Katie Price has revealed she fears her husband Lee Andrews may have been kidnapped after claiming he disappeared near the Dubai-Oman border three days ago, shortly after allegedly telling her he had been captured in a van with his hands tied.
The former glamour model, 47, shared the alarming update on her YouTube channel on Saturday, saying the last time she heard from the Dubai-based businessman, 42, was at around 10pm on Wednesday night while he was travelling through the Hatta border area.
Katie said Lee had been trying to make his way to the UK to reunite with her, but his phone suddenly went dead minutes after their final conversation. According to Katie, his location switched off at 10.03pm and neither she nor his family have heard from him since.
Speaking emotionally in the video, 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.”
She explained that she had previously posted on Instagram saying Lee was taking time away from social media because of trolling and speculation, but now claimed the real reason was far more serious.
“I put that up because the truth is, Lee has been missing for three days,” she said. “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.”
Katie said Lee had been travelling through Hatta when his location suddenly disappeared. She added: “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.”
The TV personality said she became increasingly worried when her messages stopped going through and only showed one tick. She also claimed she had been in contact with the head of CID in Dubai, but was told there was no sign that Lee had been officially detained.
“I’ve had the head of CID in Dubai trying to track Lee,” Katie said. “So far I got a message this morning, that no one can find anywhere in the country that Lee has been detained.”
She then admitted the family were beginning to fear the worst, saying: “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 went on to describe what she claimed was their final FaceTime call, saying Lee appeared distressed and told her he had been captured or arrested.
“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’,” she said.
“Then his phone went dead at 10.03pm. Three days, it will be four tomorrow, no contact, no one can find him anywhere.”
In the caption to her video, Katie wrote: “On Wednesday night my husband was detained in a van by the Oman border near Hatta. I have not heard from him since, despite getting the authorities involved, nobody knows where he is.”
The dramatic update comes after days of speculation over Lee’s whereabouts and the state of the couple’s marriage. Lee had been expected to fly to the UK and appear alongside Katie for a Good Morning Britain interview on Monday, but failed to board the flight.
Katie previously told followers she was frustrated by the uncertainty, saying Lee had promised “one billion per cent” that he was coming. She said: “I hate this, is he getting on the flight or isn’t he? I hate this waiting about because he said he is and is at the airport, had his visa stamped, paid for it. So there’s no reason why he can’t.”
When asked how she would feel if he failed to turn up, Katie replied: “I’d be very disappointed if he doesn’t because he one hundred, one billion per cent said he is coming.”
The situation has been made even more confusing by recent signs of tension between the pair. Katie, who married Lee in January after a whirlwind ten-day romance, had reportedly removed a number of recent reunion pictures from Instagram, prompting fans to speculate about trouble behind the scenes.
Some followers claimed they had noticed photos disappearing from her account, with one writing: “I could be wrong but I swear there were more pictures and recent as well of him.”
Another claimed: “She’s deleted loads.”
Katie had also appeared without her wedding ring, fuelling further rumours that the marriage may have hit crisis point. Meanwhile, Lee had switched off comments on his social media, adding to the mystery surrounding his sudden absence.
However, Katie insisted on Friday that Lee had simply stepped back from Instagram because of the “madness of trolling, people’s speculation and media frenzy,” adding that the couple were keeping things private because “it’s our life and marriage and are very happy.”
But just hours later, Katie’s latest YouTube update painted a far more disturbing picture, with the star now claiming Lee is missing and that no authorities have been able to locate him.
Calling the situation a “soap opera,” Katie appeared shaken as she tried to explain the strange sequence of events — from Lee allegedly being near the border, to the chilling FaceTime call, to three days of silence.
For now, Katie says she and Lee’s family are desperate for answers, with the mystery surrounding his disappearance only deepening as another day passes without contact.
