Katie Price’s husband Lee Andrews needs to pay over £100,000 to be released from jail, it has been claimed.
Lee Andrews was jailed after he failed to make an appearance in the UK last month, and has been behind bars ever since. The so-called businessman was due to appear on Good Morning Britain with Katie, but failed to turn up.
The ITV programme later stated the Foreign Office confirmed that Andrews, a British national, had been detained in Dubai, where he lives.
Katie denied he had been detained. Just days later, she claimed her husband had been kidnapped after he was said to have had his hands tied, although not with handcuffs and a hood placed over his head.
However, she later confirmed that he had been detained and was behind bars, reports the Mirror. It was originally claimed that Lee had been detained on suspicion of espionage, although it later emerged that the true reason for his arrest was due to a “private civil matter”.
Earlier reports claimed Lee could have walked free from jail on Monday this week if he paid a four-figure sum. But it later came to light that the sum was actually six figures, exceeding £100,000.
Speaking to The Sun, a source said: “Katie is desperately trying to get Lee out of prison.
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“Despite everything that’s gone on, Lee is her husband and Katie wants to get him out and get the answers she so badly needs.”
The source went on to add: “She has been to the prison a number of times now, including going there today, to try to get the paperwork sorted to secure his release. To be released, Lee will have to pay over £100,000.”
It is reported that Katie won’t need to pay a penny towards this. Today, Katie explained to her fans that she was visiting various courts, the prison and a police station.
However, she wasn’t visiting her jailed husband.
View 2 ImagesKatie Price and Lee Andrews(Image: @wesleeeandrews/Instagram)
She said in a video shared on Facebook : “Today, even though it’s about 40 degrees outside, the places I’ve got to go today, you have to cover up hence the leggings, hence the jacket.”
“I mean, I can’t hide these, but I’m covered,” as she pointed to her breasts. “It’s skintight, but I’m covered. I’ve got to go to courts, prison and a police station. Not a visiting prison, but ‘the’ prison.
“And who knows what today’s going to bring? I’ve had four hours’ sleep, not even that.”
Yesterday, the former glamour model and a videographer jetted out to Dubai, where she last saw Andrews.
Price shocked fans in January when she became engaged to Andrews hours after they first met in person. They first started communicating over social media.
And two days later, she had tied the knot with him. After Lee vanished without a trace last month, Katie was left beside herself with worry.
But after two weeks, she managed to get in contact with him, through a phone call arranged by Lee’s dad, Peter, who lives in the United Arab Emirates.
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After speaking to her fourth husband, who she even feared may be dead, she said: “I have found him – he is alive, and he is okay. I told him how worried I had been and told him I loved him.
“It was very rushed, but he said the authorities out there thought he was a spy. I don’t know much more than that right now.”