Stephen Bear appeared to have ditched his lengthy locks, shaggy beard and rosary beads simply hours after leaving jail in London on Wednesday wanting unrecognisable.
Bear was welcomed house by his household after being freed having served half of his 21-month sentence for sharing a intercourse tape of his Love Island ex Georgia Harrison.
The disgraced actuality star, who gained Celebrity Big Brother in 2016, was jailed in March after filming and importing footage of him having intercourse with Ms Harrison, who’s at present starring within the present collection of Love Island: All Stars, in his backyard on OnlyFollowers.
Photographs from final evening present Bear being greeted with a ‘completely satisfied birthday’ banner by his mother and father, Linda and Stephen Senior, earlier than he celebrated together with his household. Bear, who turned 34 on Monday, was seen greeting his canines earlier than hugging his mom.
He was earlier seen leaving HMP Brixton sporting a scruffy beard and lengthy shaggy hair – a far cry from his common groomed look.
Stephen Bear drastically modified his look and gave his lengthy locks the chop simply hours after leaving jail on Wednesday wanting unrecognisable
Bear was seen buying a espresso early on Thursday morning after his launch the day earlier than
On launch Bear was wearing a gray and yellow T-shirt and shorts and trainers, regardless of the chilly temperatures. Hanging from his neck was a rosary – which Catholics use to hope.
But upon leaving the household house in London to purchase espresso from a close-by cafe, Bear had utterly shaved off his beard and removed the lengthy hair he was seen with the day earlier than.
He wore a gray Nike tracksuit and trainers, with a camo-print coat and sun shades.
Sources near Bear beforehand informed how he’s ‘not the identical man’ who went into HMP Brixton, emphasising he plans to deal with spending time together with his household on launch.
His sister Hayley posted a video on Instagram exhibiting the reunited household on Wednesday evening, with photos exhibiting them tucking into pizza. Bear had already lower off his hair and beard just some hours after arriving house.
Hayley captioned the video: ‘No-one’s hiding underneath no rock’.
A supply from inside HMP Brixton informed MailOnline he had ‘discovered faith’ throughout his time inside. They stated he had arrived at HMP Brixton seeming ‘scared and timid’ however had quickly discovered his ft – taking a job within the jail’s fitness center.
Bear was dumped by his girlfriend Jessica Smith whereas in jail however seems to nonetheless have the assist of kin, one in all whom posted a supportive message on social media on Monday. Bear is claimed to insist he’s a ‘modified man’ and a put up on his X web page earlier this month stated he ‘cannot wait to get my life again on monitor’.
MailOnline understands Ms Harrison has not been informed about his launch as we speak however was conscious it was imminent earlier than she entered the villa. She beforehand stated she ‘did not have a lot concern or any considerations’ about him being let loose and simply wished to ‘transfer on’ along with her life.
Bear, who might be on licence and carrying an ankle tag for the second half of his sentence, is topic to a restraining order that bans him from contacting Ms Harrison for 5 years. He should hold the police knowledgeable of his whereabouts for a decade.
Bear was noticed leaving the household house after celebrating together with his household final evening
The shamed actuality TV star returned to his carefully groomed look after leaving HMP Brixton wanting unrecognisable
Photographs present Stephen Bear being greeted with a ‘completely satisfied birthday’ banner by his mother and father, Linda and Stephen Senior
Bear, who turned 34 on Monday, was seen greeting his canines earlier than hugging his mom
The emotional homecoming got here after he had spent 11 months in jail out of a 21 month sentence
Bear leaves HMP Brixton yesterday after being launched on licence half approach by way of his time period
The disgraced Big Brother contestant was seen sporting shaggy hair, a protracted beard, and a crucifix dangling from his neck
The convicted intercourse offender has been given a restraining order and informed to not contact Georgia Harrison (who he is pictured with) for 5 years
Ms Harrison is showing on the present collection of Love Island. She’s pictured on the present final evening along with her pairing, Luis Morrison
A ballot posted on Bear’s web page on X on January 4 learn: ‘I might be leaving Brixton jail on the seventeenth January. Can’t wait to get my life again on monitor. Who’s excited to see me?’
Some 82% of respondents voted that they might ‘quite watch paint dry’, whereas 18% stated they ‘cannot wait’ to see him.
Ms Harrison has develop into a campaigner in opposition to revenge porn and violence since Bear’s trial and stated her time within the Love Island villa could be a welcome break.
Before getting into the present, she stated: ‘I actually really feel like I’ve missed out on that within the final couple of years as a result of I’ve been preventing for myself and different girls, which I’ll proceed to do, however I’m simply going to have a bit of six-week break. I’m having a sabbatical.’
A supply had earlier informed The Sun: [Bear] has been telling friends he isn’t the identical man that went into jail,’ they stated.
‘There might be no hopping again on to social media or rolling straight again into the closest nightclub when he will get out, he says he simply desires to get again to east London and his household.’
The supply stated ‘time will inform’ if he has ‘modified’.
Bear was jailed in March after being convicted of voyeurism, disclosing personal, sexual images and movies with intent to trigger misery, and harassment with out violence.
He provoked outrage together with his smug and disrespectful behaviour in courtroom – recurrently turning up in a Rolls Royce that he had rented for £475 a day.
His new girlfriend Jessica Smith dumped him in September after vowing to face by him whereas he was in jail.
On Wednesday she shared a video on TikTok exhibiting a montage of movies filmed along with her new boyfriend and wrote in a caption how she seemed ‘happier now’.
Bear, against this, was stated to be heartbroken by the cut up.
Women’s Aid, a charity that goals to finish home violence in opposition to girls and kids, slammed his early launch.
It stated: ‘Following as we speak’s information of the discharge of Stephen Bear, solely 11 months into his sentence, our ideas are with Georgia Harrison and different survivors affected by image-based sexual abuse crimes like so-called ‘revenge porn‘.
‘From our work with survivors, we all know that violence in opposition to girls not being taken critically is likely one of the fundamental causes stopping many from reporting the crimes to police.
‘Seeing perpetrators being launched from sentences early, on this occasion serving underneath a yr, additionally has an influence on girls coming ahead sooner or later.
‘With belief within the legal justice system already dangerously low, we have to guarantee girls really feel each secure from abusers and that they’ll see the justice system understanding the severity of the crime dedicated.
Bear pictured in December 2022 earlier than he went to jail (left) and as we speak (proper)
A January 4 put up on X that was apparently dictated by Bear from behind bars stated: ‘I might be leaving Brixton jail on the seventeenth January. Can’t wait to get my life again on monitor. Who’s excited to see me?’
Bear made no feedback to photographers as he left HMP Brixton
The disgraced social media character is claimed to have informed associates he desires to get his life ‘again on monitor’
‘Short sentences go away too many ladies considering, ‘what’s the level of going by way of a trial for that?’.
‘So-called ‘revenge porn’ has a devastating impact on a survivor’s sense of autonomy and privateness, in addition to a long-lasting influence on their psychological well being, and the legal justice system must replicate this.’
HMP Brixton, the place the disgraced celeb was held, opened in 1819 and is one in all London’s oldest prisons.
It holds a Category C rating and well-known former inmates embrace thinker Bertrand Russell, the Kray twins, rapper Giggs and Mick Jagger – who was held there after being convicted of possessing unlawful amphetamine capsules.
Oswald Mosely, founding father of the British Union of Fascists, was interned in Brixton in 1940 underneath rules to guard the UK from Nazi sympathisers and in 1991 it was the scene of a well-known escape by IRA males Pearse McAuley and Nessan Quinlivan.
More not too long ago it was the setting of Gordon Ramsay’s 2012 TV collection Gordon Behind Bars, the place he taught 12 inmates to cook dinner. It can be house to The Clink, the place inmates serve meals to paying members of the general public.
In October, Bear’s ex Ms Harrison appeared on stage at Labour’s convention in Liverpool to demand abuse circumstances are given precedence in courts.
The former star of actuality reveals The Only Way Is Essex – who has waived her proper to anonymity – spoke of her lengthy watch for justice.
She stated it took two years from the day she reported the crime for Bear to be convicted and warned concerning the influence of lengthy authorized processes on victims of different crimes, corresponding to rape and home abuse.
Bear sports activities a collection of tattoos, together with an etching of The Joker on his left arm
He was wearing a gray and yellow T-shirt and shorts and trainers, regardless of the chilly temperatures
Bear was seen carrying a tag. A restraining order prevents him from making contact with Ms Harrison
Bear provoked outrage together with his smug and disrespectful behaviour in courtroom – recurrently turning up in a Rolls Royce rented for £475 a day
Bear with Jessica Smith – who had vowed to face by him whereas he was in jail, however later dumped him
A supportive message that was apparently shared on social media to mark Bear’s birthday
The 28-year-old stated she now has an ‘onslaught’ of ladies reaching out to her for assistance on social media following her high-profile case.
She additionally referred to as for ‘huge on-line platforms’ to be required to take down sexually specific content material which had been posted with out consent.
Speaking on a panel on the principle stage of Labour’s convention, Ms Harrison stated it was ‘actually vital that victims really feel they will be taken critically when they will the police’.
‘I converse to quite a lot of women who simply really feel like they weren’t taken critically or nobody actually understood after they did go to the police,’ she added.
‘One factor I wished to spotlight from my private expertise is I really feel there must be extra assist for victims after they do select to name the police and go into the courtroom system.
‘For me, from the day I reported the crime, it took me two complete years to get a conviction.’
Ms Harrison spoke of how the two-year authorized ordeal she endured was ‘detrimental to my profession and my psychological well being, which was actually arduous for me’.
She added: ‘But I could not assist however assume, think about should you had been both a sufferer of home abuse or a sexual assault, should you had been raped.
‘And you get a cellphone name to say ‘really you are going to have to attend an entire different yr to even get inside a courtroom room’.
‘You’ve obtained to spend the subsequent yr of your life strolling down the road not realizing if you are going to get attacked, killed, violated – how would you reside with that?
‘It could be so good if the courts may make certain if it’s a sufferer of sexual assault or home abuse – particularly as in a home abusive relationship, that period of time leaves the perpetrator so lengthy to control them to drop the costs – I feel these type of circumstances ought to be prioritised and 90 per cent of these victims are girls.’
In June, the legislation cracked down on individuals who share intimate photos with out the consent of these depicted.
Ms Harrison has demanded abuse circumstances are given precedence in courts
Bear arriving at courtroom in December final yr (left) and leaving Brixton jail as we speak (proper)
The former convict obtained right into a ready taxi after leaving the Victorian jail this morning
Bear was sentenced to 21 months after being convicted of voyeurism, disclosing personal, sexual images and movies with intent to trigger misery, and harassment with out violence