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Stephen Bear Pleads Guilty to Register Breaches, Repays £22,305

8/6/2026

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Stephen Bear Guilty

Stephen Bear pleaded guilty at Thames Magistrates’ Court to five sex-offender-register breaches.
The breaches covered Brazil travel on 17 January 2025, return on 27 April 2026, a replacement passport on 20 January 2025 and new bank cards on 14 May 2026.
Solicitor Jesse Williams said Bear thought the travel and passport did not need reporting.
He will be sentenced for a restraining-order breach on 6 August at Chelmsford Crown Court and for notification offences on 14 August.

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Stephen Bear Repays

Court ordered Bear to repay £22,305 he earned from illegally sharing the footage on OnlyFans.
He now earns $20 per explicit video on OnlyFans and, in a Brazil beach video, taunted police with “Catch me if you can”.
He returned to the UK on 27 April 2026 after his father died, prompting his Chelmsford Crown Court appearance.

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Stephen Bear Guilty

Stephen Bear pleaded guilty at Thames Magistrates’ Court to five sex-offender-register breaches.
The breaches covered Brazil travel on 17 January 2025, return on 27 April 2026, a replacement passport on 20 January 2025 and new bank cards on 14 May 2026.
Solicitor Jesse Williams said Bear thought the travel and passport did not need reporting.
He will be sentenced for a restraining-order breach on 6 August at Chelmsford Crown Court and for notification offences on 14 August.

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