Katie Price says missing husband Lee Andrews is “alive and OK” after brief Dubai jail call

Katie Price has finally made contact with her missing husband Lee Andrews after two weeks of worry, speaking to him briefly from Dubai's Al Awir jail. Andrews, 43, told Price he had been detained on suspicion of spying, but authorities confirmed he was held over a private civil matter and not over any espionage charges. Price, 48, received a call from Andrews after his father Peter texted her to explain his whereabouts, with the emotional two-minute conversation marking the first time she had heard from him since his disappearance.

According to The Sun, Andrews is due for release on Monday, though he must first pay a four-figure fine. Espionage is among the most serious crimes in the United Arab Emirates, but authorities confirmed to the outlet that the spy claim does not hold up.

What Katie Price said about the call

Price was visibly relieved after making contact. "I have found him. He is alive, and he is OK," she said. "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." She added that she told him how worried she had been and that she loved him.

The truth behind Lee Andrews' arrest

The outlet had previously revealed that Andrews duped reporter Clemmie Moodie into investing £1,000 in a bogus scheme, seemingly using documents created with artificial intelligence, on the promise of quadrupling her money.

Two of Andrews' former partners have also come forward with troubling accounts. Texan nurse Crystal Janke said she lost £123,000 after investing in one of his schemes on the promise of receiving £1 million. Former fiancée Alana Percival, who Andrews proposed to over rose petals and champagne just five weeks before doing the same with Price, branded him a manipulative narcissist who faked a heart condition for sympathy and urged Price to "run for the hills."

Andrews has also been exposed for fabricating his professional background, falsely claiming to have worked for the King's Trust, to hold a doctorate from Cambridge University and to have been a member of the Labour Party, none of which has been verified.

How the situation unfolded

Price first raised the alarm on May 13, telling fans Andrews had been tied up, put in a van and taken to a black site after being arrested. Andrews is said to be subject to a travel ban in Dubai following imprisonment for fraud last October, and in the days before his arrest he had been moving belongings out of his rental apartment and staying briefly with his father.

The drama began when Andrews was due to fly to the UK for an interview alongside Price on a morning television programme. He failed to appear, leaving Price to face the cameras alone.
Last week Price admitted she was stepping back from the search. "The police are now handling it, the British police, British consulate, the Foreign Office, Interpol are looking for Lee. All I can do is just get on with my life," she said on her podcast. "For my own sanity, I am taking a step back."

Price and Andrews wed in Dubai in January, just days after meeting in person for the first time.