Stephen Bear 'living with mum on £3.79 Aldi pizzas' after billionaire claims

11 March 2024 , 10:54

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Stephen Bear living with his mum and shopping at Aldi after 'billionaire' claims (Image: PA)

Disgraced reality star Stephen Bear has been living with his mum and shopping at Aldi after being released from prison.

The winner of Celebrity Big Brother 2016 was jailed on March 3 last year after being found guilty of voyeurism and of two counts of disclosing private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress. Bear posted a CCTV video of himself and Georgia Harrison having sex.

He was released from prison in January and recently appeared in the courtroom for his confiscation hearing after making £22,000 from the leaked video. The hearing was to decide how much of the money he needs to pay back and whether it will go to Love Island star Harrison.

Bear, who has bragged about his fame and fortune in the past, told Chelmsford Crown Court that he's in Jobseeker's Allowance and can only pay back £10 a week. It was also recently reported that Bear has been living with his parents in Walthamstow, north London.

Stephen Bear was released from jail in January (PA)

Bear posted a CCTV video of himself and Georgia Harrison having sex (PA)

It was reported by MailOnline, he bought a £3.79 frozen pizza from Aldi on Friday night after arriving on an old bicycle to go into the shop. Not long after leaving HMP Brixton, Bear jumped on TikTok Live to discuss his life and brag about his fame and looks.

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At one point, he said he plans to "treat" the people who stuck by him through the tough times. He added: "I'm going to come up again, I'm going to have the glow up again. Don't worry. I haven't been sitting in prison just twiddling my thumbs. I've got big plans this year, big plans. So you lot are going to sit back and enjoy it."

He also called himself the "fittest guy on TikTok, social media and real-life" as he claimed it would be a "waste of talent" if he didn't talk to his fans on the app every day.

At a hearing at Chelmsford Crown Court in January, Bear was found to have profited £22,305.46 from the CCTV footage of the two having sex in a garden on August 2, 2020. At the time, Bear was posing as “a billionaire” on his Twitter and YouTube accounts but was “in fact heavily overdrawn”, Essex Police financial investigator Laura Mackenzie told the court.

Prosecutor Andrew Bousfield added, “Despite pretending to be a billionaire, his most valuable asset at the time was selling sexual videos”. His main asset at the time was £60,000 in owning his house, the court heard.

Mirror Online has reached out to Stephen's reps for comment.

Zara Woodcock