Lotus Esprit

Shaw's wife, Hayley, sold his Lotus Esprit, worth £25,000, for 50p on eBay after he told Jodie Marsh live on air that he would leave his wife and two children for her. Hayley placed the lot on the auction site at the 'buy it now' price of 50p with the description 'I need to get rid of this car in the next two to three hours before my husband gets home to find it gone and all his belongings in the street.' The car sold within five minutes. The scandal made international news and Shaw even made a live apology to his wife on Channel 4's Richard & Judy show. He then bought the car back for £5000.

[edit] Controversy

In April 2007 during an interview with the couple Ben Lunt and Lianne Dauban about their time as Shipwrecked 2007 contestants, Tim was attacked after he covertly filmed up Lianne's skirt with a webcam during the interview. The images of Lianne's underwear were broadcast live on the Kerrang website and after receiving a text message from a friend, Ben punched the presenter and the couple walked out of the interview. [1]

Tim shaw was also deemed to be in breach of Ofcom standards for broadcasting a live telephone call Shaw made to his grandmother in which he said (in his own voice) that "Timothy Shaw died today" to the audible dismay of his grandmother followed by revealing that it he was just a joke, resulting in her putting the phone down on him.