Jailed actuality TV star Stephen Bear is ordered to pay £207,000 to Georgia Harrison for posting revenge porn intercourse tape

Jailed former reality TV star Stephen Bear has been ordered to pay out over £200,000 in damages to former girlfriend Georgia Harrison after he infamously shared a intercourse video which ‘went international’.

Bear, 33, was sentenced to 21 months in jail after surreptitiously filming their encounter on CCTV in his backyard with out her information.

He shared the key clip with mates, ignoring former The Solely Manner is Essex star Ms Harrison’s pleas to delete the video earlier than publishing it on his Onlyfans account. 

Ms Harrison, 28, who waived her anonymity, had grow to be a campaigner calling for harder measures in opposition to those that share specific content material with out consent.

She instructed the Excessive Court docket right this moment that the leaked video was her ‘worst nightmare’.

Grasp Victoria McCloud right this moment dominated Bear should pay £207,900 in damages to Ms Harrison in one of many highest ever payouts in breach of privateness circumstances, The Evening Standard reports.

The decide stated it was a ‘gross act of violation by a person in direction of a lady’ by use of the web, including: ‘It was consensual intercourse however it actually wasn’t consensual filming, and it was deeply violating.’

She went on to castigate Bear, who she stated had gaslighted Ms Harrison by suggesting she was additionally accountable for the leaked video.

Commentators say he has largely ignored the civil proceedings , though he has tried to promote a property underneath his management in the previous few days. 

As a substitute Bear, who gained Superstar Massive Brother in 2016, had used his notoriety to launch a porn profession, which got here to a juddering halt as soon as he was jailed, apparently much to his surprise.

A supply near Bear stated he was ‘fully unprepared’ for being positioned behind bars, believing he can be spared a jail sentence if convicted.

The insider instructed The Sun: ‘He’s at his lowest ebb and has been crying for days. He by no means anticipated he can be jailed and is totally unprepared.

‘No matter anybody thinks about him, proper now he’s a damaged man and feels terrible for placing his household by this.

‘His members of the family are very involved for his wellbeing. It is arduous for them to see him endure like this alone

Within the weeks after Bear’s conviction, tv character Ms Harrison, 28, introduced her plans to depart the ‘destructive power’ of her expertise with Bear up to now, and head off to stay in Los Angeles if she is ready to safe a visa.

Taking to Instagram, she wrote: ‘I used to be meant to stay within the solar, being within the chilly/rain makes me really feel s**t lol so if I may kind my visa 100 per cent I’d be dwelling in LA proper now. 

‘I miss my mates there, I really like the entire wholesome actions, the thrill, the passion.

‘I am such an empath and I tackle quite a lot of destructive power within the UK whereas the US has the other impact on me.’ 

Bear was convicted in March of voyeurism and disclosing non-public, sexual images after a jury convicted him.

His preliminary encounter with Ms Harrison came about on August 2, 2020, and he uploaded the key video to Onlyfans on November 8 that yr – later boasting he had made £72,000 from subscribers in consequence.

 ‘This case is essentially the most severe single infringement of privateness rights that has ever come earlier than this courtroom by the use of a damages declare’, stated barrister Gervase de Wilde, representing Ms Harrison.

On March 3, Bear was jailed for 21 months and given a restraining order to not contact his Ms Harrison – however confirmed no regret as he smiled and joked outdoors courtroom and sung to reporters.

He was earlier convicted of sharing a intercourse tape of Ms Harrison, 28, on grownup web site OnlyFans and WhatsApp after footage of the then couple was captured on CCTV cameras in his backyard on August 2, 2020.

Ms Harrison, who has appeared on Love Island, was devastated by the tape and a decide stated she suffered ‘intensive humiliation and embarrassment’ by the hands of her former accomplice .

However because the disgraced Superstar Massive Brother contestant was led to the cells, he was heard saying: ‘Have a great night, get pleasure from your weekends everybody.’

He had earlier appeared relaxed when he arrived on the courtroom within the morning along with his present lover, Jessica Smith – who confirmed she wouldn’t be dumping the convicted intercourse offender.

Regardless of his conviction and sentencing, Ms Smith has vowed to remain at Bear’s side ‘through thick and thin’ as she claimed he didn’t obtain a ‘honest trial’.

She stated that individuals would ‘clearly would not perceive that if you did not have a accomplice who was in jail’. 

Ms Smith, 24, has her personal OnlyFans the place she posts specific content material.

She additionally appeared on Bear’s personal account – which can presumably now be on pause.

Bear proposed to her after he had been discovered responsible of revenge porn, throughout a whirlwind journey to Paris. 

Ms Harrison, who has appeared on The Solely Manner Is Essex and Love Island, has waived her proper to anonymity and insisted she stands in solidarity with different victims of revenge porn.

Conservative former minister Vicky Ford raised the case as she delivered a speech to the Home of Commons in the course of the Worldwide Ladies’s Day debate yesterday.

The Chelmsford MP stated: ‘The following is the abhorrent Stephen Bear, a violent, abusive, misogynistic man who has simply been despatched to jail for revenge pornography and lengthy could he keep there.’

A shout of ‘hear, hear’ was heard from Labour MP Alex Davies-Jones (Pontypridd).

Ms Ford added: ‘A lot reward should go to the courageous Georgia Harrison who was decided to see him stand trial for what he has accomplished.’

In a black coat and darkish sun shades, Bear waved and sang to journalists earlier than posing for selfies with a fan. He moaned about being convicted, saying his trial was ‘not honest’.

Bear additionally reportedly made unfounded claims about members of the jury outdoors courtroom previous to the sentencing. 

It adopted earlier appearances at courtroom all through his trial by which he wearing a wide range of gaudy fits and coats, flourishing a gold or silver cane and posing outdoors puffing on a cigar. 

Even previous to the graduation of proceedings, Bear posted a clip to his website depicting a intercourse act along with his present accomplice Jessica Smith, who has her personal OnlyFans website and round 1million followers on Instagram.

On the primary day of trial, Bear wore a pink go well with, black fur jacket and sun shades. 

Throughout proceedings, his Twitter account posted a ‘50% off’ deal for his grownup web site alongside a photograph of him arriving at courtroom with Ms Smith.

His Twitter account describes him as an ‘worldwide playboy’ and ‘self-made billionaire’.

And it was not the primary time that the Ex On The Seaside star’s social media account had made reference to the courtroom case happening.

Earlier than the trial, a ballot on Bear’s Twitter account requested his followers ‘What color go well with ought to I put on to courtroom on Tuesday (December 6)?’

A lot of the votes have been for ‘pink’, and the account later posted a brief video of Bear, apparently inside a car and sporting the pink go well with that he wore on the primary day of his trial.

Within the clip he gave a thumbs up, and textual content over the video stated that ‘pink gained the vote’. The put up was captioned ‘preserving it low key’, with a smiling tongue out emoji, and a paw prints emoji.

Later within the trial, Bear’s account posted a distinct video clip of him arriving at courtroom with a caption over the footage studying ‘By no means quit’.

His self-centred nature was defined by Jacqueline Carey KC, prosecuting, in a damning evaluation.

In her closing speech to the jury, she stated: ‘If it will get him fame, cash, notoriety or trending on Twitter he’ll say no matter he needs, he’ll do no matter he needs and distribute no matter he needs.’

She added: ‘We aren’t asking you to convict Stephen Bear as a result of he sleeps with girls and does not name them again. As ungentlemanly as it’s, that isn’t what he’s charged with.

‘He isn’t charged with being a self-obsessed show-off.’

Essex Police additionally confirmed its contentment in a tweet poking enjoyable on the convicted intercourse offender following the sentencing.

The drive stated: ‘At the moment Stephen Bear has been jailed following work from specialist home abuse officers. We do not tolerate this behaviour in Essex. If you’re performing in an abusive manner,

‘#Mirror on the best way to change.’

The tweet was posted with the ‘the way it began’ and ‘the way it’s going’ meme, exhibiting Bear outdoors courtroom with a second picture of a police van taking him to jail. 

Bear first appeared on the nation’s TV screens as an unknown 11 years in the past and has since by no means been removed from controversy.

Other than his on-screen antics in actuality reveals corresponding to Shipwrecked, Ex-On the Seaside and The Problem, designer-clad jack-the-lad Bear’s different love life has ensured him greater than his share of publicity.

He has had strings of glamorous companions, lots of whom have not often hung round lengthy because of his serial dishonest.

His greatest declare to fame was successful 2016 Superstar Massive Brother which allowed him to money in on his fame to the tune of £1million with private appearances and even a biography.

However in recent times, his TV profession has been largely on the slide and he determined to reinvent himself as a wannabe porn star.

Little question the ever-optimistic Bear will see his jail time period as extra of a advertising device, hoping his notoriety will solely increase the gross sales of his on-line intercourse movies nonetheless additional.

His personal defence barrister Gemma Rose actually did not sound like a lot of a fan when she instructed the jury: ‘You might not agree with Mr Bear’s views or his work on-line however this isn’t a courtroom of morals.’

Bear impressed the producers of a present known as Shipwrecked in 2011 along with his beauty and brash cockney geezer persona.

Closely tattooed Bear’s look did not result in a lot TV work and he disappeared from view.

However in 2015 he was chosen to seem within the actuality sequence Ex-On the Seaside the place he starred alongside his ex-girlfriend Connie Wiltshire.

The next yr, he entered Superstar Massive Brother, proving to be his launching pad and he went on to win the present in 2016. 

Bear landed one other present known as ‘Simply the Tattoo of Us’ alongside former Geordie Shore common Charlotte Crosby.

Additional work adopted within the form of three variations of ITV actuality present ‘The Problem.’

Bolstered by his new-found fame Bear launched an autobiography known as Bear’s Requirements: A Easy Information to Life.

The ebook largely gave recommendation on how individuals may grow to be actuality stars.

However Bear has now been handed a 21-month jail stint for voyeurism and of two counts of revealing non-public sexual images and movies with intent to trigger misery.

The fact star was additionally ordered to signal the intercourse offenders’ register and will likely be topic to notification necessities for 10 years.

Ms Harrison right this moment stated Bear’s perverted actions turned her from a ‘happy-go-lucky’ individual to somebody who suffers panic assaults.

The fact TV star suffered from so many assaults within the Christmas following the video’s launch that she had been stored in hospital for many of the festive interval.

She added: ‘It’s my worst nightmare that any photograph that ought to have been stored non-public would go public.

‘When Stephen bear filmed me with out telling me it affected how I belief individuals. After I first noticed the screenshot I felt bodily sick.’