NHL tough guy Tie Domi testified Tuesday in defence of his brother at a high-profile Toronto inquiry into a computer leasing scandal.

Domi's brother, Dash, is a central figure in the inquiry into why the city spent $110 million on computer leases. Dash is a salesperson for the company that supplied the computers, MFP Financial Services.

The Toronto Maple Leaf forward was called to answer questions about what his brother Dash did with $25,000.

Tie Domi

The inquiry is dealing with allegations that a former top city politician was bribed.

In earlier testimony, Dash Domi said he gave Tie the money on his 30th birthday, five years ago. He wanted to repay past loans from his brother.

Tie Domi backed his brother's testimony, but said he couldn't be sure of the amount of money in the envelope.

"I couldn't sit here and tell you it was definitely $25,000 in thousand-dollar bills," said Tie Domi. He told the inquiry he put the cash in a safe where it "mixed with all the other cash."

He said he spent the money on jewelry for his wife, dinner at restaurants and food-shopping at a high-end Toronto grocery store. He wasn't able to provide receipts, documents or witnesses to the spending, however.

Previous testimony has probed the relationship between Dash Domi and Toronto city councillor Tom Jakobek, who helped decide who got the leasing contract.

The inquiry has heard that Dash Domi withdrew $25,000 in thousand-dollar bills from his bank account just before he phoned Jakobek's office and made a brief visit to an underground parking lot at Toronto City Hall, where Jakobek's office is located.

Days later, Jakobek made a series of payments totalling $21,000 to his American Express credit card.

Jakobek denies receiving any money from Dash Domi.