Georgia Harrison discusses ‘biggest hurdles’ after Stephen Bear revenge porn hell

Georgia Harrison discussed the ‘biggest hurdles’ she faced after becoming a victim of revenge porn by her ex Stephen Bear on Monday. 

Stephen, 33, who won Celebrity Big Brother in 2016, is serving a 21 month jail sentence for voyeurism and two counts of ‘revenge porn’ after uploading footage of the pair having sex to his subscription based OnlyFans, without her consent. 

Georgia, 28, said despite having ‘constant flashbacks’ of the video, the hardest part was ‘proving how distressed’ the distribution of the clip had made her feel. 

The illicit filming took place at Bear’s home in Loughton, Essex, back in 2020, with Georgia set to tell her story in her upcoming ITV2 documentary, Revenge Porn: Georgia vs Bear. 

Speaking on Good Morning Britain, she explained: ‘I think violation is a good word. You feel extremely exploited and hurt. Having to deal with that scale. It was a really devastating time for me.’

Georgia Harrison, 28, discussed the ‘biggest hurdles’ she faced after becoming a victim of revenge porn by her ex Stephen Bear on Monday

Guilty: Stephen, 33, is serving a 21 month jail sentence for voyeurism and two counts of ‘revenge porn’ after profiting from footage of the pair having sex, without her consent

Georgia continued: ‘One of the biggest hurdles is to prove that someone knew you’d be distressed if they shared that video.

‘Six percent even manage to get the perpetrator charged – that’s just arrested.

‘You are using another human being. It doesn’t matter what your motivation is.

‘It’s quite frankly evil. What I really want other victims to know is don’t feel like you can’t come forward. The only thing that’s shameful is distribution without consent.’

Recalling finding out that the footage had been shared online, she explained: ‘I would have constant flashbacks of all of the other footage that was in there. It was important for me that the police put a stop to it.’

‘I think we’re getting there. In politics a lot of people talk about things but it’s actually getting it done.’

When asked by hosts Susanna Reid and Ed Balls about if she would consider stepping into politics, she sad: ‘Over the past 2 years I’ve spoken to victims on a daily basis. I really have educated myself on this, so I feel like I have the skills to take this forward.’

It comes after Georgia said she ‘will always fear’ she is being secretly recorded while having sex, in an exclusive chat with MailOnline. 

Strong: Georgia said despite having ‘constant flashbacks’ of the video, the hardest part was ‘proving how distressed’ the distribution of the clip had made her feel

The TV star says she ‘spiraled into a dark depression’ when she discovered Stephen had contrived to use their sex life for financial gain – and the trauma has impacted her relationship with men to this day. 

‘It’s definitely impacted the way I deal with intimate situations,’ she says. 

‘Especially if I find myself in a relationship where it is going to become intimate or sexually active, I will always have this fear in the back of my head. Even though I feel safe, I think “Is there a camera? Is someone recording me?”. 

‘I always have this hypersensitivity. It’s definitely affected me with future relationships. I’m doing my best to work through it.’ 

Georgia says she is getting therapy and doing everything she can to ‘get rid of the trauma patterns’. 

The reality star says Stephen shattered her confidence so much that she has found herself in a toxic circle of dating men who ‘don’t value my worth’. 

Speaking on Good Morning Britain, she explained: ‘I think violation is a good word. You feel extremely exploited and hurt. Having to deal with that scale. It was a really devastating time’

Proof: Georgia continued: ‘One of the biggest hurdles is to prove that someone knew you’d be distressed if they shared that video’

‘It bleeds into other relationships and I worry because it lowered my self worth so much that I’m naturally attracted to people that don’t value my worth,’ she says.

‘That’s something that I’m really trying to shake off,’ Georgia admits. 

Georgia found the strength to go to police while being goaded by Bear with ‘snarls’ about the CCTV footage. 

She said: ‘Bear was making quite a few snarls at me online. Him and his girlfriend did a porn video with the title “at least she knows I’m filming her”. All of it was just jibes. 

‘There were so many times where I wish I could just respond but obviously I couldn’t.

‘It was really healing to document my own journey but I knew one day I was going to get a guilty conviction and I was going to tell my story.

‘People that judged me were also the people that supported me so I want them to see what truly happens.

‘I’m hoping it can bring people some form of emotional healing, seeing how I’ve overcome because I really am. I’m not fully healed,’ she adds.

Brave: When asked by hosts if she would consider stepping into politics, she sad: ‘Over the past 2 years I’ve spoken to victims on a daily basis. I feel like I have the skills’

Exes: The illicit filming took place at Bear’s home in Loughton, Essex, back in 2020, and, in a new ITV2 documentary, Revenge Porn: Georgia vs Bear, Georgia tells her story

‘I’m so much stronger than I used to be. When I talk about things now. I don’t tear up. 

‘It is something that happened and is now in my control. If you look at me at the start of the journey I was complete and utter mess. It’s hard for me to look at myself in that state.

‘Two years on I can definitely see that everything happens for a reason and maybe I was meant to go through to help other people and also to prevent it from happening.’ 

Watch Revenge Porn: Georgia vs Bear ITV2 & ITVX 10pm Monday.  

Georgia Harrison discusses ‘biggest hurdles’ after Stephen Bear revenge porn hell
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