’ Lee is the long-time fiancée of National Socialist Network (NSN) leader Thomas Sewell.
Her father, who the Daily Mail has chosen not to name, said his family is distraught seeing their daughter become involved with Sewell, whose far-right extremist group promotes white supremacy and anti-Semitic ideology.
‘We are in an incredibly difficult situation with our daughter caught up with him,’ he told the Daily Mail through a mesh security door outside his home in Melbourne’s inner east.
‘We do not share racist views.
‘It’s tough, because she [Lee] has children with him [Sewell], and we don’t want to lose the relationship with our granddaughters.’
The Daily Mail does not suggest Ms Lee is racist, simply that she is engaged to a neo-Nazi, and has supported him outside court.
Bec Lee (left) with husband-to-be neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell (pictured holding Lee’s hand)
Lee’s father, whom the Daily Mail has chosen not to name, said: ‘We do not share racist views’
Lee’s father said his family refused to accept Sewell despite the couple having been together since 2019 and now engaged to be married – contrary to reports claiming they are already husband and wife.
‘We want nothing to do with him.’
He said he could not pinpoint exactly when his daughter became involved with Sewell but believed the two crossed paths at high school.
The pair were students one year apart at Balwyn High School, a co-educational school with a student population of predominantly Asian heritage.
Lee’s father confirmed the family has minimal contact with her, but cling to the hope that one day she will break free from Sewell.
The NSN leadership actively encourages members to pair off and start families.
In an online stream, Sewell declared: ‘This is a future we want for our children in the ethnostate we’re creating. I’ll be encouraging my kids to get married at 18, 19, 20 years old to make sure they’re having children as young as possible.’
In encrypted Telegram chats, female members adopt a ‘tradwife’ role, championing motherhood as their primary duty while sharing photos of themselves in modest clothing
The Daily Mail spoke to the devastated father of a woman who is engaged to marry Australia’s most notorious neo-Nazi
Bec Lee is pictured with a friend at a Melbourne dive bar in 2013 – a world away from the tradwife image she puts forward today
‘What a wonderful year it’s been… welcoming so many healthy white babies,’ one caption reads.
Ms Lee has been photographed alongside Sewell at various court appearances over the years – often make-up free, wearing the same peasant-style dress – a far cry from before she was romantically linked to Sewell.
Unearthed photos from 2013 capture a very different-looking young woman – copper-coloured hair, a graphic tee and a carefree smile at Melbourne dive bar Liberty Social – a world away from the tradwife image she projects today.
Ms Lee has described Sewell as a dedicated partner and father who supported her through sleepless nights without complaint in a testimonial provided for a court appearance following his arrest for attacking a group of hikers in 2021.
At a recent court appearance, Detective Senior Constable Saer Pascoe told Melbourne Magistrates’ Court the young couple had been evicted from their Wantirna South home and were living between a holiday campervan and his in-laws’ Balwyn home with the couple’s young daughters, aged two and eight months.
Lee’s father said the couple do not live at their property.
‘She does not live here, she was living in Queensland when Thomas got arrested she returned, she’s living with friends somewhere.’
Sewell appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court earlier this month after he was charged over an alleged attack on Camp Sovereignty, a First Nations protest site at King’s Domain in central Melbourne.
Police allege Sewell led a group of NSN members from an anti-immigration rally directly into the camp, where violence quickly erupted.
Thomas Sewell (pictured) was a top squash player during his time at Balwyn High
Neo-Nazi Nathan Bull was filmed alongside Sewell at King’s Domain in Melbourne on Sunday wearing a mouthguard when members of the National Socialist Network stormed an Indigenous sacred site
Several people were injured, including a woman who required staples to treat a head wound and others treated for cuts and bruises.
Sewell faces 25 charges, including violent disorder, affray, assault and discharging a missile.
The magistrate refused him bail, ruling she was ‘satisfied he would endanger the safety of others if released into the community’.
Outside court, the mother-of-two stood flanked by NSN supporters, and delivered a rehearsed statement accusing Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan of being behind Sewell’s arrest.
‘This is Jacinta Allan’s fault… because she hates Australians,’ she said.
