Katie Price's husband Lee Andrews was located earlier today (May 27) as it was confirmed he has been in prison. Lee has claimed he was arrested and detained on suspicion of espionage and is being held at Dubai's notorious Al Awir prison. After learning of her husband's whereabouts, Katie told The Sun: "I have found him – he is alive, and he is okay. I told him how worried I had been and told him I loved him. 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."
Lee, 43, who lives in Dubai, is believed to have been arrested on May 14, after going into hiding when he failed to board a flight to the UK. This came one day after Katie, 48, claimed she saw him tied up in the back of a van.
However, Dubai authorities reportedly didn't arrest Lee on suspicion of espionage, but instead detained him over claims relating to a private civil matter, reports The Sun. Authorities reportedly confirmed to the publication that the businessman was not held over spying charges.
He is set for release on Monday (June 1), but must settle a four-figure fine. Lee was scheduled to appear in a joint interview with Katie on Good Morning Britain on May 12, but failed to make it out of Dubai.
In the days leading up to his arrest, he had removed his belongings from his rented apartment and temporarily moved into his father's villa in Dubai.
The former glamour model initially told her followers that she believed her husband had been kidnapped. However, Lee's dad later confirmed that he had been arrested.
"He has not been kidnapped but he is under arrest. I don’t know on what charge," he told the Daily Mail. "I’m not sure where he is being held. But he will call me later today. He is not at my house."
Days later, an insider claimed that Lee's phone had been turned back on.
They told The Sun: "I had been messaging Lee and was getting no response. But on Sunday morning, my messages had gone from a single tick to a double – so that device is back on and being used. Lee has multiple phones but this is the one that is being used now."
Sources close to Katie have now expressed concern for her as Lee prepares to be released.
"Pals of Katie are scared that she is going to get back with Lee. They thought she'd seen the light when he did a disappearing act on her, but now she's had this fresh phone call from him from prison, they feel like she's gone 10 steps backwards," they told The Mirror.
