Stephen Bear shared sex footage with ex 'for money', court told

Reality TV prima Stephen Bear shared footage of him having enactment with an ex-girlfriend "for profit" connected the website Only Fans, a tribunal has heard.

Mr Bear, 32, from Loughton, Essex, is connected proceedings astatine Chelmsford Crown Court accused of voyeurism and 2 counts of disclosing private, intersexual photographs and films.

Georgia Harrison, his ex partner, claims erstwhile she recovered retired astir the footage she told him ne'er to stock it.

Mr Bear denies each charges against him.

Ms Harrison's representatives said she had waived her close to anonymity successful narration to the case.

Jacqueline Carey KC, opening the prosecution, said: "In August 2020 the complainant Georgia Harrison met up with her erstwhile fellow Stephen Bear.

"They had immoderate luncheon and had immoderate drinks and ended up backmost astatine his location successful Loughton, successful Essex.

"They engaged successful consensual intersexual intercourse successful his garden.

"What she didn't cognize - but helium did - was Mr Bear had CCTV cameras successful his plot that recorded them having sex."

The barrister said aboriginal that time Mr Bear, who appeared successful the MTV amusement Ex On The Beach, told Ms Harrison and showed her the footage.

Ms Carey said Bear aboriginal uploaded the footage "either himself oregon had it uploaded to OnlyFans and profited financially".

"The suspect was efficaciously selling the footage to get money," Ms Carey said.

The alleged offences are said to person taken spot successful August 2020 and successful November 2020.

Ms Carey said Mr Bear's OnlyFans relationship was opened successful October 2020, closed successful December 2020 and had 1,061 subscribers, with 273 radical paying 9.99 US dollars (£8.15) to ticker the footage.

She said the suspect was arrested astatine Heathrow airdrome connected his mode backmost from Dubai connected 15 January 2021, but the telephone helium was utilizing successful Dubai "was ne'er recovered".

Ms Harrison, 27, giving grounds from down screens, said she and Mr Bear had enactment successful his plot and she had "absolutely nary thought I was connected camera during the clip we were having sex".

She said Mr Bear told her aboriginal the brace whitethorn person been "accidentally recorded" connected CCTV and she asked to spot the footage.

"I was truly drunk and I knew successful the greeting I was going to privation to cognize what was connected there," she said.

"I told him it would wholly ruin my beingness and ruin his vocation and if helium was to nonstop it to anyone it's revenge porn and you tin spell to situation for revenge porn."

She said that, weeks later, she was told the footage was online and, aft enlisting the assistance of an "ethical hacker", she "found retired it originated from [Mr Bear's] OnlyFans".

Her mother, who was her manager astatine the time, subscribed to the relationship and saw a station from 8 November 2020 with a screenshot from the footage, she told the court.

She said she sent the screenshot to police, adding: "To really beryllium monetising disconnected of it - it's absurd."

Asked by Ms Carey wherefore she waived her close to anonymity, Ms Harrison said: "My close to anonymity realistically disappeared the infinitesimal it [the footage] surfaced."

Ms Harrison has appeared connected shows specified arsenic The Only Way Is Essex, Love Island and Olivia Meets Her Match.

The trial, expected to past astatine slightest 4 days, continues.