After finally tracking down her husband Lee Andrews, Katie Price was in high spirits as she celebrated her son Harvey's 24th birthday on Wednesday. However, the 48-year-old star has added yet more confusion to the saga, as it emerged on Thursday she had deleted her entire Instagram account, just hours after claiming she and Lee had finally spoken.
Camping Trip with Harvey
Dressed in a barely-there printed bikini, Katie took her son Harvey on a camping trip in Kent, with the pair making the most of the heatwave with a BBQ in the sunshine. This came after The Daily Mail revealed on Saturday that Lee had been arrested and is locked up in a Dubai prison, according to his father, which Katie debunked at the time.
Lee's Disappearance and Arrest
The star had been beset with worry after the so-called businessman went missing two weeks ago, but on Wednesday she confirmed she had finally spoken to him after he called her from a prison in Dubai. Former glamour model Katie still seems intent on maintaining her relationship with her husband, who has been branded a scammer, and had previously insisted she and Lee wanted a more private life, weeks before her social media vanished.
Katie has shared even more details about her two-minute phone call with husband Lee Andrews from prison. She revealed he was shocked to learn he has become the 'most hated man in prison' after telling her he had been kidnapped and then going under the radar, giving the latest update on her money-making podcast, The Katie Price Show on Thursday. She said she will find out more when he is released from Al Awir Central Prison on Monday, after he coughs up a four-figure sum.
Call for Interview
Despite her hopes for a so-called private life, Katie told Lee he must do an interview to set a few things straight, because the British public 'deserve it' and 'think he's a scammer.' She said on the podcast with her sister Sophie: 'Lee has been found alive! I don't know the full update. All I know is they thought he was a spy so he's been interrogated. I want to thank all the Interpol and the British Consulate and the Police for keeping me updated. They told me I would be a good detective too! They said I'd help so much by giving them clues to find him.'
She continued: 'I am happy as I didn't know where he had gone. He's been interrogated and had hoods on him. I need to find out when I can see him now. I only had a minute with him on the phone.' Katie then clarified the reports that his phone had been turned back on last week amid his mysterious disappearance, saying: 'I did ask him about the phone situation. He hasn't been on his phone - he's been interrogated and they've been on his phone. So they've been mucking around on his phone - it wasn't Lee.'
Details of the Prison
Al Awir Central, nicknamed Dubai's Alcatraz, is notorious for its brutal conditions, with inmates tortured for confessions and suffering from horrific illnesses. Dangerous prisoners are kept in unsanitary and overcrowded cells, alongside expats, including British citizens, many who are held without formal charges or coerced into making confessions. Lee is now facing what former detainees have described as inhumane conditions, where up to 15 men are forced to share a single room, sleeping on bunk beds and the floor.
Katie shared her devastation in the days after Lee first went missing and she couldn't contact her husband, who she married in January after a week-long romance. His family, who also said they were unable to contact Lee, filed a missing person's report at the British embassy. Over the weekend, his long-suffering father Peter – who is one of the few people in Dubai to support him – told the Daily Mail Lee was arrested by the UAE authorities.
The businessman said: 'Lee is OK. He has not been kidnapped but he is under arrest. I don't know on what charge. I'm not sure where he is being held. But he will call me later today. He is not at my house.' A police source said: 'Lee Andrews has been arrested.'
The Daily Mail were dispatched to Dubai earlier this week after Katie announced her fourth husband was 'missing' and that she was concerned about his safety. The British Foreign Office were alerted but their staff in Dubai were unable to find any trace of him at the time. A spokesman said: 'We are supporting the family of a British man and are in contact with the local authorities.' The Dubai authorities also then denied any knowledge of his whereabouts.
There was no sign of Lee at his last known address in the run-down Satwa district of the city. He had lived there with his father Peter before becoming involved with Katie. On Wednesday morning, Indian migrant workers were renovating the modest bungalow as the temperature soared to 40C. The letting agent involved with the property revealed how the father and son pair had moved out months ago. She said: 'Mr Andrews moved out of the property about four months ago.'
Lee, who has lived in Dubai for the past 20 years, has become a well-recognised bodybuilder in the city state. But inquiries about his welfare at the many training gyms and boxing clubs that Andrews attends were fruitless. Staff at his favourite exercise camp, Top Gym, in the sought-after Jumeirah Palm district, said he had not been there for four weeks. One said: 'Yes, we all know Lee. He comes here a lot. He brought his wife here recently. She is a slim lady with black hair. But he has not been here since the third week of April.' An expat trainer at another gym nearby added: 'Andrews is also strutting about the Palm [Jumeriah]. I've had to warn a couple of clients not to get too involved with him. He is a very shady person.'
It also remains unexplained how Lee was able to become involved with another woman on Instagram – glamorous American woman Mari Sol – while he is being held in custody. But his father Peter, who runs an insulation and air conditioning firm based in the Al Quoz district of the city, told the Daily Mail that Lee has been detained. He said: 'Lee has been arrested. I don't know on what charge. But he will call me tonight. So hopefully I will find out more.' And the chief of Dubai Police has confirmed that he is the subject of a number of arrest warrants, mainly for fraud. Brigadier Khalid Khalifa al Avadhi told the Daily Mail: 'There are many cases against him.'
