- Stephen Bear gained £22,300 revenue from OnlyFollowers revenge pornography video
- 34-year-old walked out of jail on January 14, having served about ten months
Stephen Bear was again at courtroom this morning for a confiscation listening to after it emerged he gained £22,300 revenue from his OnlyFollowers revenge pornography video.
The TV actuality star arrived at Chelmsford Crown Court in Essex carrying a tracksuit saying ‘Mexican cartel’. Bear’s former girlfriend, The Only Way Is Essex star Georgia Harrison, was additionally there together with her new boyfriend Anton Danyluk from Love Island.
Bear returned to courtroom following his conviction for voyeurism and two counts of exposing non-public sexual pictures and movies with intent to trigger misery.
The 34-year-old walked out of jail on January 14, having served simply over ten months for sharing a personal movie of him having intercourse along with his Harrison on the web site.
The winner of Celebrity Big Brother 2016 had been jailed on March 3 final yr. Then on January 26 this yr, Bear was discovered on the courtroom to have profited £22,305.46 from the CCTV footage of the 2 having intercourse in a backyard on August 2, 2020.
But the courtroom had not been in a position to contact Harrison as a result of she was in South Africa on this yr’s Love Island: All Stars sequence, the place former contests return to the present. The listening to was due to this fact adjourned till right this moment, after the present had completed.
Stephen Bear arrives at Chelmsford Crown Court in Essex right this moment for the confiscation listening to
Georgia Harrison and her new boyfriend Anton Danyluk at Chelmsford Crown Court right this moment
At the time of the video, Bear was posing as ‘a billionaire’ on his Twitter and YouTube accounts however was ‘the truth is closely overdrawn’, Essex Police monetary investigator Laura Mackenzie instructed the courtroom in January.
Prosecutor Andrew Bousfield added ‘regardless of pretending to be a billionaire, his Most worthy asset on the time was promoting sexual movies’.
His important asset on the time was £60,000 in proudly owning his home, the courtroom heard.
His OnlyFollowers subscriber rely was stated to have jumped 43 per cent because of the video, from 1,061 when it was uploaded on November 8, 2020 to 1,883 by the point his OnlyFollowers account was de-activated on December 8.
The footage was obtainable to subscribers behind a $9.99 (£7.84) paywall on his profile ‘@hollywoodbear’.
There was stated to have been a ‘soar up’ within the $9.99 purchases when the footage began ‘go viral’ and Harrison grew to become conscious of it.
Stephen Bear at Chelmsford Crown Court right this moment carrying a hoodie saying ‘Mexican cartel’
Stephen Bear at Chelmsford Crown Court right this moment following his conviction in March final yr
Georgia Harrison is accompanied by Anton Danyluk at Chelmsford Crown Court right this moment
A complete of 273 subscribers bought the video and, following the usual 20 per cent reduce to OnlyFollowers, this earned him £1,650.98, the courtroom heard.
After the video was posted he adjusted his subscription price, from a variety of $7.50 (£5.89) to $50 (£39.28).
Through additional subscribers drawn in by the video, he was discovered to have earned £15,440.28, on high of the £1,650.98 earned by means of the paywall, Ms Mackenzie instructed the courtroom.
Calculations on how a lot Bear earned from the video have been debated in the course of the listening to, and the decide famous that this was troubled by the convicted intercourse offender refusing take the stand and supply proof.
Judge Christopher Morgan accepted Ms Mackenzie’s valuation of his earnings, and acknowledged it was tough to infer exactly what every new subscriber sought after they joined his account after the video’s launch.
He stated: ‘He had, by the point the account had been arrange, filmed himself and Georgia Harrison, that materials being the topic of the felony prices that he confronted.
The Only Way Is Essex’s Georgia Harrison and Anton Danyluk on the courtroom in Essex right this moment
Georgia Harrison and Anton Danyluk arrive at Chelmsford Crown Court this morning
Georgia Harrison and Anton Danyluk stroll arm-in-arm to Chelmsford Crown Court right this moment
‘The defendant plainly meant that that materials could be positioned onto his OnlyFollowers account.’
The OnlyFollowers listening to in January then moved instantly right into a second case concerning a fence round Bear’s property that Epping Forest District Council claims is simply too tall.
It was reiterated that Bear was unemployed and had no speedy prospects of getting a job.
His defence barrister within the second listening to stated: ‘He would not have a automotive to his identify – we ask for a modest monetary penalty, there appears to be little objective in hammering him with vital monetary penalty.
‘As of right this moment, there is not employment, and there is not a assured contract (of employment), however definitely the impression is that he is devoted to creating a lawful skilled profession.’
Judge Morgan acknowledged that he had ‘no sure or paid employment’ at current, however was happy Bear might pay the cash.
He was ordered to pay a £500 tremendous and £4,707.05 in prices in 56 days, and will face a seven-day jail sentence if he fails to pay the tremendous.