Stephen Bear turned his back on the United Kingdom after being convicted as a sex offender and now resides in Brazil, and earlier this week, announced his wife, 18, is pregnant
Stephen Bear is expecting his first child with his 18-year-old wife. The convicted sex offender, 36, once had a life that many could only dream of – appearing on TV, walking red carpets and endorsement deals left, right and centre. But things took a dramatic turn.
In March 2023, the disgraced TV personality was found guilty of voyeurism as well as two counts of disclosing private, sexual photographs and films after sharing explicit footage of his ex-girlfriend, Georgia Harrison, on OnlyFans in 2020. He served 10 and a half months of a 21-month sentence.
Last year, the Crown Prosecution Service announced he was slapped with a Confiscation Order of £22,305 to retrieve the cash he had gained from publishing the explicit content on OnlyFans. The judge ordered that Georgia be compensated £5,000.
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After his prison release, he claimed he had ‘no money’ and ‘cried himself to sleep’ as he slept in his parents’ spare room. In August 2023, it was reported that Bear put his three-bed Essex home on the market for £525,000. In September 2023, Bear’s loyal fiancée Jessica Smith had ditched him, having previously vowed to stick by Bear’s side.
On Thursday, it emerged that the couple is expecting their first child. Taking to social media, he shared the announcement with fans, writing: “Very excited to announce me and my beautiful wife are having a baby!!! Can’t wait to be a dad.” In the accompanying video, he added: “Hi guys, today we’re going to share with you some really exciting news that’s been going on in our lives. Shall I say it or do you want to say it?”
His wife then adds: “Guys, we have a baby,” as Stephen cheered. He then shared: “We can confirm the baby is three months old, the doctor says it’s fit and healthy. I’ve been wanting to tell you lot for a few weeks but it has to be three months old before we announce the news. I’m over the moon. We’re not gonna find out the sex of the baby yet, but because I’m English and you are Brazilian and because I’m really good at football, we’ve decided our baby is going to play for the Brazilian national football team.”
They then held up a tiny babygro of the Brazilian football team and on the back it said ‘Bear’ and the number nine. “Guys, there’s a new Bear on the way!”
Some followers had questioned if the footage was a stunt, with Bear being renowned for sharing AI videos of his life to social media. The clips show the former reality star counting wads of fake cash and being surrounded by bikini-clad computer generated women. Another videos shows Bear on a phone call talking about building ‘six new sky scrapers in Dubai.’
“Absolute melt,” one social media follower replied. “29 likes… I thought my content was dead,” added another.
It was on TikTok that Bear taunted the police while parading his wife, whom he married in July last year.
“The police can’t catch me now,” Bear bragged. “Life’s good. I thought I’d come on here guys and say I love you all, simple as that. I love you all. Stay true, because this year I’m fully active, I’m off licence. The police, they could still be after me, but I’m in Brazil. They can’t catch me now. Catch me if you can.”
He went on to add: “I’m in Brazil, I don’t know if you’ve heard. This is my 18-year-old Latina girlfriend, say hello baby. We just chilling, I got eight music videos I got to shoot while I’m in Brazil. Thinking of looking at some property while I’m over here.”
Taking to social media in July to share that he’d gotten married, he shared a string of snaps of himself and his wife, writing: “MY WEDDING. MR AND MRS BEAR.” The disgraced TV personality had “Noivo” written on his glasses, which is Portuguese for groom.
One video also showed him picking up his 18-year-old wife, who was wearing a lacy white gown, while attempting to serenade her with his own rendition of “I love you baby”. One social media post also saw Bear, who claims to “be a man of God”, trying to raise funds for an impossible 30 metre high statue of himself.
He also told his online followers that God had instructed him to “bring luck” to the people of Brazil. He even launched a GoFundMe to raise the cash for the statue. On the page, he wrote: “Hi, my name is Stephen Bear. I have been chosen from God to bring you good luck and positive energy.
“I am looking to build a statue in Brazil named ‘Christ The Bear’ I want Christ the Redeemer to have a twin brother. The statue I would like to build would be the exact same size and weight as Christ the Redeemer. I would find it disrespectful for my statue to be exactly the same, so my statue of ‘Christ the Bear’ would be made in a gold colour.
“Not real solid gold as that material would be too hot to touch in the Brazil climate. Everyone who would come to visit my statue in Brazil would get good luck. I would also be a tourist attraction for everyone around the world so I would be good for the economy. The local people will help construct ‘Christ the Bear’ so I will also create jobs. Donate what you can. As you know I am a man of the people so join me on my project to save the world. Stay cool baby.”
Bear had hoped to raise a staggering £7,500 for the statue but was instantly hit with backlash. In another social media post, he was asked his opinion on intimate image abuse. “Woo, spicy!” he said while laughing. He continued: “We finally got a really juicy question, get your popcorn ready, it’s going to be a banger.
“So my opinion on revenge porn…,” as he launched into a mimed rant.
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