Georgia Harrison says she 'nearly died' as she breaks silence after Stephen Bear imprisonment
15.03.2023 - 12:33
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Georgia Harrison has said she 'nearly died' as she broke her silence in her first big interview since ex-boyfriend Stephen Bear was jailed for sharing a private sex video of them on his OnlyFans website. The former Love Island star gave evidence at the Celebrity Big Brother winner's trial before he was put behind bars for 21 months.
Bear, 33, and Harrison, who has waived her right to anonymity, were captured on CCTV cameras having sex in his garden in Loughton, Essex, on August 2, 2020. During the trial at Chelmsford Crown Court, Jacqueline Carey KC, prosecuting, said that Harrison and Bear had consensual sex at his home, but Ms Harrison did not know they were being recorded.
Harrison said that when Bear showed her the footage she told him "never to send" it to anyone and “made it plain how upset she would be if he did”, the prosecutor said. The complainant said that she saw Bear send the footage to someone on WhatsApp later that day, and later that year she was made aware that it was circulating online.
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Ms Carey said that Bear uploaded the footage “either himself or had it uploaded to OnlyFans and profited financially”. But Bear, who has also appeared on Ex On The Beach, denied all charges and claimed at trial that he deleted the footage that day and had shared it with no-one other than Harrison.
He was, however, found guilty at Chelmsford Crown Court of voyeurism and of two counts of disclosing private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress. Judge Christopher Morgan sentenced him on March 3 to 21 months in prison
Harrison, who has since announced her own documentary on ITV called Revenge Porn: