Actuality TV star Stephen Bear arrived at court docket whereas smoking a cigar this morning, the place he’s on trial for allegedly sharing a intercourse tape of his former co-star.
Bear, 36, exited his white Rolls Royce exterior Chelmsford Crown Court docket whereas carrying a cobra-headed strolling stick alongside his mannequin girlfriend Jessica Smith.
The previous Ex on the Seaside star is {accused} of filming himself and Georgia Harrison, 27, having intercourse in his backyard in August 2020 earlier than sharing it on WhatsApp and posting it on subscription website OnlyFans.
Ms Harrison says she by no means gave consent for the video to be shared and is searching for civil compensation alongside a legal trial. She stated she found the video was on-line in December 2020, and needed to rent somebody to take away it from porn websites.
In the present day, Decide Christopher Morgan is ready to summarise the case to the jury earlier than asking them to retire to think about their verdicts.
Bear denies two counts of voyeurism and two counts of exposing personal sexual images and movies.
Actuality TV star Stephen Bear arrived at Chelmsford Court docket (pictured) whereas smoking a cigar this morning, the place he’s on trial for allegedly sharing a intercourse tape of his former co-star
The previous Ex on the Seaside star is {accused} of filming himself and Georgia Harrison , 27, having intercourse earlier than posting it on OnlyFans
Bear exited a Rolls Royce with cane, cigar and animal print coat this morning (pictured)
The lawyer for Georgia Harrison, 27, (pictured earlier this month) stated that Bear: ‘broadcast their personal sexual lives in open court docket and gave no thought to their privateness in any respect’
Final week, throughout her closing speech to the jury, Jacqueline Carey KC stated Bear bragged from the witness stand about sleeping with Lauren Goodger and different fashions.
She stated: ‘He broadcast their personal sexual lives in open court docket and gave no thought to their privateness in any respect.
‘If it will get him fame, cash, notoriety or trending on Twitter he’ll say no matter he needs, he’ll do no matter he needs and distribute no matter he needs.
‘The prosecution are usually not asking you to convict Stephen Bear as a result of he sleeps with ladies and would not name them again.
‘As ungentlemanly as it’s, that isn’t what he’s charged with.
‘He isn’t charged with being a self-obsessed show-off. The prosecution are asking you to convict him as a result of the proof proves he’s responsible.’
Throughout the trial at Chelmsford Crown Court docket, jurors heard how Bear earned £40,000 from OnlyFans and greater than £2,000 from the intercourse tape with Ms Harrison.
Stephen Bear, 32, has worn a wide range of vibrant ensembles to Chelmsford Crown Court docket to face accusations of voyeurism and two counts of exposing personal sexual images or movies
Throughout her closing speech to the jury final week, Jacqueline Carey KC stated Bear bragged from the witness stand about sleeping with fashions Jemma Lucy and Chloe Khan and fellow TV persona Lauren Goodger. Bear is pictured yesterday at Chelmsford Crown Court docket together with his girlfriend Jessica Smith
Ms Carey instructed jurors that Bear upped his OnlyFans subscription worth after it started to draw consideration from folks speaking in regards to the video on-line, growing it from seven to 50 {dollars} earlier than logging in 90 minutes later to scale back it to twenty.
She stated: ‘The suggestion that his account was hacked in any respect is palpable nonsense. He was the one one who had entry by December 7.
‘And he was the one one to revenue from the subscription hike. By December 7 the hearsay mill was going.
‘He was getting traction on social media, lots of people had been taking a look at him. That’s the reason he put the worth up, so he may make a fast buck.’
Gemma Rose, defending Bear, instructed the jury: ‘Chances are you’ll not agree with Mr Bear’s views or his work on-line however this isn’t a court docket of morals. You will need to decide the case on the proof that’s put earlier than you.
‘He has tried to help one of the best he can within the circumstances. Chances are you’ll suppose, what extra can he do? Mr Bear can’t provide the magic solutions.
‘He acquired round £40,000 from OnlyFans however in respect of that video OnlyFans state the cost was 2,000 {dollars}.
‘What motivation is there to add that video when clearly he made cash from different content material? You can’t ensure that Mr Bear uploaded that video or instructed anybody to add it.’
Ms Harrison (left, at Chelmsford Crown Court docket earlier this month) says she by no means gave consent for the video to be shared and is searching for civil compensation alongside a legal trial. She stated she found the video was on-line in December 2020, and needed to rent somebody to take away it from porn websites
Bear was arrested after coming back from Dubai in January 2021. Ms Carey stated that he spent 5 minutes in the bathroom of the aeroplane earlier than being taken into police custody.
Officers looking his suitcase and one other bearing his brother’s identify, Robert Bear, stated they might not discover a cellphone or every other digital gadget.
Bear denied travelling together with his brother and through a search on the police station officers discovered a sim card key in his joggers.
He additionally claimed to police that his Instagram account had been hacked however he was unwilling to reply any particular questions and his cellphone has by no means been recovered since his arrest.
The trial continues.
