Stephen Bear admits 'humiliating' women to get more TV work as he's jailed
Reality TV star Stephen Bear admitted to 'humiliating' women to get more TV work during a psychiatric evaluation ahead of his sentencing today.
The Celebrity Big Brother star, 33, was jailed for 21 months in court after being found guilty in December following an image-based abuse trial.
He was due to be sentenced in January, but Judge Christopher Morgan granted the defence's application to adjourn the hearing until the beginning of March for a psychiatric report to be conducted on the reality TV star.
Referencing the report during sentencing, the judge explained that Bear told the author of his pyschiatric report that he was ashamed of humiliating women on TV, in previous shows, but he did it to get more work.
Stephen Bear arriving for his sentencing hearing at Chelmsford Magistrates Court (Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images)
Bear was found guilty (Splash News)"Mr Bear described putting on a show and said he would be whoever the show wanted him to be," the judge said.
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He was found guilty in court today of voyeurism and two counts of disclosing private sexual photographs and film.
It comes after he uploaded footage of himself and Love Island star Georgia Harrison having sex in his back garden in 2020, who was unaware Bear had recorded them by using a CCTV camera.
The video was then seen on a number of websites, including OnlyFans. Georgia contacted Essex Police, who carried out an investigation.
Bear was arrested in January 2021 and was found guilty of voyeurism and two counts of disclosing private sexual photographs and films by a jury in December 2022.
Stephen Bear and Chloe Khan on Celebrity Big Brother in 2016 (REX/Shutterstock)Voyeurism comes with a maximum two year prison sentence.
Bear received 21 months in prison for sharing the video to Only Fans, with nine months for count 1 and six months for count 2, to run concurrently.
Count 1 is a voyeurism charge, count 2 regards sending the video on WhatsApp to someone.
Stephen Bear (middle) with Kirk Norcross and Megan McKenna on Ex On The Beach (Publicity Picture)Upon being sentenced to prison, Bear wished the court a good weekend.
Bear was originally due to be sentenced in January, but a judge granted time of a psychiatric report to be conducted.
Georgia Harrison has previously opened up about the "shame and embarrassment" of having to tell her parents about the leaked sex tape.
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Georgia Harrison arriving at Chelmsford Crown Court (Joe Giddens/PA Wire)
Georgia Harrison waived her right to anonymity to help other victims of image-based abuse (Joe Giddens/PA Wire)The former The Only Way Is Essex and Love Island star attended court in December to hear Bear being convicted.
She waived her right to anonymity in an effort to help other victims of image-based abuse.
Following the conviction, Georgia said she could "start embracing the future".
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