Katie Price’s husband Lee Andrews will need to pay £100,000 to be released from prison in Dubai, according to reports.
Lee, who married the former glamour model, 48, in January after a whirlwind romance, has spent the past few weeks detained in Al Awir prison over a ‘private civil matter’ and not for espionage as he claimed.
Earlier on Wednesday, it was revealed Lee ‘won’t be getting released from prison anytime soon’, despite him being expected to have been freed on Monday.
Now, insiders say the so-called businessman will have to pay a £100,000 fine, if he is to be released.
‘Katie is desperately trying to get Lee out of prison. Despite everything that’s gone on, Lee is her husband and Katie wants to get him out and get the answers she so badly needs,’ a source told The Sun.
‘She has been to the prison a number of times now, including going there today, to try to get the paperwork sorted to secure his release. To be released, Lee will have to pay over £100,000.
Katie Price’s husband Lee Andrews will need to pay £100,000 to be released from prison in Dubai, according to reports
‘He is confident he can get the cash and has assured Katie she won’t need to pay anything.’
The Daily Mail has contacted Katie’s representatives for comment.
Katie shared a cryptic post about ‘heartbreak and loss she didn’t see coming’ on Instagram on Wednesday, a day after she flew out to be reunited with her spouse in Dubai.
An insider told the Daily Mail: ‘Katie is going to the [Al Awir] prison on Wednesday to try to speak to Lee. He is still locked up there and it does not look like he is getting out any time soon.’
As she flew out to Dubai, Katie shared the following quote on Instagram: ‘Behind every strong woman is a story that changed her. A heartbreak she didn’t see coming. A loss she never wanted. A battle she never asked to fight.
‘She didn’t become strong because it was easy, she became strong because she had no other choice.
‘And now? That strength is her power. Her resilience is her weapon. Her faith is her anchor. She may carry scars, but those scars shine as proof that she made it through.’
She continued: ‘Strong women aren’t born, they’re built in the fire. And if you see one standing tall, know this: she carries a story of survival that turned into strength.’
Lee, who married the former glamour model, 48, in January after a whirlwind romance, has spent the past few weeks detained in Al Awir prison, with Katie flying out to see him
Katie was spotted at London Gatwick airport on Monday when she flew to Dubai to reunite with Lee who has yet to be seen in weeks.
On Tuesday, Lee mysteriously re-followed Katie after unfollowing her on Instagram, but other than that, he has remained silent on social media.
However despite recent events, Katie seemed set on reuniting with Lee and was seen wheeling a huge pink suitcase alongside videographer and photographer Ben Algar who will no doubt be capturing the reunion on camera.
Katie said on her podcast last Thursday ‘when [Lee] gets out, I’m going to ask him about all of it because everything needs an explanation. There’s so much speculation about you, it’s about time you actually do a sit-down video interview, because I think the public deserve it.’
The star was seen still wearing her huge diamond ring as she continued to show her commitment to Lee after they tied the knot in January, less than a week into knowing one another.
Lee made contact with his wife in what she says was a two-minute phone call from inside the jail.
A source told the Daily Mail: ‘Katie has gone to Dubai to have it out with Lee. She took the 2.35pm flight from Gatwick yesterday.
‘Katie feels let down and she’s been lied to on several points and been made to look stupid in front of family and friends. Not to mention the world on social media.
‘She’s being shown things on a daily basis about him and showing he’s a possible fraud. She doesn’t want to admit defeat and call it a day on their marriage.’
In a chat on her podcast The Katie Price Show released last Thursday, Katie detailed her two-minute phone call with Lee – after he was thought ‘missing’ for two weeks – and attempted to explain some of the things that didn’t add up from the time he was gone.
Firstly, last week it had been reported that his phone had been ‘turned back on’ during his disappearance after he ‘went dark’ amid being detained.
He appeared to still be active on social media, and claims at the time suggested that he had been using his mobile phone.
A source claimed that one of Lee’s phones had been turned back on Sunday morning.
But Katie has now claimed that it is the people who are ‘interrogating’ Lee in prison who were using his phone.
She said: ‘I did ask him about the phone situation. He hasn’t been on his phone – he’s been interrogated and they’ve been on his phone. So they’ve been mucking around on his phone – it wasn’t Lee.’
She then also spoke about how she’d asked him about rumours that he had followed another woman online during his time missing, saying: ‘What happened with the woman was she activated her account and she followed him or he followed her.
‘But then she blocked him. They’ve never exchanged messages. But I did ask him “apparently you’ve followed another woman!…”‘
