Two months ago, green activist Howard Shaw appeared with his wife on the cover of a high-society magazine for an article on enduring love stories.
Yesterday, the scion of the prominent Shaw family appeared in court with his wife, to face the charge of paying for sex with an underage girl.
He was among four men who were charged yesterday, joining 44 others who were accused on Monday of committing the same crime, with the same girl.
Shaw, 41, a former Singapore Environment Council (SEC) executive director, allegedly had sex with the girl on Oct. 30, 2010 in Hotel 81 Bencoolen.
Shaw and his wife married last November, and were featured on the cover of Singapore Tatler in February as a poster couple for a piece on “Great Romances.” They met six years ago when she was participating in a Miss Earth pageant and he was training and judging contestants.
Jessie Shaw appeared calm and composed as she sat next to her hu*****and in the Subordinate Courts yesterday, but left quietly on her own after he was charged.
Described by him as level-headed and patient in the magazine article, she declined comment yesterday, only telling The Straits Times she was “very sad” about the incident.
Her hu*****and, an SEC employee for 15 years and a third-generation descendant of Shaw Organisation co-founder Runme Shaw, appeared distraught during the entire hour he spent in the Subordinate Courts.
