TV character Georgia Harrison mentioned ‘a number of males’ advised her that they had seen the personal intercourse video that her ex-partner Stephen Bear leaked as revenge porn – leaving her ‘dwelling in concern’.
Talking on the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme, the previous Love Island star, 28, recalled being approached by folks saying that they had seen the footage earlier than she found it had gone viral on-line.
After waiving her proper to lifelong anonymity, she mentioned she is ‘having fun with making a distinction’ by talking about her expertise – and even refused to rule out a foray into politics.
Following Bear’s conviction, Harrison mentioned going to courtroom was ’empowering’ and that the jail sentence helped ‘validate’ her expertise. Although she now desires to see a change within the regulation.
The Prison Justice and Courts Act 2015 made it an offence to reveal personal sexual images and movies with the intent to trigger misery and with out consent. She believes the requirement to show intent must be eliminated.
Georgia Harrison says she ‘will all the time concern’ she is being secretly recorded whereas having intercourse after turning into a sufferer of revenge porn by her ex Stephen Bear
Stephen, 33, who received Celeb Huge Brother in 2016, is serving a 21 month jail sentence for voyeurism and two counts of ‘revenge porn’
‘Earlier than I truly noticed the video had gone viral on the web, I had a number of males telling me that that they had it proven to them. So I feel once I noticed it was on Solely Followers, it was simply the ultimate straw for me,’ she mentioned.
Ms Harrison added {that a} shorter clip of the video was posted on-line, leaving her terrified that Bear, who was jailed for 21 months over the crime, might promote extra.
Georgia Harrison has warned that revenge porn is way more widespread than some might consider – revealing no less than 5 ladies messaging her day by day to share their very own ordeals.
‘My case on the whole has actually shocked the British public, however it’s such a standard factor – so widespread.
‘Ever since this occurred to me I turned somebody that victims attain out to, and I get no less than 5 ladies a day – normally victims however typically moms of victims or members of the family who need recommendation,’ Harrison advised the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme.
‘You simply would not consider how large that is and the way many individuals are being affected by it.’
Chatting with the MailOnline earlier this week, she mentioned: ‘I am a lot stronger than I was. Once I speak about issues now. I do not tear up.
‘It’s one thing that occurred and is now in my management. Should you have a look at me at first of the journey I used to be full and utter mess. It is exhausting for me to take a look at myself in that state.
‘Two years on I can positively see that all the pieces occurs for a cause and possibly I used to be meant to undergo to assist different folks and in addition to stop it from taking place.’
On the Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme, she mentioned how going to courtroom: ‘Was powerful, and it was actually scary… However once I truly bought within the courtroom, it was virtually empowering.
‘I have been silenced for thus lengthy and never solely did I’ve the chance to talk to a decide and actually inform the reality, I bought to do this with him within the room and his household within the room, and it was good to validate the reality.
‘I took that energy again.’
Bear wore a sequence of lavish outfits and arrived in a rented Rolls Royce throughout the trial (pictured exterior Chelmsford Crown Courtroom)
The Prison Justice and Courts Act 2015 made it an offence to reveal personal sexual images and movies with the intent to trigger misery and with out consent.
Harrison is looking for the requirement to show intent to be faraway from the regulation, on the idea that any case of revenge porn is more likely to trigger misery to the sufferer.
On probably going into politics, she mentioned: ‘It is positively not one thing I anticipated taking place in my profession, however I’ve actually been having fun with making a distinction.’.
The 28-year-old mannequin beforehand revealed that she developed cysts and later went into septic shock after discovering Bear’s horrific crime.
Her documentary, being aired on ITV on Monday, Revenge Porn: Georgia Vs Bear will discover her private story.
Bear, 33, denied all costs however was discovered responsible of voyeurism and of two counts of exposing personal sexual images and movies with intent to trigger misery.