Brave Georgia Harrison arrives at Stephen Bear court hearing over £22k sex tape payout
BRAVE Georgia Harrison has arrived at court where Stephen Bear will discover how much he must pay back from his £22,000 sex tape.
The former Towie star was supported by two loved ones as she made her way inside today.
Bear arrived shortly after and gave a thumbs up to the waiting cameras in a pink shirt and fluffy shoes.
He is waiting to find out how much of the £22,305.46 he made leaking their secret sex tape on OnlyFans he must pay back.
The confiscation hearing will decide whether the cash will go to Georgia or instead to the courts.
Self-proclaimed “billionaire” Bear previously claimed he was on Jobseeker’s Allowance and could only afford to pay £10-a-week due to his financial struggles.
The disgraced reality star, who was jailed for 21 months over the sex tape, allegedly has just “£60,000 in a house and little else” to his name.
He has indicated he “doesn’t want a single penny” to go to his ex-girlfriend.
Bear has been accused of “dancing in the shadows” as prosecutor Andrew Bousfield previously said Bear has refused to give any evidence on his profits.
At the time the video was uploaded, he was “pretending to be a billionaire on his Twitter account” selling sexual content.
But Financial Investigator Laura Mackenzie, from Essex Police’s Economic Crime Unit, said: “He wasn’t a billionaire at all, no. His bank account was overdrawn.”
She told the court Bear charged $9.99 (£7.95) to view the video on his OnlyFans account, which had 1,061 subscribers.
He originally made £1,650.98 but this figure increased to £22,305.06 when his subscribers rose by 822 in the month before Georgia was made aware of the clip.
Bear was previously told to pay Georgia £207,000 in damages for the leak on a “grand scale” after she took him to the High Court in a separate civil case.
He was also slapped with an injunction preventing him from using the footage again.
Master Victoria McCloud said at the time Bear had “gaslighted” Georgia by trying to convince her she was responsible for sharing the clip.
The judge also slammed the shamed star for using the leak as a springboard for his own porn career before he was jailed.
She added: “Pornography is generally actually something done consensually. It was consensual sex but it certainly wasn’t consensual filming, and it was deeply violating.”
Bear's missing 'billions'
THE Ex on the Beach star recently claimed he was skint after his prison release as he begged for a date from fans.
But Bear once boasted he made a fortune from various businesses and OnlyFans videos with his model ex-fiancée Jessica Smith.
In 2021, he even claimed he made “$1million” (£720,000) in just 12 hours after posting an explicit clip online.
But after he was jailed, it emerged his lifestyle was worlds away from the flashy image he portrayed on Instagram.
His eight companies have all fallen apart around him – with none making a profit.
Even the Rolls Royce the disgraced star used to show up in court each day was rented and his Rolex watches were fakes.
Georgia, who bravely waived her right to anonymity, said the leak was her “worst nightmare” and left her feeling “violated and used”.
She had begged Bear not to share the footage after he showed it to her as it would “upset her greatly”.
She was later airdropped the 20 minute clip and discovered it was being offered for pay-per-view on OnlyFans.
Bear had advertised the clip: “Can’t wait to see me f**k in the garden.”
He was previously found guilty of voyeurism and two counts of disclosing private, sexual photographs and films.
Bear was released from prison in January after serving just ten months of his 21-month sentence.