Stephen Bear’s Dodgy Business Ventures: Selling Underwear, Fake Cash Giveaways, and Bruce Willis Film
JAILED Stephen Bear accumulated at least 30 failed money-making schemes, some of which fans claimed were scams or failed to deliver the promised goods.
The disgraced reality star is beginning a 21-month prison term for “revenge porn” after illegally posting a sex video with ex-girlfriend Georgia Harrison online.
Stephen Bear’s Dodgy Business Ventures: Selling Underwear, Fake Cash Giveaways, and Bruce Willis Film. Among his dozens of failed businesses, the “entrepreneur” last year urged followers to sign up for his “Attic Millionaire” scheme, with the slogan “Whatever you find in your attic, create an eBay listing, and keep flipping your money until you reach £1,000,000!”
He then placed a pile of his junk on eBay with a starting bid of £650; not surprisingly, no bids were received.
Bear will attempt to sell anything from hand-signed sex toys to teddy bears wearing Ruthless T-shirts, and he even launched a “positivity-centered” clothing line called I Survived a month after his arrest for revenge porn.
The 33-year-old also ran into trouble when he attempted to sell Kanye West’s Yeezy trainers from Bali, which Adidas confirmed were counterfeits, stating that Bear’s company “is not a registered retailer and the products featured on the site are not an official product”
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Bear claims to have made millions from bitcoin in videos filmed in his childhood bedroom, as fans have pointed out. In addition, he has attempted a social media channel, a porn website with his model girlfriend Jessica Smith, and a modeling agency, none of which registered a profit with Companies House.
On his Depop page, he is selling used vests and swimming trunks with a signed photograph as an added incentive. Fans, however, have left one-star reviews claiming the merchandise never arrived.
Bear was also criticized by the Advertising Standards Authority in April 2022 for running a cash giveaway in which fans could participate by subscribing to his YouTube channel.
The £10,000 was ultimately won by his girlfriend, Jessica Smith, while enraged fans reported him to the ASA, which stated there was “no evidence” the prize existed.
After winning Celebrity Big Brother, Bear created a video of his father Stephen Sr entitled The Old Man, which included YouTube clips of his father hanging out the laundry.
According to the film’s Instagram page, it also stars Tobey Maguire and Bruce Willis. The film has not yet been released.
Bear also established The Stephen Bear Trust, which is still on Instagram with the caption Bear “began it to give back to the community – email us if you’d like us to donate”
It is unknown whether any charitable donations were ever made, and the organization has never been registered as a charity.
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In addition, he created a GoFundMe page, which has since been removed, pleading with fans for money and promising donors that they can “start a new life today” with no further explanation.
Bear also ran a $10-per-ticket raffle for a trip to Dubai in which no winner was ever announced, and he used Photoshop to fake winning a £2 million lottery prize.
Bear has not made the millions he claims to have.
While on bail in February 2021, he joined the celebrity platform Cameo and began charging £26.25 for personalized videos.
In the same month, he disclosed that he had earned just £29.90 from his YouTube efforts and revealed the harsh realities of being a social media star.
Bear told his “fans”: “Guys, I’m not making this video to show off how much money I have, nor am I showing off how much I was paid for these 15,000 views.”
“Holding his laptop screen up for all to see, he pointed to his earnings and said, ‘For nearly 15,000 views, I received a total of £29.90. “How absurd is that?”
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