UK actuality star Stephen Bear is dealing with jail after he was discovered responsible of sharing a secretly filmed intercourse tape on OnlyFans of him with ex-girlfriend Georgia Harrison.
Bear, 32, filmed the consensual intercourse on CCTV then made at the least $72,000 on the X-rated website after importing the clip, The Sun studies.
Harrison, 28, who is understood for starring on the British present Towie, had begged him to not share the footage after he confirmed it to her, saying it will “upset her greatly”, Chelmsford Crown Court heard.
She was later airdropped the 20-minute clip and found it was being provided for pay-per-view on OnlyFans.
The courtroom heard Bear had marketed the clip: “Can’t wait to see me f***ing in the garden.”
The disgraced Ex On The Beach star has now been discovered responsible of voyeurism and two counts of revealing personal, sexual images and movies.
Each offence, which came about between August and November 2020, carries a most two-year sentence.
Bear claimed he was “always fighting a losing battle” as he was bailed forward of his sentencing on January 31 subsequent 12 months.
Bear, who confirmed as much as courtroom every day in a Rolls Royce limousine and shared photographs on Instagram, was accused of “revenge porn” by Harrison.
The Towie star, who waived her anonymity, mentioned she was “relieved” by the decision on Wednesday.
“The last two years have been absolute hell and this verdict will allow me to start to put the pain I have suffered in the past and start embracing the future,” Harrison mentioned in an announcement.
“Bear’s behaviour was completely unacceptable and those who choose to commit such crimes should and will be prosecuted.
“I have felt ashamed, hurt, violated, even broken at times but today I stand here feeling empowered, grateful and a huge sense of unity with all of those who have reached out to support me throughout this ordeal.”
Harrison additionally mentioned with extra folks’s lives spent on-line, it’s “important” they’re protected “in the virtual world just as they are in reality”.
She instructed how she hopes by taking a stand, different victims of revenge porn will come ahead to “seek justice and most importantly show them that they have absolutely nothing to be ashamed of”.
Harrison beforehand broke down in the course of the trial as she instructed jurors how the tape had ruined her life.
She instructed the courtroom that she and Bear had gone into the backyard whereas drunk to play playing cards when she had intercourse with him unaware she was being filmed.
“We had had sex before. His performance was a lot more excited and a lot more dramatic than usual. Looking back – more positions, more effort,” Harrison mentioned. “I had no idea I was on camera.”
When Bear mentioned they “might have been caught” on CCTV, Harrison mentioned she instructed him she wanted to see it.
She claimed she realised it was a “serious situation” when she thought she caught him sending the clip on WhatsApp later that evening.
Harrison instructed the courtroom that she broke down in tears and warned Bear she would “get him done for revenge porn” if the footage was ever despatched on.
The actuality star claimed Bear instructed her, “I would never do that,” and promised he would delete it.
“I hit him and said if anyone sees this it’s going to be really bad, it’s going to change my life and yours,” she mentioned.
“I’d known this guy for years and I trusted him somewhat but he acted like I was being really uptight.”
The courtroom heard that when later confronted in regards to the clip showing on-line, Bear slammed her claims as “full-blown lies”.
He additionally instructed her: “You’ve built something up in your head.
“You’ve built yourself up and it’s made me look like a c*** and I am a c*** but I didn’t do this.”
The star claimed Harrison had despatched the video elsewhere and was now attempting to “get him nicked”.
During his personal proof, Bear claimed he was subjected to greater than 1000 private assaults when the tape went public.
It was additionally revealed he had made nearly $72,000 from OnlyFans within the weeks after sharing the clip.
Asked in courtroom whether or not that was good cash, he mentioned: “I got offered almost [$90,000] to do Celebrity Big Brother again so it depends what you call good money.”
Just two months earlier than it went public, Bear’s checking account had been almost $23,000 in debt.
The star additionally dragged ex-Towie star Lauren Goodger into his proof as he claimed he had intercourse along with her.
Bear mentioned: “I’ve had many girlfriends in the press with high followings but I didn’t do it to them. So why is Georgia the chosen one?”
He added: “I put in my best performance every time I have sexual intercourse with the ladies. If it’s 20 minutes long, you’ve put in a good performance. Wasn’t the old three-minute wonder.”
Bear boasted a “50 per cent off deal” for his adults-only website alongside a photograph of him arriving at courtroom in the course of the trial.
He added: “Come see why I’m trending.”
Bear was on vacation in Dubai previous to his arrest, and was arrested when he landed at Heathrow on January 15 final 12 months.
When quizzed by police, Bear instructed officers he “didn’t know what voyeurism meant”.
Bear, from Walthamstow, East London, labored as a roofer earlier than making it as a actuality TV star.
He first appeared on Shipwrecked: The Island again in 2011.
Bear, who beforehand dated Geordie Shore star Charlotte Crosby, then re-emerged on Ex on the Beach in 2015.
Since then, he’s been on Celebrity Big Brother, Just Tattoo Of Us and Celebrity Ghost Hunt Live.
Harrison has beforehand appeared on actuality exhibits together with Towie, Love Island and Olivia Meets Her Match.
Speaking after the decision, Assistant Chief Constable Rachel Nolan mentioned: “This man thought he could treat women and girls like they were on a reality show. He thought he could commit appalling crimes in Essex and get away with it. He was wrong.
“You can’t try to shame and manipulate people to satisfy yourself. You can’t pretend that taking intimate videos and sharing them without consent is OK. It’s not. And if you try to get away with it in Essex, you won’t, regardless of who you are.
“Thank you Georgia Harrison, not only for your bravery but for your trust in our detectives. I’d like to commend the investigating officer in this case, DC Brian Sitch, who has demonstrated his determination to stand alongside Georgia Harrison to hold this man to account.
“Let me be clear, misogyny and violence and intimidation against women and girls, in all its forms, is wrong – and it is for us all to stand up and stand together to stamp it out in our society.”
This story initially appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission
