Outrageous claims made after it’s revealed ‘expert’ who offered £80k for her release had made ‘abduction videos’ with a lookalike

OUTLANDISH claims have emerged about how the “kidnap expert” who helped search for Sherri Papini made a creepy video with a "lookalike" chained in a dungeon.

Cameron Gamble hit the headlines when he offered the abducted jogger's captors $100,000 (£80,000) from an "anonymous donor” for her release.

But now conspiracy theorists have suggested a promotional video he made has “similarities” to the California's mum's alleged three-week torture and kidnap ordeal.

The self-styled “kidnap and ransom consultant” released the chilling video in 2012 to promote his Project TAKEN, which trains people to “prevent and escape hostile situations.”

It features an attractive blonde woman who was seen bound to a chair and trapped in a dungeon after her apparent abduction by an unhinged stranger.

The wild conspiracy theory emerged one week after Sherri was found beaten, bruised and starved on the side of Interstate 5 in Yolo County after being released by her alleged kidnappers.

Mr Gamble’s video opens with the “Sherri-lookalike” - Jessica - walking through what looks like the halls of college with friends.

She passes a Project TAKEN poster stating that 50,000 women are stalked or kidnapped each year. “You never need us ... until you do,” it reads.

The camera cuts to a dark dungeon-like room that resembles a cluttered garage or shipping container, showing Jessica bound to the chair.