Georgia Harrison’s ex, Stephen Bear, has been convicted of breaching the terms of the restraining order against him.
Georgia Harrison has broken her silence after her ex-boyfriend Stephen Bear was convicted of breaching a restraining order put in place to protect her.
The Celebrity Big Brother winner, 36, pleaded guilty to breaching the restraining order after he launched an online campaign against Georgia, 31.
He had already served time in prison for illegally sharing a sex tape of of the former couple on OnlyFans. But after Bear was released from prison in early 2024, he embarked on a social media campaign in which he accused Georgia of being part of a conspiracy against him, with his guilty verdict being the result of a hidden plot.
Some of the posts were viewed millions of times and many included images of Georgia along with defamatory statements, reports the Mirror.
Georgia, who was pregnant at the time, chose not to go to court this week to see Bear convicted. She told The Sun: “I didn’t go to court this week. I didn’t stay away because it’s too hard.
“I stayed away because being there would give him the one thing he has always wanted, and the one thing the manosphere machine runs on: attention. A reaction and a spectacle.”
She added that “attention was worth more” to Bear “than the consequences” of his crimes and that the ‘manosphere system’ was rewarding him for that. As such, she wanted to focus on changing “the culture“.
Love Island star, Georgia, who gave birth to her first child, Sahara Jean, in October, has long campaigned for the law to better protect women and girls from acts of violence.
She first rose to fame when she appeared on Love Island in 2017, but by 2021, she had become an activist. Her work as a campaigner for women has earned her an MBE, making her the first Love Islander to be honoured in this way.
In January 2021, Bear was arrested after he uploaded a sex tape of himself and Harrison, that he had secretly recorded, to his OnlyFans account.
The following year, he was found guilty of voyeurism and disclosing private, sexual photographs and films. He was sentenced to 21 months in prison and given a five year restraining order forbidding contact with Harrison. He served just half of his sentence before he was released from prison.
During the criminal and civil cases, Georgia waived her right to anonymity in order to raise awareness about the impact ‘revenge porn’ can have on victims. The mum-of-one has also campaigned to increase the support for women and girls who have faced sexual crimes.
Georgia’s campaigning led to the government’s crackdown on image-based abuse through reforms to the Online Safety Act, which passed in October 2023.
Bear is due to be sentenced next month at Chelmsford Crown Court.
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