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<\/p>\nGeordie Shore star, Scotty T, admitted breaking the law this week along with six other reality TV stars after illegally promoting financial products on Instagram<\/p>\n
10:09, 21 Feb 2026Updated 10:10, 21 Feb 2026<\/p>\n
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Geordie Shore star Scotty T’s bank balance has been revealed (Image: PA)<\/p>\n
Scotty T’s “bleak” bank statements have been revealed after his court appearance this week<\/a>. The Geordie Shore star, 37, pleaded guilty on Friday to illegally promoting financial products on Instagram<\/a> along with six other famous faces.<\/p>\n The finances of Scotty – real name Scott Timlin \u2013 were exposed as he appeared at Southwark Crown Court alongside Towie star, Lauren Goodger, and Love Island’s Jamie Clayton.<\/p>\n In grim listening for Scotty, his lawyer described the new dad’s bank balance as “bleak”, adding that the TV star is relying on his mum to top up his earnings from X-rated sharing site, OnlyFans<\/a>.<\/p>\n Geordie Shore’s Scotty T, 37, is ‘not a man of extensive means’ according to his lawyer(Image: Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n READ MORE: TV stars including Lauren Goodger and Scotty T plead guilty over Instagram posts<\/a>READ MORE: Katie Price ‘brainwashed over sad obsession’ as pals fear catastrophic fallout<\/a><\/p>\n Ensure our latest headlines always appear at the top of your Google Search by making us a Preferred Source. Click here to activate<\/a> or add us as your Preferred Source in your Google search settings.<\/p>\n Laura Miller, representing Scotty, said his yearly income was around \u00a334,000, explaining: \u201cMr Timlin is not a man of extensive means. He earns money via an agent but also does receive other money for example an OnlyFans.<\/p>\n \u201cFor the last 12 months his yearly income was around \u00a334,000. As often said there is the Instagram world<\/a> and the reality. Mr Timlin\u2019s bank statements make it very clear the lifestyle he lives in the public eye is not the lifestyle he actually does lead.\u201d<\/p>\n She also said he relies on extra money sent by his mother.<\/p>\n Ms Miller continued: \u201dHe made his name on Geordie Shore<\/a> and won Celebrity Big Brother<\/a> but that was as far back as 2016. Although he\u2019s done some TV work since Geordie Shore ended in 2019 those were the programmes he made his name from.<\/p>\n \u201cHe now relies extensively on the promotional world being paid to attend bars and nightclubs for events.\u201d She also said his opening and closing balances for the last three months \u201cmake for bleak reading\u201d.<\/p>\n In total seven reality stars – who also included TOWIE’s Yazmin Oukhellou<\/a> and Love Islanders Biggs Chris<\/a>, Jamie Clayton<\/a> and Eva Zapico<\/a> – pleaded guilty to plugging foreign exchange trading on their personal accounts.<\/p>\n They urged their \u201csignificant\u201d Instagram following, built up from their appearances on hit shows, to sign up to an account offering FX trading tips and were acting as ‘finfluencers’, despite having no qualifications or authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Southwark Crown Court heard.<\/p>\n Former Big Brother<\/a> winner Scotty was paid \u00a3900 for three video posts to his 2.7 million followers. He was fined \u00a3938 with a \u00a393 victim surcharge.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, TOWIE’s Yasmin paid \u00a3400 to make a post about the scheme to her 550,000 followers on social media. \u201cYou were reckless, you lended yourself to a scheme about which you knew nothing and you took no steps to find out about it,\u201d the judge said, ordering her to pay a \u00a3974 fine with a \u00a397 victim surcharge.<\/p>\n * Join The Mirror\u2019s WhatsApp Community <\/a>or follow us on Google News <\/a>, Flipboard <\/a>, Apple News, TikTok <\/a>, Snapchat <\/a>, Instagram <\/a>, Twitter <\/a>, Facebook <\/a>, YouTube <\/a>and Threads <\/a>– or visit The Mirror homepage.<\/p>\n![\"Photograph](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1_JS103447056.jpg\")
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