Charlotte Crosby has claimed that Stephen Bear cheated on her with a brunette beauty at an Essex nightclub on Friday night – while he maintains he was single at the time.
And a picture of the former CBB joker has now surfaced, showing Bear making a beeline for the girl on the night out, which prompted the war of words with ex-Geordie Shore star Charlotte.
He can be seen snaking a hand around her waist while she places her hand on his shoulder.
Spotted: A picture of Stephen Bear making a beeline for a brunette at an Essex club on Friday night has surfaced – after Charlotte Crosby accused him of cheating with the brunette
The photo emerges as Charlotte has hit back at Bear’s claims he was single at the time, revealing she is ‘deeply saddened’ that his family would bad-mouth her and say she was lying about them still being together.
Charlotte’s representative told The Sun Online: ‘Charlotte is deeply saddened that after classing Stephen’s family as her own and spending so much time with them she has now discovered certain members are trolling and bad-mouthing her on social media.’
MailOnline has contacted Charlotte’s representatives for comment.
Hitting back: The photo emerges as Charlotte has hit back at Bear’s claims he was single, revealing she is ‘deeply saddened’ that his family would bad-mouth her and say she was lying about them still being together at the time
The picture comes after another woman named Yasmin, who is not pictured, spoke to The Sun about the ongoing saga, as she insists they did not kiss yet confessed he made a move on her and claimed he had split from the Geordie Shore star two weeks previously.
Now Yasmin has hit out, as she told the publication: ‘I met Bear at Faces – I was out celebrating my 22nd birthday with my friends. He turned up around 10.30pm with his mates and came up to me and asked: “What’s your name?”
‘I did not kiss him – and I’m definitely not dating him. He’s much too in the public eye for me – my phone’s been going off all day and it’s been driving me mad’.
Of him chatting to other girls about their split, she weighed in: ‘(It’s not really right, no), but some of my friends spoke to him and said he wasn’t with Charlotte, apparently they haven’t been together for about a week.’
Off again: Charlotte claims Bear cheated on her with a clubgoer two days after their split, yet he insists the move is not infidelity as they had already split
Defence: Yasmin has spoken to The Sun about the ongoing saga, as she insists they did not kiss yet confessed he made a move on her and claimed he had split from the Geordie Shore star two weeks previously
On Snapchat on Tuesday, Bear’s brother Danny filmed his wife looking at her phone as she remarked: ‘Stephen’s cheating on Charlotte apparently.’
Danny responded: ‘What I wanna know is, how can you cheat on someone when you’re not with them? And you dumped them days ago. Last time I checked that weren’t cheating. Anyway. True.’
Meanwhile, Bear’s sister-in-law Cassie also defended the CBB winner on Twitter, replying to fans: ‘P****s, they weren’t even together – he finished with her 4 days ago.
She added to another follower: ‘It’s not taking sides wally – it’s fact. He dumped her days ago. Pure and simple – he’d had enough love.’
Dropping hints: The news came at a topical time for the pair as Holly Hagan hinted that her former co-star Charlotte could be returning to Geordie Shore
Their comments came as Holly Hagan sparked rumours that the pair could be returning to Geordie Shore, after a source close to Charlotte told Mirror Online that she’s probably considering a return now that she’s split from Bear.
Holly shared a Twitter post from her former co-star which read: ‘Today is he day of new beginnings. Hearts mend, Tears dry, you love again and everything is always ok. you are all my rock [sic]’ to which the busty blonde added: ‘So happy to hear this and so proud of you cant wait to reunite Thursday.’
However, a source told MailOnline: ‘There is absolutely no truth whatsoever in these rumours.’
Speaking out: Taking to Snapchat on Tuesday, Bear’s brother Danny filmed his wife looking at her phone as she remarked: ‘Stephen’s cheating on Charlotte apparently’
Reuniting? Meanwhile Holly sparked Geordie Shore return rumours as she posted: ‘cant wait to reunite Thursday’
Dazzling: Holly threw her support behind her best friend after Charlotte shared a sultry snap
Charlotte and Bear split on Friday after a turbulent relationship, with Charlotte accusing her former beau of kissing another girl in a nightclub in a barrage of angry tweets.
Bear since demanded an apology from fans who accused him of infidelities, claiming that since they had already split up he had done nothing wrong.
The 27-year-old reality star made the declaration in a scathing Snapchat video, declaring that he was free to do what he wanted after being the victim of a slew of angry messages from fans.
Nothing wrong: Bear,27, recently demanded an apology from fans who attacked him on after former beau Charlotte Crosby accused the star of cheating
The Celebrity Big Brother winner said: ‘When you break up with someone, and you’re not with them, you can do what you want, where you want because it’s no one’s business.
‘Everyone’s saying I’ve cheated, I’m the worst person in the world blah blah blah, but the facts are we’re broken up for two days, after that, I can do what I want, I’m single.
‘Lastly, there’s two sides of every story. If I was together and I done something, granted it’s a liberty.
‘But it’s not the case, you can ask her yourself, it’s not the case. So I think I deserve an apology’
‘A liberty: ‘In a scathing Snapchat video, Bear explained that as he and Charlotte had already split up he had done nothing wrong
Fair: Bear added that there is ‘two sides to every story’ after he received a slew of abuse from fans who accused him of kissing another girl in a nightclub
‘No one’s business:’ The Celebrity Big Brother noted that he was single when he was accused of infidelities and so could do what he pleased
Bitter: Bear put forward his side of the story after former beau Charlotte attacked the star in a slew of angry tweets on Sunday night
Charlotte and Bear were confirmed to have split on Sunday after a representative confirmed the pair had broken up last week.
The news of the split came hours after Charlotte launched an expletive Twitter rant at her former beau, accusing him of ‘necking on’ with another girl.
A representative for Bear said: ‘I can confirm that sadly Stephen and Charlotte ended their relationship last week.
‘The pair ended on good terms, and no one else was involved whatsoever.’
Charlotte launched a slew of tweets at her former beau on Sunday night, accusing him of kissing another girl just 48 hours after their split.
The former Geordie Shore star’s first post simply said: ‘WOW’ leaving fans on tenterhooks as to what she had been shocked by.
What happened? A rep confirmed that the pair had parted on ‘good terms’ and there was ‘no one else involved’
Furious: Charlotte launched a Twitter rant at her former beau on Sunday night, days after the pair reportedly split
Upset: Charlotte accused Bear of kissing another girl just 48 hours after they had broken up
Emotional: Charlotte stunned fans with her angry tweets, after splitting with Bear for the third time
Sad: Charlotte previously split from Bear in August, telling fans in an emotional Snapchat video, only for the pair to reunite hours later
Charlotte’s second tweet came an hour later, and stated: ‘I can’t believe stuck by someone for so long…for it to take 48 hours for them to be necking on with someone in a club’
She continued with: ‘In front of everyone’ followed by applause emojis’
The last tweet stated ‘When you try and tell everyone someone is different and you have their back through and through. And they go and prove you wrong.’
Turbulent: The pair have had a dramatic relationship since first getting together in February
Genuine: Charlotte expressed her heartbreak at the split on social media
Charlotte previously announced that Bear had dumped her back in August in an emotional Snapchat video.
In the video she stated: ‘I love Stephen so much but when someone is so selfish to always put themselves first not even care about the little things that you ask them to do that are so important to you it just makes you question whether they care at all.
‘I’ve been so upset today and I’ve been so upset for a little while and I wish I could tell yous why but I just don’t think he cares as much as I do’
Suffering: Charlotte accused Bear of kissing another girl hours after their breakup
Just hours later Charlotte claimed had been a ‘drunken d**k’ and insisted they were still together.
One week after this first breakup, Bear then announced that the pair had parted in a tweet, saying: ‘Sadly me and Charlotte have split up. We have had a good run but we wasn’t right for each other (sic).’
Fans were left baffled about the pair’s relationship status, but Charlotte and Bear confirmed that they were still together earlier this month.
A representative for Charlotte has been contacted for comment
For good? After the couples first breakup, Bear reportedly dumped Charlotte for the second time on Twitter, only for the pair to reunite again
Over it? Bear did not seem fazed by his recent break-up after enjoying a night out in Faces nightclub in Essex on Saturday night
All good! Bear gave a thumbs-up to the camera to tell fans he was doing well
Good spirits: Bear enjoyed a night out days after his split from Charlotte