'Billionaire' Lee Andrews 'pleads for wife Katie Price to set him up a GoFundMe'
In the latest twist in Katie Price's relationship, it seems as if her new husband will be stuck in a Dubai jail for the foreseeable until he can pay a serious amount of money.
The internet has been enthralled with the case ever since the former page three model confirmed on This Morning that husband Lee Andrews hadn't boarded his flight home from Dubai, with Price officially filing a missing person's report a few days later.
Rumours started to circle about the 43-year-old's whereabouts, with Price suggesting that he had been kidnapped, while another journalist claimed that he was hiding away in Dubai after allegedly stealing money from his new wife.
However, it soon became clear that he had been arrested and was holed up in a renowned Dubai jail, and while it was expected that he would be released fairly swiftly, it seems as if he's going to be stuck there a while longer.
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Price has travelled over to Dubai and was willing to pay the £6,500 she thought was required to set him free, but it later transpired that the fee would instead be £140,000 since Andrews is allegedly embroiled in another case.
And the celebrity influencer has declined to pay this fee.
Andrews and Price have only been married officially since February 2026, and it seems as if the honeymoon period is well and truly over, as Price supposedly gave her husband a brutal answer as to why she hasn't set up a GoFundMe in his name.
According to The Sun, she humorously responded: "No-one will do that for you, Lee, trust me. Everyone hates you."
Although Andrews is a self-proclaimed 'billionaire', it seems clear that he needs some assistance if he wants to make it back to the UK any time soon, which may prove difficult given the reports that he has previously stolen money from former partners.
Price added: "I've made it clear to Lee, I will never give him money, I'll never give a man money, I've done it all my life, I've always been the breadwinner. My divorces, I'm the one that always has to give. I said to Lee I'll never do it."
Despite everything that has happened in the last few weeks, it seem as if Price still loves Andrews and wants to help him, but it seems as if the newlyweds will have to come to another arrangement if he's going to avoid more prison time.
Price concluded: "This is real, this is real life; this is my life. It has been a tough few weeks, don't get me wrong. But I've still stayed strong through it all, and I have a smile on my face.
"So, in this situation, I'm doing what I want to do, and I'm out here in Dubai, because I'm here to help Lee.
"Some people might not like my choices, but I'm not living for everyone else. I know people have been calling me stupid, I see all the trolling, I hear it. I am not stupid."
She has also reportedly met with one of Andrews' former flames, who took legal action against him after he took out a £200,000 mortgage in her name without her knowledge, while another ex-girlfriend claimed he took £123,000 from her to invest in his company, which she never saw again.
Katie Price's missing husband: A timeline
12 May: Missed UK television appearance
The Dubai businessman, originally from Manchester, is supposed to be on an episode of Good Morning Britain alongside his wife.
When asked if Andrews got arrested at the airport, Price says: "No. You know, they just said it to me in there. So, I just said, 'Lee, apparently a British man has been detained. Can you just confirm that it's not you?' Because I obviously know it's not him.
"So, he's just done a voice note back and laughing emojis. 'No, it's not me' and a voice note. And he's just sent me pictures."
13 May: Last known contact
Price says on her channel that Andrews is 'at the airport going through the border control to get his exit stamp'.
"So, he said he's 100 percent, a billion percent, coming today," she adds.
14–16 May: Communication suddenly stops
Price says she and Andrews are normally in 'constant contact' and it's 'worrying' that she can't get through to him on the phone.
"We're now wondering, as far-fetched as it is, he's a missing person," she adds. "I don't know if he's been kidnapped."
16 May: Price pleads 'please help me find my husband'
Over the weekend, Price says, 'the truth is, Lee has been missing for three days'.
"Lee was trying to get through the border near Hatta and, oh God, this is so discombobulating," she continues. "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."
Price adds that 'the last FaceTime call I had with him… he had ties around his hand and a hood'
"He sounded really worried and said like whispering, ‘They're coming for me now. They're coming for me. I've got to go’,” she explains.
17–18 May: Missing person report filed
According to The Sun, a missing person report has been lodged by his family at the British Embassy in Dubai.
"Lee is officially a missing person now," a source tells the outlet.
"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."
19 May: Accusations emerge that Andrews is on the run
In a lengthy expose published by The Sun, journalist Clemmie Moodie accuses Andrews of scamming her out of £1,000, as well as claiming that he is currently hiding out in Dubai.
"Lee has NOT been kidnapped; he is simply in hiding after also ghosting his devastated wife for the past six days," she claims. "He is not dead. He is not in jail. And he has not been detained."
"He is squatting in a slightly run-down villa, frantically planning a route out of this ginormous hole he appears to have buried himself in, and is understood to be liaising with his few trusted contacts on a 'burner phone'," the report alleges.
This follows claims from numerous partners that Andrews scammed them out of money, which he denies.
Price details final FaceTime call with Andrews, denies 'publicity stunt' accusations
Price says she hasn't spoken to Andrews since Wednesday night, telling fans in a recent YouTube update that he was attempting to leave the UAE.
"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’," she explains.
Price denies accusations that this is a publicity stunt, calling the claims 'disgusting'.
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for FCDO has given the following statement to LADbible Group: "We are supporting the family of a British man and are in contact with the local authorities."
20 May: Price clears up rumours that Andrews was online on social media
Former Apprentice contestant Luisa Zissman, who has joined the search for Andrews, pointed out how Lee's social media appeared to have been active.
However, it seems this possible clue turned into a dead end as Price posted that she had access to her husband's Facebook account, so she was responsible for the recent activity.
"I have Lee's Facebook, it's not him on this it's me," she wrote, as the search continues.
23 May: Andrews' dad claims he's been arrested in Dubai
"Lee is OK. He has not been kidnapped but he is under arrest. I don't know on what charge," his dad Peter claims to the Daily Mail. "I'm not sure where he is being held. But he will call me later today."
However, Price responds to the claims on Instagram, writing: "THIS IS FAKE NEWES [sic] LEE IS STILL MISSING ME AND HIS FAMILY KNOW WHATS GOING ON AND WORKING WITH THE AUTHORITIES INVOLVED."
24 May: A source tells The Sun that Andrews' phone has been turned back on
A source tells The Sun: "I had been messaging Lee and was getting no response.
"But on Sunday morning, my messages had gone from a single tick to a double – so that device is back on and being used. Lee has multiple phones but this is the one that is being used now."
27 May: Price claims she has found her husband
Price tells The Sun that she had a two-minute call with him, allegedly from prison in Dubai.
“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.”
2 June: Andrews unfollows Price on Instagram
Eagle-eyed fans were quick to notice that Andrews unfollowed his wife on Instagram, with him now following a grand total of 0 accounts.
8 June: Price gives Andrews an ultimatum as he asks for a GoFundMe
After it was reported that Andrews needs £140,000 to be released from Dubai's Al Awir jail, The Sun reported that Andrews asked his wife to set up a GoFundMe campaign, which would see members of the public donating to help raise the funds for his release.
Topics: Celebrity, Katie Price, Lee Andrews
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