Stephen Bear is convicted again as Georgia Harrison speaks out
Stephen Bear will be sentenced next month at Chelmsford Crown Court after pleading guilty to breaching the terms of the restraining order against him.
The disgraced reality star was released from HMP Brixton in January 2024, where he was sentenced to 21 months imprisonment for sharing a sex tape of his Love Island ex-girlfriend Georgia Harrison.
Bear, from Loughton, Essex, was jailed in 2023 after a jury found him guilty of voyeurism and disclosing private sexual photographs and films.
He was also ordered to pay the £22,305 that prosecutors estimated he earned from illegally sharing the footage on subscription-based social media platform OnlyFans.
He was released early after serving just over ten months of his sentence and, following his release, posted numerous messages on social media about Georgia and his trial claiming it was 'fixed.'
The posts, made whilst Georgia was pregnant, featured photos of her alongside defamatory statements which left her distressed. She then reported him to Essex police.
Stephen Bear will be sentenced next month at Chelmsford Crown Court after pleading guilty to breaching the terms of the restraining order against him
Bear, 36, will be sentenced next month at Chelmsford Crown Court after pleading guilty to breaching the terms of the restraining order against him.
Speaking to The Sun after Bear's sentencing date was set, Georgia said: 'I didn't go to court this week. I didn't stay away because it's too hard. I stayed away because being there would give him the one thing he has always wanted, and the one thing the manosphere machine runs on: attention. A reaction and a spectacle.'
'He shared intimate footage of me without my consent and, when the law caught up with him, he came back for more – because the attention was worth more to him than the consequences.
'That's not just a man with a problem. That's a man doing exactly what the system rewards. And that culture is the thing I want to help change now.'
Investigating officer for the restraining order breach, Detective Constable Swarv Stafin said: 'Stephen Bear's behaviour is not okay and it should not be normalised or accepted.
'The impacts of being harassed are very real. It causes a great deal of stress and anxiety – it is something no-one should have to experience.
'The fact that he has admitted the charge against him shows he knew very well what he was doing was wrong and he knew he was breaching the restraining order.'
Harrison waived her right to anonymity during Bear's original trial as she campaigned for stricter laws around revenge porn.
She told the Proceeds of Crime hearing at the time: 'I had to live in fear that this was going to come out and my family were going to know about it.
'It was just like the worst feeling you can ever possibly imagine. I felt violated, I felt embarrassed - I hated myself for a really long time.'
Ex-Love Island star Georgia Harrison waived her right to anonymity during Bear's original trial as she campaigned for stricter laws around revenge porn
The criminal trial heard how Harrison and Bear had consensual sex at his home in Loughton but the Love Island star did not know they were being filmed nor did she consent to the film being shared.
Bear did not show any remorse for his crime, instead making the outlandish claim that his trial was 'fixed'.
Harrison, who was awarded an MBE for services to the prevention of violence against women and girls last year, has started a new charity initiative called The Georgia Harrison Foundation which will 'work to make the internet a safer place, support those affected by online abuse and start bigger conversations about the attitudes, behaviours and online cultures that are causing real harm'.
Last month, Bear announced that he and his wife Miami, who at 19 years old is 17 years his junior, are expecting their first child together after tying the knot last July.
He now makes a living as an adult content creator on OnlyFans, selling explicit videos of himself for $20 each.
It is not known exactly when the couple met, but in January last year, Bear revealed he had relocated to Brazil with his new girlfriend, boasting: 'The police can't catch me now.'
Badenoch blasts 'moaning' female Labour MPs over Burnham jobs 'quota'
Kemi Badenoch has told Labour women to earn a job in Andy Burnham's Cabinet instead of demanding they are handed jobs because of their gender.
The Tory leader lashed out today amid reports that female MPs are demanding the de-facto new prime minister introduce a 50:50 gender split 'quota' in his government.
Amid reports that former foreign secretary David Miliband is being lined up to return to the role, possibly with his brother Ed as Chancellor, one female minister also complained that Burnham could not have 'more Milibands than women' in the top posts.
But in a scathing article in the Times today Mrs Badenoch told them to 'stop moaning' and get chosen on merit instead of retreating into 'more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country'.
'There are many, many reasons why you shouldn't have any Milibands in the cabinet,' she said.
'But complaining that the boys haven't given them the right jobs or that the boys are taking all the jobs, just shows that Labour's women still don't get it.'
The idea of quotas was also attacked by Baroness Jacqui Smith, Labour's Skills Minister.
Asked by Times Radio if Mr Burnham should reserve jobs for women, she said: 'No, I think what Andy Burnham should be doing is building the very best team around him to change this country.'
A letter written by the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party has called on Mr Burnham to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in government jobs
Amid reports that former foreign secretary David Miliband (above, right, in 2010) is being lined up to return to the role, possibly with his brother Ed as Chancellor, one female minister complained that Burnham could not have 'more Milibands than women' in the top posts
But Mrs Badenoch told them to pipe down and get chosen on merit instead of retreating into 'more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country'
A letter written by the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party and seen by the BBC has called on Mr Burnham to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in government jobs after he succeeds Sir Keir Starmer.
'We are asking you to demonstrate this change from day one and address the toxicity and misogyny within our own party and government,' it said.
Labour has never had a female leader, while the Conservatives have had three, and Mrs Badenoch urged the government to follow its meritocratic example.
'If you run a meritocracy, then you do not have to worry about jobs for the boys,' she wrote.
'Every woman who is a Conservative MP, every woman who has ever won the leadership, has had to fight to get where she is.
'By contrast, Labour women are demanding guarantees from Burnham. But the truth is he doesn't have to give any guarantees.
'If none of Labour's women are prepared to get their hands dirty and challenge him for the leadership, their demands are toothless.'
'In fact, it's quite revealing that the women's parliamentary Labour Party has written to Burnham asking him to commit himself to at least 50 per cent female ministers.
'This has nothing to do with meritocracy. It is yet more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country.'
