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Who is Stephen Bear as he is found guilty of sharing ex-girlfriend Georgia Harrison’s sex tape online?-Olivia Stringer-Entertainment – Metro
A sex tape featuring Georgia Harrison was uploaded to OnlyFans without her consent
Reality star Stephen Bear appeared in court last week wearing a pink suit (Credits: PA)
Stephen Bear has been found guilty of disclosing a private sexual film after a video of himself and ex-girlfriend Georgia Harrison was posted to OnlyFans.
Bear and Ms Harrison stars began dating in November 2018 after meeting on the MTV series The Challenge, before splitting a month later.
In March 2019, the pair reunited and jetted off to Thailand for a fitness retreat but their whirlwind romance came to an end again shortly after.
The jury reached unanimous verdicts on both counts of disclosing private sexual photos and films with intent to cause distress. It returned a majority verdict of 10 to two on the count of voyeurism.
The court heard that Bear and Ms Harrison were recorded having sex in the garden on CCTV cameras in August 2020.
Ms Harrison said that she did not know they were being filmed.
The trial has cast a light on Bear’s career and how he rose to fame.
How did Stephen Bear become famous?
Bear, born in 1990, hails from Walthamstow, east London and worked as a roofer before finding fame.
In 2011, he starred in Shipwrecked: The Island before popping up on MTV’s Ex On The Beach a few years later in 2015.
Since then, he’s built a strong reality show resume with other appearances in Just Tattoo Of Us and Celebrity Ghost Hunt Live.
Stephen Bear in Celebrity Big Brother (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage)
Stephen hit headlines in 2016 with his controversial appearance on Celebrity Big Brother.
The reality star received a formal warning after getting into a row with housemate Heavy D, and had to be removed from the house by security.
From the second week onwards, he was nominated repeatedly by his housemates and faced elimination every week.
During his time in the house, Stephen also enjoyed a romance with X Factor star Chloe Khan.
His antics won over viewers and Stephen was crowned winner at the end of the series.
Who has Stephen Bear dated?
Stephen has enjoyed romances with a bevy of famous faces.
Perhaps his most high-profile was with Charlotte Crosby, who he met while filming Just Tattoo Of Us in 2017.
Controversially, Stephen was cast as a contestant on Celebs Go Dating but was later axed after producers discovered he wasn’t single but in a relationship with Charlotte.
The couple seemed to be serious about each other and Stephen told OK! Magazine in their first joint interview: ‘Next December I want to impregnate her. They’re going to be called Teddy whether it’s a boy or a girl. I’ll be 29 when the baby’s born – that’s a good age.’
There was also talk of getting engaged.
Stephen Bear and Charlotte Crosby (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage)
However, by October 2017 their romance was off after Charlotte accused him on cheating.
Denying the claims, Stephen said: ‘When you break up with someone, and you’re not with them, you can do what you want, where you want because it’s no one’s business.
‘Everyone’s saying I’ve cheated, I’m the worst person in the world blah blah blah, but the facts are we’re broken up for two days, after that, I can do what I want, I’m single.’
Stephen’s previous girlfriends include Vicky Pattinson, Lillie Lexi Gregg and Jemma Lucy.
What happened between Stephen Bear and Georgia Harrison?
Bear was found guilty of sharing a CCTV video of himself and Ms Harrison having sex in the garden online – effectively selling it for money.
Georgia Harrison arriving at Chelmsford Crown Court, Essex (Credits: PA)
Jacqueline Carey KC, opening the prosecution case, told the court: ‘In August 2020 the complainant Georgia Harrison met up with her former boyfriend Stephen Bear.
‘They had some lunch and had some drinks and ended up back at his house in Loughton (in Essex).
‘They engaged in consensual sexual intercourse in his garden.
‘What she didn’t know but he did was Mr Bear had CCTV cameras in his garden that recorded them having sex.’
The Barrister said that later that day, Bear had shown Ms Harrison the footage.
She added: ‘She told him never to send it to anyone and made it plain how upset she would be if he did.’
Ms Carey went on to say that Bear sent the footage to someone on WhatsApp that night “despite knowing how upset she would be if the footage were to get out”.
She told the court that Bear upload the footage ‘either himself or had it uploaded to OnlyFans and profited financially’.
In a statement after the verdict, Ms Harrison said: ‘Bear’s behaviour was completely unacceptable and those who choose to commit such crimes should and will be prosecuted.
‘I hope me taking a stand gives other men and women who have fallen victim to revenge porn the courage to seek justice and most importantly show them that they have absolutely nothing to be ashamed of.
‘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.’
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