{"id":954592,"date":"2026-11-06T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T10:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/954592\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T10:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T10:00:12","slug":"multimillionaire-friend-of-sam-wood-offered-surety-in-his-bail-application-court-documents-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/954592\/","title":{"rendered":"Multimillionaire friend of Sam Wood offered surety in his bail application, court documents show"},"content":{"rendered":"

A friend of Sam Wood who offered up the million-dollar surety in his bail application has known him since he was a teenager and is a multimillionaire.<\/p>\n

Family and domestic violence support services:<\/p>\n

If you need help immediately, call emergency services on Triple Zero.<\/p>\n

The former Bachelor is charged with one count each of assault occasioning bodily harm and strangulation, allegedly committed against his wife Snezana Wood on the Sunshine Coast.<\/p>\n

Last week he was denied bail in the Supreme Court after an earlier failed attempt for release.<\/p>\n

Several people close to Mr Wood, including his father Andrew Wood, submitted affidavits to the court.<\/p>\n

In his affidavit, his father said he has “a very close relationship” with his son and the pair speak frequently, often every fortnight.<\/p>\n

His father said, if granted bail, Mr Wood could live in a property in Tasmania, where no one else lives.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Andrew Wood attended his son’s bail application hearing in Brisbane last Friday. (ABC News: Tara Cassidy)<\/p>\n

“The house has internet access and mobile phone coverage, so Sam can work from home and also stay in touch with his legal team,” his father said in the affidavit.<\/p>\n

He added that if Mr Wood was granted bail elsewhere, he would be prepared to move and live with him for six months.<\/p>\n

The house in question is owned by a friend.<\/p>\n

In a separate affidavit, a person, whose name is legally restricted, confirmed they owned the house in Tasmania.<\/p>\n

The person said they have known Mr Wood for more than 20 years.<\/p>\n

The person makes clear they own the house in Tasmania outright and no one lives there.<\/p>\n

\"a<\/p>\n

Sam Wood appeared via video link in court on October 8. (Supplied: @scottbreton)<\/p>\n

Alongside listing the home as a place Mr Wood could live, the person also offered $1 million in cash.<\/p>\n

The person also listed their superannuation, share portfolio and a car in the affidavit.<\/p>\n

“I understand that if Sam does not attend court when required, I may be ordered to pay,” the person wrote.<\/p>\n

“No one, including Sam has offered to repay me, or agreed to repay me, if the surety is forfeited.”<\/p>\n

Last Friday, Mr Wood unsuccessfully applied for bail in the Supreme Court, after an earlier failed attempt for release.<\/p>\n

On Monday his lawyers flagged their intention to appeal the decision and on Tuesday formally filed paperwork with the Court of Appeal (COA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A friend of Sam Wood who offered up the million-dollar surety in his bail application has known him…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":954593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,17192,39043,134,11632,94,701,367914,427],"class_list":["post-954592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bail","tag-domestic-violence","tag-entertainment","tag-noosa","tag-qld","tag-queensland","tag-sam-wood","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=954592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/954593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=954592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=954592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=954592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}