Katie Price had an emotional reunion with her husband Lee Andrews following his release from a Dubai prison.
New photos show Katie, 38, jumping into Lee’s arms on Sunday evening, two days after his release from the notorious Al Awir prison.
Katie jetted to Dubai at the weekend to see her husband, 43, with the two hugging tightly before heading to Vox Dubai, an outdoor rooftop cinema, to catch a World Cup football game.
Despite admitting she had questions for her husband, Katie was in great spirits, flashing a huge smile and packing on the PDA with Lee, who wore a baseball cap and jeans for their reunion date night.
Lee has refuted reports he was arrested over fraud allegations, and in a new Instagram video shared on Tuesday night, he claimed he was captured at gunpoint after being suspected of espionage.
Despite mounting evidence that fraud was the cause for his arrest, Lee insisted that he was imprisoned on suspicion of espionage ‘and held in a state security building’ before being taken to prison over ‘a civil case in Dubai’.
New photos show Katie Price jumping into her husband Lee Andrew’s arms on Sunday evening, two days after his release from the notorious Al Awir prison
Katie had an emotional reunion with her husband following his release from a Dubai prison
Then in a new Instagram post shared in the early hours of Wednesday, Lee insisted there is ‘not one shred of evidence’ that he has been charged with fraud, hitting out at his ex-fiancée Alana Percival for spreading the story.
Finally addressing his disappearance, Lee claimed he was ‘taken at the Qatar border by the men, at gunpoint and was captured by men with assault rifles, they did slap me round a little bit, little s***s’.
‘From there I was taken to a black site where I had no use of my phone and from what I know, it was an extended arm of the National Guard, and that is all I can reveal at the moment. I have signed disclaimers with state security and from there I was put into the system.
‘At no point have I faced anything to do with fraud allegations or criminal activities.’
Lee said it was Katie working with the ‘UK authorities’ who managed to secure his release from the ‘black site’, revealing how he was ‘sending these messages out to my loved ones and my beautiful wife, who without her help involving all the UK authorities, I don’t think I would have got out of that situation.’
He continued to claim he was captured on suspicion of spying, ‘because of the tensions and things happening in the region, and me being so close to the border, this is why I was suspected of espionage and held in a state security building without the use of a telephone or any rights to a shower, contact or to speak to any of my family including the embassy or my wife.
‘So, thank you to Katie for making such a noise, where the UAE actually listened and let me go.’
Lee then explained how he ended up in prison, claiming: ‘From there, I did have a civil case in Dubai which led to me going into the mainstream prison during the Arabic holidays, Eid.
Katie jetted to Dubai at the weekend to see her husband, with the two hugging tightly before heading to Vox Dubai, an outdoor rooftop cinema, to catch a World Cup football game
Despite admitting she had questions for her husband, Katie was in great spirits, packing on the PDA with Lee, who wore a baseball cap and jeans
The couple shared kisses and hugs as they headed straight for a cinema date night
Katie dressed down in denim jorts and a pink shirt for her reunion with her husband, who has been MIA for a month‘I was able to secure my release and I am here now, so thank you everyone for listening and love and blessings to everyone.’
Katie appeared to accept his story, sharing Lee’s video on Instagram and writing: ‘My husband is back. I love you.’
It was reported last week that the self-proclaimed billionaire was thrown behind bars in Al Awir Central Prison in Dubai on fraud allegations, with Katie sharing that a six-figure sum needed to be paid for his release.
The Daily Mail revealed in January, shortly after Katie’s shock wedding to the businessman, that Lee took out a £200,000 mortgage in his ex Dina Taji’s name without her knowledge.
She then took legal action against him, resulting in Lee being slapped with a travel ban from Dubai authorities. Dina has refused to talk publicly about Lee, but earlier this month, she agreed to meet up with Katie to warn her about her husband.
But on Wednesday, Lee posted another update, doubling down on his claims that there are no allegations of fraud against him.
Posting from the back of a car, Lee said he had another thing ‘to address’.
‘There’s not one shred of evidence where I’ve taken a mortgage in someone else’s name, particularly in my ex-fiancée’s name Dina,’ he insisted.
‘If I was to take a mortgage in somebody else’s name, wouldn’t she get that mortgage? How does it work? What would I benefit from signing her name? That’s definitely not the case. So, let her bring the mortgage paper.’
Lee went on to call out another of his exes, Alana Percival, who he said had spread the story.
The couple couldn’t take their eyes off each other as they waited in line at the cinema
Despite mounting evidence that fraud was the cause for his arrest, Lee insisted that he was imprisoned on suspicion of espionage ‘and held in a state security building’
Katie appeared to accept his story, sharing Lee’s video on Instagram and writing: ‘My husband is back. I love you’
It was reported last week that the self-proclaimed billionaire was thrown behind bars in Al Awir Central Prison in Dubai on fraud allegations last month
Katie appears to be standing by her man, despite a month of back and forth over whether she trusted the self proclaimed billionaire
‘This is a story that’s got out and has come from Alana, my ex, who I was with for one minute. I was engaged to her for six days maximum. I didn’t spend any time with her, I was maximum with her for 30 days total and she has never been scammed.’
‘In fact, I bought her everything. If you refer to her first article, because she’s just fame hungry, where she said I bombarded her, got her the car, got her the apartment which is true, paid for her dad, gave her money, gave her dad money.’
It was reported last week that after learning her husband had been arrested, Katie flew to Dubai to be at his side and was prepared to spend £6,500 to release him after allegedly being told that was the required fee.
Yet when Katie arrived at the courthouse with her credit card in hand, she was told the fee would instead be £140,000, because Lee is involved in another case awaiting a court date, this time relating to property. Katie then declined to pay this figure.
Lee then reportedly asked his wife whether there was a fundraiser set up to raise money for his release.
In a phone conversation, Katie allegedly baulked at the suggestion and said: ‘No one will do that for you, Lee, trust me. Everyone hates you.’
Since Katie married Lee, two of his exes came forward telling the TV personality to ‘run for the hills’ and not to give him any money.
Another ex, Crystal Janke, 40, claimed Lee hoodwinked her into handing over £123,000 to invest in his company, on the promise he could get a ‘return of £1million’.
Meanwhile, Alana has also issued warnings on social media.
In early June, Katie met up with his ex Dina Taji in Dubia, and she warned her ‘face-to-face’ about the jailbird ‘conman’.
After posting the video, Lee went on to share another AI-generated snap of himself and Katie together, while the glamour model wrote on her Stories ‘My husband back’
After the meeting, Katie said: ‘My eyes have been opened. I just need some time to think. I still cannot end things with Lee until I’ve spoken to him, but that was a lot.’
Meanwhile, sources told the Daily Mail that her family are growing increasingly concerned about her mental health and her children’s welfare.
The friend said: ‘Katie’s family are very close to her. And they are all very concerned for her.
‘She is spending too much time away from her kids, as well as being halfway around the world.’
And last month, during their podcast together on The Katie Price Show, her sister Sophie made her feelings towards Lee clear after he failed to show up for the couple’s interview on ITV’s Good Morning Britain.
During their podcast, Katie insisted that Lee had told her he would be flying in for their GMB interview, and claimed that on Monday ‘he was at the airport and couldn’t get on the flight’ because of an issue with his visa.
She said she then ‘phoned the foreign office and gave them Lee’s name and date of birth and they said that they had detained a British man’.
Sophie insisted, though, that ‘he is massively mugging you off and he has done it publicly on live TV’, to which Katie conceded: ‘I said to him “You’ve made me look a massive d**k, you’ve made yourself look a massive d**k”.
On Wednesday, Lee posted another update, doubling down on his claims that there are no allegations of fraud against him and slammed his ex Alana Percival (pictured) for spreading the story
‘It’s now become a soap opera, some form of EastEnders of is he coming, isn’t he, it’s all been built up.’
Sophie was firm in her stance, telling her sister: ‘I can’t even say his name, because he winds me up, I think he is a f**king d**khead on Instagram if I am honest and I think you deserve better Kate.’
Katie had confirmed she would not be giving Lee any money.
She told the Sun: ‘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.’
Quizzed on whether she will be the breadwinner for Lee, given he may not have the vast fortunes he claims, she hit back: ‘You don’t know that, I don’t know that.’
Katie had previously shared that she was told she would have to pay £140,000 to get Lee out of prison, but has viewed paying the money as a reckless move.
She said: ‘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.’
