{"id":483210,"date":"2025-10-08T14:57:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T14:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/483210\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T14:57:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T14:57:17","slug":"stephen-bears-sad-life-in-brazil-as-georgia-harrison-honoured-with-mbe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/483210\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Bear&#8217;s sad life in Brazil as Georgia Harrison honoured with MBE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Bear turned his back on the United Kingdom after being convicted as a sex offender and now resides in Brazil, often sharing his life on social media, a very stark contrast to Georgia Harrison<a class=\"AuthorLink_author-link__rg5qj\" data-tmdatatrack=\"author\" data-testid=\"byline-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/authors\/daniel-bird\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Daniel Bird<\/strong><\/a> Assistant Celebrity and Entertainment Editor<\/p>\n<p>10:29, 08 Oct 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0_Stephen-Bear.jpg\" alt=\"Inside Stephen Bear's very different life in Brazil\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Inside Stephen Bear&#8217;s very different life in Brazil<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">Stephen Bear&#8217;s<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/stephen-bears-life-after-jail-31882570\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" life is very different after he ditchedLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"> life is very different after he ditched<\/a> the United Kingdom. <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/stephen-bear\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"The convicted sex offenderLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">The convicted sex offender<\/a> once had a glamorous life, appearing on TV, walking red carpets and endorsement deals left, right and centre. But <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/disgraced-stephen-bear-after-prison-32302297\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"things took a dramatic turn.Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">things took a dramatic turn.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">In March 2023, the disgraced <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/breaking-stephen-bear-charged-connection-24107860\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"TV personality was found guilty of voyeurism as well as two counts of disclosing private, sexual photographs and films after sharing explicit footageLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">TV personality was found guilty of voyeurism as well as two counts of disclosing private, sexual photographs and films after sharing explicit footage<\/a> of his ex-girlfriend, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/georgia-harrison\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Georgia Harrison,Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Georgia Harrison,<\/a> on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/onlyfans\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"OnlyFansLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">OnlyFans<\/a> in 2020. He served 10 and a half months of a 21-month sentence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">Last year, the Crown Prosecution Service announced <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/disgraced-stephen-bear-settles-22k-32953840\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"he was slapped with a Confiscation Order of \u00a322,305 Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">he was slapped with a Confiscation Order of \u00a322,305 <\/a>to retrieve the cash he had gained from publishing the explicit content on OnlyFans. The judge ordered that Georgia be compensated \u00a35,000. But while Georgia&#8217;s life is flourishing, she&#8217;s awarded an MBE for <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/georgia-harrison-reveals-devastating-way-33882053\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"campaigning on violence against womenLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">campaigning on violence against women<\/a> and girls, Stephen&#8217;s is very different.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759935433_541_0_Stephen-Bear.jpg\" alt=\"Disgraced TV personality Stephen Bear now lives in Brazil\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Disgraced TV personality Stephen Bear now lives in Brazil<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759935434_678_0_Stephen-Bear.jpg\" alt=\"He claims to have been chosen by God to bring 'luck' to the people of Brazil\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>He claims to have been chosen by God to bring &#8216;luck&#8217; to the people of Brazil<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">After his prison release, he <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/disgraced-stephen-bear-whines-hes-31953925\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed he had &#8216;no money&#8217; and &#8216;cried himself to sleep&#8217;<\/a> as he slept in his parents&#8217; spare room. In August 2023, it was reported that Bear <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/stephen-bear-sells-essex-home-30634737\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">put his three-bed Essex home on the market for \u00a3525,000<\/a>. In September 2023, Bear&#8217;s loyal fianc\u00e9e <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/stephen-bears-ex-girlfriend-shares-31850054\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Jessica Smith Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Jessica Smith <\/a>had <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/toxic-stephen-bear-dumped-fiance-31007051\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">ditched him<\/a>, having previously vowed to stick by Bear&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">Nowadays, he&#8217;s living in Brazil, often sharing insights into his life on TikTok. It was on the video-sharing platform that he taunted the police while parading his 18-year-old girlfriend, now-wife, who he married in July this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">&#8220;The police can&#8217;t catch me now,&#8221; Bear bragged. &#8220;Life&#8217;s good. I thought I&#8217;d come on here guys and say I love you all, simple as that. I love you all. Stay true, because this year I&#8217;m fully active, I&#8217;m off licence. The police, they could still be after me, but I&#8217;m in Brazil. They can&#8217;t catch me now. Catch me if you can.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2_vlcsnap-2025-07-05-12h42m47s583.jpg\" alt=\"Earlier this year, he married an 18-year-old\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Earlier this year, he married an 18-year-old<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2_vlcsnap-2025-07-05-12h42m50s881.jpg\" alt=\"He also recently taunted the police, claiming they can't catch him\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>He also recently taunted the police, claiming they can&#8217;t catch him<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">He went on to add: &#8220;I&#8217;m in Brazil, I don&#8217;t know if you&#8217;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&#8217;m in Brazil. Thinking of looking at some property while I&#8217;m over here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">Taking to social media in July to share that he&#8217;d gotten married, he shared a string of snaps of himself and his wife, writing: &#8220;MY WEDDING . MR AND MRS BEAR.&#8221; The disgraced TV personality had &#8220;Noivo&#8221; written on his glasses, which is Portuguese for groom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">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 &#8220;I love you baby&#8221;. One social media post also saw Bear, who claims to &#8220;be a man of God&#8221;, trying to raise funds for an impossible 30 metre high statue of himself.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759935437_964_0_Stephen-Bear.jpg\" alt=\"He also tried to raise funds for a statue of himself\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>He also tried to raise funds for a statue of himself<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0_Stephen-Bear-court-case.jpg\" alt=\"He was sentenced to 21 months in prison\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>He was sentenced to 21 months in prison(Image: PA)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">He also told his online followers that God had instructed him to &#8220;bring luck&#8221; to the people of Brazil. He even launched a GoFundMe to raise the cash for the statue. On the page, he wrote: &#8220;Hi, my name is Stephen Bear. I have been chosen from God to bring you good luck and positive energy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">&#8220;I am looking to build a statue in Brazil named &#8216;Christ The Bear&#8217; 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 &#8216;Christ the Bear&#8217; would be made in a gold colour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">&#8220;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 &#8216;Christ the Bear&#8217; 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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">Bear had hoped to raise a staggering \u00a37,500 for the statue but was instantly hit with backlash. In another social media post, he was asked his opinion on intimate image abuse. &#8220;Woo, spicy!&#8221; he said while laughing. He continued: &#8220;We finally got a really juicy question, get your popcorn ready, it&#8217;s going to be a banger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">&#8220;So my opinion on revenge porn&#8230;,&#8221; as he launched into a mimed rant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">If you&#8217;ve been the victim of sexual assault, you can access help and resources via <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rapecrisis.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"www.rapecrisis.org.ukLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">www.rapecrisis.org.uk<\/a> or calling the national telephone helpline on 0808 802 9999<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stephen Bear turned his back on the United Kingdom after being convicted as a sex offender and now&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,77,160159,1705,160158,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-483210","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-georgia-harrison","11":"tag-showbiz-snapchat","12":"tag-stephen-bear","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115339136199275316","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}