There has been a new twist in the tale of a high-profile businessman who was caught on video smoking from a glass pipe.
Geoff Bainbridge resigned as chief executive of alcohol business Lark Distilling last week after a video appearing to show him smoking with the device went public.
The father-of-four co-founder of burger chain Grill'd, 50, claimed he was the victim of an extortion attempt.
Mr Bainbridge told The Age newspaper he had been haunted by attempts to extort him since a video was apparently filmed in south-east Asia, following a big night out in 2015.
'The next morning, when Bainbridge awoke to discover the two strange men, he soon realised it was a shakedown,' the newspaper reported. 'They threatened to expose him'.
But on Monday doubt was cast on Mr Bainbridge's claims, with The Australian newspaper claiming the glass pipe clip appeared to have been filmed at his $3million Melbourne home.
Fresh claims have emerged about the ice-smoking video featuring high profile businessman Geoff Bainbridge that it was filmed in his bedroom (pictured) and not overseas as he claims
Real estate photographs of Mr Bainbridge's home in Middle Park show it shares the same unique light fitting as period shutters that were seen in the viral businessman's viral video last week.
Other distinctive features of the room such as the ornate ceiling decor, a study nook, a fireplace and a distinctive bedhead can be seen in several unpublished videos obtained by The Australian.
Mr Bainbridge purchased the home in the ritzy suburb of Middle Park for $3.465m in July 2020, which was settled the following month.
The publication reported Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning documents confirm the transfer of the Middle Park property into Mr Bainbridge's name as the 'sole proprietor' in August 2020.
ASIC documents also list several of Mr Bainbridge's businesses are registered to the same Middle Park address.
When asked about the apparent discrepancy in his story exposed by the light fittings, Mr Bainbridge told The Australian 'no comment/no response'.
Real estate photo shows the master bedroom's distinctive light fixture (pictured) which features in the video
Several distinctive features of the bedroom were spotted in videos posted by Geoff Bainbridge
Mr Bainbridge quit as managing director of the publicly listed Lark Distillery over the video.
He left his post at the whiskey distillery business 'effective immediately to enable him to manage a personal matter', after The Australian published footage of him appearing to
