Katie Price has been ghosted by her husband Lee Andrews and fears she may never hear from him again, according to reports. The former glamour model, 47, declared over the weekend that her fourth husband, 42, is missing, five days after she last heard from him. She claimed he was 'detained in a van with his hands tied' after his disappearance.
However, fresh reports suggest Lee has not been kidnapped as Katie feared. Instead, he is squatting in a run-down villa in Dubai. He is said to be communicating only with a few trusted contacts using a burner phone and 'frantically planning a route out of this ginormous hole he appears to have buried himself in'.
Lee was due to reunite with Katie for a Good Morning Britain interview on Monday but failed to board a flight. He later claimed he had 'things to do' but was still on his way. He also firmly denied reports of a travel ban.
Katie, who wed Lee in January following a whirlwind ten-day romance, branded their relationship a 'soap opera' after he went radio silent and did not travel to the UK.
The Sun has reported that the Dubai-based businessman is wanted by Interpol, after Hertfordshire Police escalated their case involving claims from an ex-girlfriend.
A heartbroken Katie has been on the phone to lawyers over the past 24 hours, seeking counsel. Assistant Editor of The Sun, Clemmie Moodie, also claims she is the latest of Lee's victims, after being conned out of £1,000. Moodie reports that Katie was promised money from Lee and was shown cheques he had seemingly deposited into her account, but the funds never materialised. Additionally, Katie was handed a credit card that did not work, which she believed was due to an incorrect pin.
Now, Katie is said to be 'horrified' by the claims that Lee has allegedly conned another woman out of £1,000 and ultimately wants to track him down.
Daily Mail has contacted Interpol and Hertfordshire Police for comment. Katie's representative declined to comment.
Katie took to Instagram on Monday night, stating she was suffering from terrible 'anxiety and was overwhelmed' after a traumatic week, while also promoting her CBD sponsorship.
After news of Katie and Lee's marriage emerged, two of his exes came forward, telling the television personality to 'run for the hills' and not to give him any money.
Crystal Janke, 40, claimed Lee hoodwinked her into handing over £123,000 to invest in his company, promising a 'return of £1million'. The family nurse practitioner from Texas, who started a romance with Lee last May, claims she has been scammed and fears her money was spent by Lee on lavish gifts for Alana Percival, 32, whom he was dating at the same time.
Alana, who sold a house to Katie 15 years ago and called off their engagement in November, said of Lee: 'He is a liar, a narcissist and I think he's a manipulator. Once I tried to leave him, he told me he had a heart condition and was living on borrowed time. Lee doesn't know what's fact and what's fiction.' Lee denied the claims at the time.
On Sunday, it was reported that Lee's family have filed a report at the British Embassy in Dubai, where the businessman lives.
Katie previously said their last conversation took place at 10pm on Wednesday as he travelled through the border at Hatta, but his phone then 'went dead'. She added that she had been in contact with the 'head of CID in Dubai' who was unable to locate him but confirmed he had 'not been detained'.
A source close to Katie said: 'Lee is officially a missing person now. 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.'
On her YouTube channel, Katie said: '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. 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. 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. This is the third day now. Then Thursday's come, my messages aren't going through. It was just one tick. I was on the phone to his family and they have heard nothing. 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. 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.'
Katie continued: '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. 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.'
Daily Mail has reached out to Lee for comment.
