Katie Price has attempted to ‘debunk’ some of the claims from her husband Lee Andrews after he’s faced a sea of accusations he’s a ‘scammer.’
The ex glamour model, 47, initially tied the knot with the businessman, 42, in January just weeks after meeting, before holding a second, legal ceremony – much to the shock and concern of fans and family, due to reports of Lee being a scammer.
It was claimed British-born Lee spent three weeks locked up in a Dubai jail for allegedly forging his ex-girlfriend’s signature to take out a £200,000 loan in her name and has been banned from leaving the United Arab Emirates. He denies this.
Lee, who is a self-proclaimed ‘millionaire’ has also claimed that he studied at Cambridge University and has a PhD.
Katie has now tried to hit back at some of Lee’s claims in a video posted on her YouTube channel, reading out a statement that she said he gave to her.
In the clip, she insisted that Lee did have a thesis from Cambridge, but admitted she’d ‘got it wrong’ and had a PHD from Spain, and claimed any rumours he had such a qualification started as ‘hearsay.’
Katie Price has attempted to ‘debunk’ some of the claims from her husband Lee Andrews after he’s faced a sea of accusations he’s a ‘scammer’
Katie read out a statement which she said Lee gave to her, where she insisted he did boast an ‘associate degree in engineering by distance learning from Cambridge.’
She said: ‘I have seen something from Cambridge, it’s a thesis or whatever it’s called from Cambridge, but the PHD is from Spain, so yeah I got that wrong.
‘The PHD wasn’t Cambridge, the thesis he was he did at Cambridge, was a thesis or something you do. I don’t know. I should read what he says it is if you want me to.’
Beginning the statement, she said: ‘So I get it right, Lee has an associate degree in engineering by distance learning from Cambridge. Notorised and attested.
‘He’s never claimed to have a PHD from Cambridge, this was hearsay from others.
‘He currently has an honorary doctorate and written thesis which Lee has produced and published. He will make Exclusive for everyone to read. This also included the legal use of the title Doctor featured in his passport.
‘His company is registered in the British Virgin Islands, and can be viewed as listed in real time by visiting the BVI registered companies Index. He is the appointed director and shareholder.
‘He has worked and introduced himself to the public figures that have been showcased on his social media, which includes me.
‘He hasn’t conned anyone, nor has been investigated, arrested or suspected of such outrageous things against, just rumours stemming from one ex as a smear campaign that won’t let it go.
‘These are all lies. Lee should not be underestimated, as he is producing, working and involved with things most people couldn’t even fathom.’
Katie then defended her romance with her spouse, stating: ‘I’m with Lee for Lee, I couldn’t give a s**t if he was a binman, I couldn’t give a s**t if he was a rich man or a blind man, how I connect with Lee and how I get on with Lee and how I feel about Lee and how he treats me is all I care about.
‘I’m very happy and I want everyone else to be happy for me.’
The ex glamour model initially tied the knot with the businessman in January just weeks after meeting, with Lee since facing accusations he is a ‘scammer’
Lee’s ex, Alana Percival, has responded to the video with alleged messages from him, which she says prove his lies
Alongside the clip, she wrote: ‘Big news to come’
Lee’s ex, Alana Percival, has responded to the video with alleged messages from him, which she says prove his lies.
Hitting back at the PHD comment, she shared a text message from Lee to her which said: ‘I have a PHD Cambridge doctor in-passport.;
Responding to Katie’s claims that Lee has never been to prison, Alana shared alleged messages that said: ‘I need to stack wins this week and make life epic…
‘I was in prison Alana not jail. Central prison!’
Another alleged message from Lee reads: ‘You’ll have the screen shot of this hitting the account tomorrow. I know it’s all been up in the air I’ve pulled this together in record time amongst other things since coming out of prison. Not letting you down seriously I have it in cash ways and sending a large amount to the UK tomorrow.
‘So il get this bridge tomorrow directly then il pay it in full next week or the week after when I’m on the ground. one of my first agendas. Also one is in your name and half. This I want for you! To have I wont let you down.’
This was followed by another message, that said: ‘I went through the worst to get out of trouble. When my sentence had been passed on me they already sentenced me 11 cases with words like treason being thrown around.
‘And 1 case where a judge can only see me in March 2026.
‘Oh hell bells no freaking Ways! And I literally struck a deal and closed them all with 3 high ranking judges. 6 locals were ready to put passports for me, That’s why I dealt with Cez sincerely. I told her get on the phone and a contact these people and tell them what I’m facing right now. I was in solitude. no phone half yhe time facing serious things already sentences I, try undoing that. 3 cases a day removed.’
Katie has come under scrutiny around her relationship with Lee after many of his so-called business achievements were called into question.
This week it was also reported he is set to face further legal woes in Dubai, amid claims he is banned from leaving the now war-torn country.
According to news reports, allegations were made to Herefordshire Police against him, which have since been handed to Dubai cops.
A source told The Sun: ‘The police have handed the files to the police in Dubai as Lee lives there and the allegations made against him happened in that country.’
Daily Mail have contacted Lee Andrews’ representatives for comment.
Lee’s ex Dina found out about his apparent swindling after receiving a phone call from the mortgage company, sparking her decision to file a legal case against him.
According to Dubai law, individuals pending criminal investigations, including unpaid debts or civil lawsuits, are not legally allowed to leave the country.
The woman reported him to the authorities in Dubai who investigated her claim.
It is unknown at what stage the investigation is at – but Lee was subject to the travel ban preventing him from leaving Dubai while the case was open.
He has also reportedly been heard begging a woman for cash in desperate voice notes.
The US-based businesswoman, who did not want to be named, revealed she received a string of ‘desperate’ voice notes from him just a week before he proposed to Katie.
In the voice notes, Lee reportedly tried to persuade the woman to send him cash in amounts ranging from £1100 to £2500 on multiple occasions since last May for what she believed was a business opportunity.
But as the woman felt uneasy about sending money, Lee’s voice notes reportedly became more and more desperate – with the Dubai-based ‘millionaire businessman’, asking her for cash as recently as January.
In the voice notes heard by The Sun, Lee reportedly said: ‘If you can help me or send Western Union 3000 that would help me so much. I could just do with a big hug really.
‘You don’t know how desperate it’s been, the last couple of months of me trying to survive.’
Self-proclaimed ‘millionaire’ Lee is said to have claimed he was cash-strapped and living off 20 pence ready meals because he was waiting for payments from his business Aura Sustainable Vehicles & Energy BVI to clear from Kenya.
Despite their arrangement reportedly being a business one, Lee is said to have told the woman he would ‘love her’ if she could send him the cash and referred to her as ‘beautiful’.
When the woman refused to send Lee money, he reportedly swore at her and called her a time waster.
Speaking to the publication, the woman said Lee had told her he was so poor he was forced to live off packets of rice.
She said she ultimately decided against sending him cash but she came very close as he is ‘so persuasive’.
The woman went on to say that Lee told her back in December he had met someone special, who she believes to be Katie.
The Daily Mail has contacted Lee for comment. Lee has denied all previous claims.
She is not the first woman to make allegations against Lee.
It comes after Lee’s furious ex accused him of ‘scamming’ women out of cash as she dubs him the ‘tinder swindler’.
The former glamour model stunned fans last month when she announced she had married the Dubai-based businessman following a whirlwind one-week romance.
After news of their nuptials emerged, Lee’s exes spoke out about him and he faced a string of accusations about the true nature of his finances, with a slew of his claims about his wealth, business acumen and celebrity-links said to be false.
His former flame Alana Percival, 32, previously spoke out about how Lee had asked her to marry him in a lavish proposal strikingly similar to when he popped the question to Katie 16 weeks later.
Last week Alana claimed four women have got in contact with her in the last two weeks since she told her story – all claiming that Lee tried to ‘scam’ them out of money – in a post seen by The Sun.
Alana went on to brand Lee ’embarrassing’ and likened him to the Tinder Swindler – a Netflix show made about Israeli conman Simon Leviev, a notorious relationship scammer.
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