Katie Price has worried fans after fearing her husband Lee Andrews has been ‘kidnapped’.
The glamour model was due to appear on TV with her husband but he didn’t make his flight to the UK. Later, Katie accused him of making her “look like a d***” for not showing up for the interview.
However, things have taken a turn since. In a statement released yesterday, Katie claimed that Lee wasn’t taking a social media break – and that she feared he’d been kidnapped as he has been ‘missing’ for three days.
“I put that up because the truth is, Lee has been missing for three days. The last time I heard from Lee was Wednesday night at 10pm, he was trying to go through the border in Dubai to get on a flight to me,” she said.
“Lee was trying to get through the boarder at Hatta, this is so discombobulating, his location went off at 10.03pm on Wednesday night, that’s the last contact anyone has had – his family and myself. This is the third day now.”
She later revealed that in the last FaceTime she had with him, his hands were tied together and a hood had been placed over his face. Katie said he told her: “They’re coming back for me.”
The claims have been questioned by some, but the Foreign Office have confirmed they are supporting the family of a British man and are in contact with the local authorities”.
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Katie has shared another update on social media and claimed she is struggling to sleep. Saying this week “has been a lot” Katie revealed she has been struggling with sleep and anxiety as her husband’s whereabouts remains a mystery.
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Lee Andrews’ mum Trisha has been answering followers comments on social media. And throwing doubt into Katie’s story, she told one user not to believe everything.
The Facebook message came as she also said Katie had been “exploiting” her son.
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While Katie is concerned for her husband’s whereabouts and well-being, she has still got some excitement in her life today.
She took to Instagram to reveal it was a “new bed day”. “Exciting day new beds for kids rooms” she posted alongside a snap of the company’s van.
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After the Mirror contacted the Foreign Office, a spokesperson has issued the following statement.
An FCDO Spokesperson said: “We are supporting the family of a British man and are in contact with the local authorities.”
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After Lee Andrews’ no-show on GMB, Katie’s sister Sophie didn’t hold back on her thoughts.
She claimed the businessman was “mugging” off the former glamour model and revealed what she thought of the whole situation.
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21st January – Katie meets Lee in Dubai, after talking on social media.
23rd January – The two get engaged in a proposal that is near identical to Lee’s proposal to ex Alana Percival.
25th January – Katie and Lee get married in a ceremony in Dubai. Her children were reportedly not aware that a wedding was taking place.
26th January – Katie leaves for the UK without Lee. He says he is meeting her in the UK to next day but does not go, leading to rumours he has a travel ban.
27th January – Lee’s ex Alana Percival warns Katie about him, saying he is a con man.
2nd February – Lee denies having a travel ban and says he will travel out of Dubai soon.
5th Februray – Katie returns to Dubai.
February-May – Katie keeps going back and forth between the UK and Dubai, while Lee does not travel.
12th May – Lee ‘misses’ his and Katie’s appearance on Good Morning Britain and later claims he is in Muscat airport but it seems like he’s in Dubai airport.
13th May – Katie says Lee is planning to fly out that day. She said he was “at the airport going through the border control to get his exit stamp”. Katie claims she made her last contact with Lee at 10.03pm
14th May onwards – Katie says she cannot get in touch with Lee and her and his family are worried.
17th May – It has been claimed an official missing person report has been filed. A source said: “Lee is officially a missing person now. Katie is in constant contact with his family and is desperately worried.”
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Today14:32 BST
Katie Price has been accused of ‘exploiting’ her husband Lee Andrews by his upset mother, as the mystery around his whereabouts deepens.
The glamour model claims that Lee vanished while travelling to the UK from Dubai, and that he last made contact around 10 pm on Wednesday, May 13. By the following day, Katie, 47, said she couldn’t get hold of her husband. An official missing person report has since been filed, and Katie says she fears the Dubai businessman may have been ‘kidnapped’.
Lee‘s bizarre claims about his career have unravelled in recent months, with previous partners also speaking out. He made a string of claims across his social media pages, including that he has held quite senior roles in major institutions, including at the Prince’s Trust and even the Labour Party, all of which were debunked by the Mirror.
(Image: @wesleeeandrews/instagram)
Katie Price has said that Lee Andrews warned people were “coming back” for him in his final message to her.
She said they spoke over FaceTime and that his hands were tied together. She said: “He had ties around his hand, not handcuffs, and a hood, and he said ‘Look, they’re coming back for me,’ that is the last FaceTime call I had.”
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Katie explained how she was left terrified when her messages failed to deliver to Lee.
“Obviously, he phoned me before the location went off, he’s in the middle of nowhere. I’m worried like ‘what the hell’s happened?’ Then Thursday’s come, my messages aren’t going through. It was just one tick,” she said, “I was on the phone to his family and they have heard nothing.”
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Today13:06 BST
As Katie sat down to film a video sharing her concerns for Lee, as she put her phone down on the table, it showed what Lee was saved in her phone as.
Speaking in her video, Katie said: “The truth is, Lee has been missing for three days. The last time I heard from Lee was Wednesday night at 10 O’Clock, he was trying to go through the border in Dubai to get on a flight to me.
“Lee was trying to get through the border near Hatta and, oh God, this is so discombobulating. His location went off at 10:03, Wednesday night, that’s the last contact anyone’s had, his family and me. This is the third day now, obviously, he phoned me before the location went off. He’s in the middle of nowhere, obviously, I’m worried.”
Katie revealed that Lee is saved in her phone as “The One”.
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12th May – Lee ‘misses’ his and Katie’s appearance on Good Morning Britain and later claims he is in Muscat airport but it seems like he’s in Dubai airport.
13th May – Katie says Lee is planning to fly out that day. She said he was “at the airport going through the border control to get his exit stamp”. Katie claims she made her last contact with Lee at 10.03pm
14th May onwards – Katie says she cannot get in touch with Lee and her and his family are worried.
17th May – It has been claimed an official missing person report has been filed. A source said: “Lee is officially a missing person now. Katie is in constant contact with his family and is desperately worried.”
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Those around Katie are said to have been concerned over the “devastating news” she has received.
“The fact that she has heard such devastating news and yet a few days later went on live television to talk about her new boyfriend, who most of her friends don’t like, is so very worrying,” a source told the Mail.
“Even those of Katie’s gang who have defended her to the hilt are now questioning everything. This has happened and yet she’s on the television, presumably in exchange for cash, to talk glowingly about Lee.”
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When one fan posted a positive comment under Trisha’s latest post, Trisha was quick to fire back.
“I think everyone needs to leave her alone as she’s not responsible for Prices drama queen antics,” the Facebook user wrote and Trisha replied: “Thank you Jane it’s Katy exployting. And I get all the backlash x.”
(Image: Facebook/ Trisha Medium)
Katie made a long video on her YouTube account yesterday to say her husband was kidnapped. She also has posted a number of videos about Lee and her recent podcast was also about Lee.
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Lee’s mother Trisha has spoken out after news surfaced of her son’s alleged ‘kidnapping’.
When one fan wrote: “Surprised you’re not more worried that your son seems to have been kidnapped,” Trisha replied on Facebook: “Don’t be a hypocrite and believe all the media.”
At present, she has failed to reply when fans told her it was Katie who declared he was missing and had been ‘kidnapped’.
Another person also commented: “I think everyone needs to leave her alone as she’s not responsible for Prices drama queen antics,” and Trisha replied: “Thank you Jane it’s Katy exployting. And I get all the backlash x.”
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Former policeman and now investigative journalist Mark Williams-Thomas, who publicly comments on a number of high profile cases of missing people inclduing Nicola Bulley and Jay Slater, has now spoken out.
In a new video, he said: “He was Facetiming her. Yes, he was able to use his phone with a hood over his head and his hands tied, Facetiming her and he told her this. He was very quiet when he said they’re coming back for me.”
He explained how Katie said she was confused. “There’s clearly more to this story, if you were going to kidnap someone like this, you’d want a ransom and there’s clearly no ransom been requested.”
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Today10:42 BST
Katie and Lee’s family are believed to have contacted the police in Dubai.
Katie was forced to appear on GMB alone to try to explain things(Image: ITV)
She said she was concerned as she and Lee are normally in “constant contact” and it was “worrying” that the location services on his phone had been disabled. She said that nobody had been able to locate Lee.
“We’re now wondering, as far-fetched as it is, he’s a missing person,” she said, adding: “I don’t know if he’s been kidnapped.” She said that there had been no records of Lee at any prison or police station.
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Fans have been concerned about Katie after all that happened with the star.
Katie’s fans have been worried what’s next – and fear Lee is ‘faking’ his kidnapping to disappear.
One fan wrote: “He’s done this because his scam was up and he had to come up with a reason for not coming to the uk. He’s gone silent coz he got caught. He’s nuts this is all faked by him, the man is crazy.”
Another added: “Who’d want to kidnap him? He’s hiding cos he knows he’s been sussed.”
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Sources close to Katie say she is “desperately worried” and “mortified” that some people are calling the disappearance a publicity stunt. Lee was supposed to appear on Good Morning Britain but failed to board his flight despite being at the airport.
Dubai police and the Criminal Investigation Department are now investigating Lee’s disappearance, with no records of him at any prison or police station.
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Katie has been focusing on her own family in the wake of Lee going ‘missing’.
Katie shared an update on her Instagram last night, posting a photo with her eldest son Harvey. She captioned the snap: “Evening out with my Harvey bear xx”.
Earlier in the day, she also shared a quote which read: “I don’t mean to brag, but I’ve got the world’s best daughters. Happy daughter’s day.”
Jasmine AlldayToday09:32 BST
Katie Price has revealed the real reason she won’t travel back to Dubai and it’s not to do with Lee Andrews.
She said: “I am glad to be back [in the UK].When I am out there, I cannot do my OnlyFans. I can’t do it when I am in the country there, so I can only do it here. When I am out there, I cannot do my OnlyFans.”
The adult subscription platform, whilst not necessarily banned in the United Arab Emirates, is likely only accessible via a VPN and anyone caught creating or distributing content on it there is subject to a fine of around £102,000.
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Katie explained – after her husband’s no show on Good Morning Britain – that she was left feeling like he had “mugged” her off.
Speaking to her sister Sophie on her podcast after his GMB no show, Katie said: “If he does make it to England it will shut everyone on because at the moment, everyone thinks he’s on a flight ban, this and that. I said it does look weird that you haven’t come to England and I keep going to Dubai,” said Katie.Sophie told her: “We’re not going to argue about this. We’re not. It’s not worth it I just feel like he’s massively mugging you off. And he’s done it publicly on live TV.”Unable to disagree, Katie said: “I said to him ‘you’ve made me look a massive d*ck. You’ve made yourself look a d*ck.’ It’s now become a soap opera. Something from EastEnders of ‘is he coming, is he not coming?’ Like, it’s all been built up.”
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Katie has been left so worried about Lee’s whereabouts that she has been in regular touch with his family.
“Katie is in constant contact with his family and is desperately worried. And she’s mortified — she’s seen people calling it a stunt and that she must be in on it, but she’s absolutely not,” a source said.
Katie Price is worried her husband Lee Andrews has been ‘kidnapped'(Image: Instagram)
Katie Price is said to be “desperately worried” about Lee Andrews now that her fourth husband has been declared a missing person.
A source said: “Katie is in constant contact with his family and is desperately worried. And she’s mortified — she’s seen people calling it a stunt and that she must be in on it, but she’s absolutely not. This is such a worrying, upsetting situation!”
A missing person report has since been filed with the police, five days after Katie last spoke to her fourth husband.
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A serial social media poster and ‘always’ in touch with Katie, Lee worried his wife by not contacting her for days.
Of their last interaction, she said: “Lee was trying to get through the border at Hatta, this is so discombobulating, his location went off at 10.03pm on Wednesday night, that’s the last contact anyone has had – his family and myself.
“Obviously, he phoned me before the location went off, he’s in the middle of nowhere. I’m worried like ‘what the hell’s happened?’ Then Thursday’s come, my messages aren’t going through. It was just one tick.”
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Katie said she has been in contact with the head of CID in Dubai in a bid to find Lee.
“I’’ve had the head of CID in Dubai trying to track Lee, so far I got a message this morning, that no one can find anywhere in the country that Lee has been detained,” she said.
“We are now wondering, as far-fetched as it is, that he’s a missing person now, I don’t know if he’s been kidnapped. No one can find him in any prison, any police station, the police can’t find any record of him. We are wondering if he’s been kidnapped, he’s definitely a missing person now.”
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Katie issued a shocking statement on YouTube yesterday where she said “something really serious” had happened.
“I don’t know where to really begin, but I know there is all this speculation about Lee when I met him but something really serious has happened. I’ve been forced that I have to say this now,” she said.
“It was put up on my Instagram that Lee was taking time out of socials because of all the trolling and speculation. I put that up because the truth is, Lee has been missing for three days. The last time I heard from Lee was Wednesday night at 10pm, he was trying to go through the border in Dubai to get on a flight to me.”
She claimed Lee has not been in contact since and she fears he’s been kidnapped. She said: “We are wondering if he’s been kidnapped, he’s definitely a missing person now.”
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Katie said she last spoke to Lee on Wednesday night and claimed he was in a worrying state.
She said: “I’m wondering if he’s been kidnapped because he was by the border. The unsettling thing for me, the last time I heard from him, he FaceTimed me, he had a hood on and said ‘I’ve just been captured or arrested’ and had ties around his hand, not handcuffs, and said ‘they’re coming back for me’. Then his phone went dead at 10.03pm. Three days, it will be four tomorrow, no contact, no one can find him anywhere.”
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Today08:03 BST
Katie Price has claimed her husband is missing – just a week after he failed to show for their joint interview on Good Morning Britain. Katie had been expected to appear on the show with Lee.
Lee showed a clip of himself at the airport and even sent it to the team at GMB but he failed to show and Katie later fumed at him for making her look like a “d***” by not showing up.
Now, she fears Lee is ‘missing’ and worries he has been ‘kidnapped’.