Last month it was reported that Lee Andrews had an alleged sex tape with his wife Katie Price that he was trying to flog for a quarter of a million pounds.
The Dubai-based businessman, 42, is then said to have backtracked after discovering it was illegal, and claiming he wasn’t serious.
Now, his wife has backed the fact that it was ‘a joke’ and, in fact, said she hasn’t even done a sex tape with Andrews.
In the alleged recording, previously published by The Sun, he reportedly said he needed ‘to get cash quickly’ before adding, ‘I could always release my sex tape with my wife, but it might go for a pretty penny… So see if a newspaper will pay for that — quarter of a million f***ing quid…’
Now, in a new appearance from Katie on Andrew Gold’s Heretics podcast, she has defended her husband.
She told the host: ‘He said it as a joke, in a voice note to someone, and I sent it to my sister because the email came through to us. I said: “Look Soph, he’s said it as a joke.”
‘I said: “I haven’t even done a sex tape and then it’s come out.”‘
Everything Lee Andrews has been accused of since marrying Katie Price
Misleading claims of being a multi-millionaire business owner
When Katie introduced Lee as her new partner, he presented himself as the CEO of Aura Group Future Urban Travel 2027 and an investor in ‘SpaceX Hybrid Fitness’.
His social media, which boasted more than 100,000 followers, was filled with photos of luxury cars, lavish Dubai lifestyles and apparent encounters with celebrities including Elon Musk and Kim Kardashian.
But the image quickly began to unravel. There appeared to be little evidence of his businesses operating as described, while several of the celebrity photos were later alleged to have been created using AI.
Being banned from leaving Dubai
After meeting and marrying her new husband in Dubai, it came time for Katie to fly home to the UK – however her husband was unable to join her.
This was due to the fact that he’d allegedly served time in Dubai’s Al Awir central prison for suspected fraud, for allegedly taking out a £200,000 mortgage in his ex-girlfriend’s name without her knowledge.
The UAW bans people facing criminal investigations from leaving the country, however Lee denied he was unable to return to the UK and said there must be some ‘wrong details’.
However, Katie later confirmed he was subjected to a ban, but didn’t clarify why.
Being jailed – and reportedly arrested again – in Dubai
Shortly after Katie returned to the UK, Lee remained in Dubai while dealing with financial issues.
Last month, it was reported he had spent four weeks in Dubai’s Al Awir prison over outstanding debts before being released.
On July 11, he was arrested again after allegedly attempting to raise around £120,000 he believed he owed.
According to The Sun, Lee sent a message to a friend saying: ‘They’ve arrested me. Katie might need to bail me out. We need to make a noise with a Go Fund Me.’
A spokesperson for Lahbab Police Station told the newspaper they had no record of Andrews being there, while Katie’s representative declined to comment.
Teasing a fake pregnancy
Just a few weeks into their relationship, both Katie and Lee teased they were expecting a baby. After Katie declared she was ‘having his child’ Lee wrote they were a ‘perfect couple soon to be triple’.
At one point, the mum of five even urged her followers to pay £2.99 to find out the results of a pregnancy test.
Despite the attempts to generate publicity, she then confirmed she was not pregnant.
Scamming a string of women
Days after Katie and Lee tied the knot, two of his exes accused him of being a ‘liar, narcissist and manipulator’.
Months later, it was then reported he’d been begging women for money weeks before he married Katie.
His ex Alana, then shared a post on Instagram calling him the ‘Tinder Swindler’ and claimed multiple women had contacted her saying he’d tried to scam them out of money too.
She later went on a podcast to share more details of her relationship with Lee, claiming ‘I genuinely thought that potentially he could have killed me.’
Faking a kidnapping
After Lee failed to return to the UK, Katie revealed she had concerns he’d been kidnapped and then reported him as a missing person.
He was later found to be in prison in Dubai. Following his release, he returned to social media with an extraordinary account of events, claiming he he had been ‘kidnapped at gunpoint’, ‘slapped around’ and falsely accused of espionage.
Dubai authorities have disputed suggestions he was detained over spying allegations, previously describing the matter as a private civil dispute.
Court documents later revealed two outstanding legal cases against Lee, including an alleged £54,000 debt linked to a rental car company and a separate claim for approximately £15,000 in unpaid legal fees.
She continued to say that the media ‘love clickbait’, but added: ‘I’m not saying everyone’s lying because you can’t have smoke without fire. So, I am going to ask him questions when he comes out.’
In July, it was reported that Andrews had been released following his second stint in Dubai’s Al Awir prison.
However, after not posting anything on his Instagram Stories since July 9, people are left asking, once again, about where he is.
While appearing on the podcast that Metro confirmed was recorded on July 27, Katie revealed that Andrews was still in prison.
‘I think he comes out today,’ she stated.
Whether she has asked him these questions is unclear. In an episode last month of The Katie Price Show, with her sister Sophie, the reality star said about her husband: ‘I’m just not commenting anymore.’
Talking about Lee’s conduct, Sophie said: ‘The fact that he’s even talking about you in that context to his mates is f***ing out of order and he’s a d***head.’