Georgia Harrison speaks out after Stephen Bear is jailed for breaching his restraining order
Warning: This article contains discussion of sexual offences which some readers may find distressing.
Georgia Harrison has said ‘justice was done’ after her ex-boyfriend Stephen Bear was jailed for breaching his restraining order.
Bear was given a 16 month prison sentence today (6 August) at Chelmsford Crown Court for breaching a restraining order by posting about Harrison online.
The court was told that between March and July 2025, Bear had repeatedly posted about Harrison on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube and X, despite there being a restraining order in place prohibiting him from doing so.
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Bear was given the five-year restraining order in 2023 after he was found guilty of disclosing private sexual photographs and films of Harrison.
He was also given a 21-month prison sentence.
Following today’s sentencing, Harrison has written an article for The Sun in which she said ‘no woman must ever come to harm from him again’.
“What that man did has followed me and the people I love for years,” she wrote.
“It has sat at family dinners. It has pressed on even the happiest days, quietly.”
She went on to say that intimate image abuse has a lasting impact on the victim.
“It doesn’t hurt you once. It stays. Even a prison sentence didn’t end it. He came out and carried on compounding the abuse,” she continued.
“So I won’t call tonight an ending. I’ve learned not to.”
Harrison, who was awarded an MBE in 2025 for her services to tackling online privacy, cybercrime awareness, and the prevention of violence against women and girls, said she didn’t go to court today as she was more interested in what came next and what lessons could be learned.
She also stressed that what happened to her wasn’t rare, pointing out that the Revenge Porn Helpline had its busiest ever year, with around 70 calls per day and called for change.
In June, Harrison announced she was launching the Georgia Harrison Foundation, which she said will ‘be working to make the internet a safer place, support those affected by online abuse, and start bigger conversations about the attitudes, behaviours and online cultures that are causing real harm’.
In her piece for The Sun, she said the first change she'd like to make is for all major social media platforms to have a 'proper team of case workers' who were dedicated to handling image-based abuse.
"No woman should be made to live in fear"
Speaking after sentencing today, Senior Crown Prosecutor Andrew Young said Bear ‘hid behind a screen’ to launch his ‘campaign of abuse’ against Harrison.
He said: “Restraining orders are imposed by the courts to protect victims. Breaching them is a criminal offence which we will not hesitate to prosecute with the full force of the law.
“Over several months, Stephen Bear launched a campaign of abuse against Georgia Harrison MBE on his social media channels. He used his platforms to amplify abuse and encourage others to target her, despite being expressly prohibited from doing so.
“No woman should be made to live in fear because someone refuses to accept the restrictions placed on them by a court. Stephen Bear may have hidden behind a screen, but his actions had real-world consequences.
"The CPS will always seek to prosecute those who threaten, harass or intimidate women and girls, whether that behaviour takes place in person or online.”
If you or someone you know has had an intimate image or video released without their consent, you can visit the Revenge Porn Helpline for help deciding what to do.
Claire Reid