Jailed TV star contests profit made from sex tape

Jailed TV personality Stephen Bear has been back in court contesting the amount of money he made from a sex tape he uploaded without the consent of his ex-girlfriend.

Bear was jailed in March for uploading footage of himself and Love Island star Georgia Harrison to OnlyFans.

A Proceeds of Crime Act hearing was told Bear, 33, from Loughton, Essex, earned £22,305 from the video.

The judge said he would make his ruling next year.

Bear appeared at Chelmsford Crown Court via video link from HMP Brixton in London, where he is serving a 21-month sentence.

The new hearing will determine how much money he has to pay back to the court for his crime.

In a separate case, he has already been ordered to pay Ms Harrison more than £200,000 in damages.

His criminal trial heard that although the sex was consensual, Ms Harrison was unaware the footage, shot in Bear’s garden, was being shared more widely.

The jury found him guilty of voyeurism and disclosing private, sexual photographs and films.

Stephen Bear dressed up for his appearances at court in Chelmsford where a jury found him guilty

Judge Christopher Morgan has now fixed a further hearing for January after Bear contested the amount of money he allegedly made from the video he uploaded.

The judge said he wanted to establish where £400,000 that Bear made from selling his house in Bryony Close, Loughton, went before he would make his judgement.

Asked when he was expecting to be released, Bear, who appeared in Celebrity Big Brother, said: “The 17th of January; I can’t wait; it has been a long time.”

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