“Ross is keeping his son’s scandalous secret under wraps.”
A new EastEnders fan theory hints that Ross Marshall might face prison time for staying silent about a shocking secret involving his son Joel. Viewers recently saw Ross discover that Joel had not only slept with Avani — but also secretly filmed their encounter.
Ross was stunned by his son’s disturbing actions and reminded him that his past inappropriate behavior with girls was the reason they had to flee Australia. During a heated confrontation, the full extent of Joel’s misconduct came to light: he had previously filmed ‘upskirting’ footage of a girl without her knowledge or consent.
To avoid legal consequences, Ross had paid off the girl’s family, but Joel’s behavior forced them into exile. Despite harshly scolding his son over Avani, Ross has chosen to remain silent about the incriminating video — a decision that fans believe could land him behind bars.
Ross defended Joel from raging Ravi
Ross defended Joel in Ravi attack in EastEnders last week
As the story continued last week, a furious Ravi learned that Joel and Avani had slept together. Hot-headed Ravi rushed over to confront Joel, pinning him up a wall and threatening him over what he’d done.
Ross quickly leapt to his son’s defence, pushing Ravi away and telling him to back off. With Avani also reigning her dad in, disaster was averted – for now. But what will happen when Ravi and the others learn about the extent of Joel’s creepiness? Might Ross’s loyalty to his son backfire?
Will Ross’s loyalty to his son backfire?
R0ss to end up in prison over Joel and Avani recording, EastEnders fan theory predicts
Writing on a Reddit thread as they speculated the newcomers’ future, one fan suggested that Ross might find himself in hot water.
“Well, his father should go to jail as he saw the video and didn’t report it, which makes him complicit,” wrote one fan. They continued: “Joel needs to see there’s consequences to his actions too. So I don’t see them lasting for long in the Square.”
“I’m sorry but Ross is just as bad as his son Joel – both are messed up and need severely punished. Both can rot in hell,” said another, over on X.
“I’m going to need Suki to sort Ross and Joel out STAT. Ross disgusts me because hes telling Joel his behaviour is OK by not making him face any consequences,” a third agreed.
“Ross disgusts me Joel deserves worse especially once Ravi finds out that he filmed the act,” said a fourth.
Is Ross in danger from defending his son?