Stephen Bear arrived at court in a black fur coat and holding a snake-topped cane for the third day of his revenge porn trial.
He told a court he deleted a video of himself having sex with his ex-girlfriend Georgia Harrison in his garden, caught on his CCTV cameras, when she asked him to the same day.
The 32-year-old, who won Celebrity Big Brother in 2016, is on trial at Chelmsford Crown Court accused of sharing the footage on the website OnlyFans.
Bear, who was in Ex On The Beach, said in evidence that he ‘got smashed’ over lunch with Ms Harrison, who has appeared on The Only Way Is Essex, Love Island and Olivia Meets Her Match.
The defendant, of Loughton in Essex, said he then showed Ms Harrison around a sunbed shop that he was renovating and they ‘ended up having sex at the shop’ on August 2, 2020.
Stephen Bear has arrived at court in a black fur coat and holding a cane for the third day of his revenge porn trial
The 32-year-old, who won Celebrity Big Brother in 2016, is on trial at Chelmsford Crown Court accused of sharing the footage on the website OnlyFans. Pictured with girlfriend Jessica Smith
He told a court he deleted a video of himself having sex with his ex-girlfriend Georgia Harrison (above) in his garden, caught on his CCTV cameras, when she asked him to the same day
He said he then went back to his house with Ms Harrison, now aged 27, who has waived her right to anonymity.
‘We had sex before we went into the garden then she goes to me, I was doing card tricks outside, she said “you look really fit, like a fit Paul Daniels”,’ said Bear. ‘Then she started kissing me.’
He said they then had sex in his garden.
Gemma Rose, defending, asked Bear about CCTV cameras at his property, and he said he had previously been burgled and ‘it goes security first, all day long’.
‘I’ve got seven cameras, big gates and three dogs,’ he said. ‘They’re going to lick you to death if anything, but safety first, all the time.’
He said he ‘thought it was funny’ that the cameras had captured himself and Ms Harrison having sex.
‘We played it on the monitor screen,’ he said. ‘She asked for a copy of it.
‘I said “of course I will send you a copy”, it was 20 minutes long.’
Bear said that Ms Harrison ‘told me to delete the footage, which I did’.
‘Why would I want that on my phone?’
He said his ‘intention’ that day ‘was to catch up with a friend – sex was a bonus and the footage was quite funny to watch back’.
He described as a ‘complete lie’ Ms Harrison’s allegation that she saw him send the footage to someone on WhatsApp that evening.
Asked about footage being uploaded to OnlyFans, he said: ‘I don’t know of any video being uploaded.
‘All I know is a 20-minute video I had at the time. I don’t know of any other video that’s been uploaded.’
He said he had never changed his subscription price on his OnlyFans account, which was deactivated in December 2020.
Bear denies voyeurism and two counts of disclosing private sexual photographs and films.
The defendant, wearing a black suit and pink shirt and tie, took several deep breaths as he walked from the dock to the witness stand to give his evidence on Thursday.
He said: ‘Good morning your honour, good morning jury.’
He was then sworn in, before adding: ‘I couldn’t sleep last night.’
Asked about his work, he said: ‘I’m like the jack-of-all-trades. Used to be a labourer, dipped into roofing, TV work.
‘Now I do a bit of adult entertainment because my TV work has been on hold for two years because of this case.’
The trial continues.
