Lee Andrews' exes have made it clear what they think of him following the so-called millionaire's quickie wedding to Katie Price earlier this year. The Dubai-based businessman has been accused of scamming former partners out of thousands of pounds and telling extravagant lies in recent years, with holes in his CV also exposed, placing question marks over his identity.
Now, in her latest shocking claims, ex-girlfriend Alana Percival – to whom Lee proposed in identical fashion shortly before he did Katie – has revealed she was 'isolated' by Lee and their relationship became 'physical'. As a result, she fled the country, fearing for her life.
Speaking on the Crying In The DMs podcast, the fitness trainer, who connected with Lee on Facebook in early 2025, opened up about the 'volatile' relationship. 'It wasn't until the very last legs that it got physical,' she explained, having previously claimed Lee 'love-bombed' her with cash transfers, Louis Vuitton handbags, and Cartier jewellery.
She recalled Lee accusing her of 'uploading a Story on Instagram', when she actually 'deactivated [her] account' because he 'didn't want [her] to have one anymore', cutting her off from other people further. 'When he searched my name on Google while I was asleep, there was a ring that came around my name, like I put a Story on. And that was actually the night that I left. The day after, I ran away,' she said. 'He thought I'd put up a Story, and it turned so volatile, and he was awful towards me in so many ways. And I laid there almost quivering in bed, crying my eyes out all night. And all I kept on thinking is, "How am I going to run away from this?"'
Alana revealed that, 'luckily', she had a pal 'looking over' her the next day, so when Lee went out for a few hours, she was able to pack a suitcase, book a flight, and leave before he returned. 'I just remember ringing my friend, and it was a mess, and I said, "Please, if you're at work, get in your car and come and help me just pack some bags. I have to leave the country, and I have to leave now. I don't know how long I've got."'
'He frightened me that much, and I genuinely thought that potentially he could have killed me,' she stated. '[He would say], "Why don't you have self-awareness? Why don't you have self-control?" The key in that, and I could see that he felt like, and then, like, he would deflect it on me to make himself feel better. And then he would feel bad again, and then he would make himself feel better, and then bad, then better, and that happened through the whole night.'
Alana further shared that her final interaction with Lee in December, after around nine months together, was hearing him 'crying down the phone'. Elsewhere in the interview, she expressed her fears for reality star Katie, 48, having urged her to 'run for the hills' for months now. Acknowledging that Lee is 'very, very good at what he does' and 'making you feel safe', she admitted that she 'feels' for Katie. 'And I know Katie as well as myself; we've both had our traumas, and we both want to be loved. And I think it's really important for us to want to be loved. And I think that's the similarity that we've probably got.' 'I do feel for her because she has been through a lot.'
On whether she's had any 1-1 contact with the former glamour model, Alana said she spoke to Katie on the phone when she and Lee first got together in January. 'She thanked me for standing up and saying something about him being a con man,' Alana said, adding that Katie 'thanked the other ladies who had been involved' and expressed how 'grateful she was for their intel. However, after allegedly vowing to 'end things' with Lee, Alana was stunned to see her 'back in Dubai' just two days later, going against her word. 'But I can't sit here and say to her she's wrong in doing that because every time I went home and I was around my friends and family that know me, they would tell me he's a weirdo,' she reasoned. 'I'd be there for weeks, and then I would start thinking it myself, but then I'd go back again, and then I would get dragged back.'
Other than that previous conversation, the TV star 'hasn't reached back out' to Alana. In February, she hit out online in an unexpected rant, branding Alana an 'irrelevant little troll' as she continued speaking out. While Lee has not addressed Alana's latest accusations, a representative for Katie told the Daily Mail: 'There are two sides to every story.' In the past, he has also strongly denied scamming anyone, but did eventually admit to having a 'travel ban'.
Alana's podcast appearance comes as Katie and Lee were reunited at last following his release from Al Awir Central Prison. Lee was detained last month for alleged fraud, but claims he was kidnapped and held at gunpoint, which led to him ghosting Katie for weeks while she feared the worst. Taking to social media last night to break his silence on the media frenzy surrounding his whereabouts, Lee confirmed that he had been freed, insisting that he was arrested on suspicion of espionage.
He said in a video: 'Hi everyone, this is Lee. I've been missing now for several weeks, and I can now tell you I am now safe and healthy and with my wife.' Lee claimed that he was 'taken to the Qatar border by men with assault rifles' who 'slapped [him] around a little bit'. 'From there, I was taken to a black site where I had no use of my phone, and from what I know, it was an extended arm of the National Guard, and that is all I can reveal at the moment. I have signed disclaimers with state security, and from there, I was put into the system.'
Denying the widely reported reasons for his arrest, he then said: 'At no point have I faced anything to do with fraud allegations or criminal activities.' Lee went on to thank Katie for liaising with the authorities and helping to get him out, crediting the 'noise' she made for prompting the UAE to 'actually listen' and 'let [him] go'. 'From there, I did have a civil case in Dubai, which led to me going into the mainstream prison during the Arabic holidays, Eid,' he concluded by confirming. 'I was able to secure my release, and I am here now, so thank you, everyone, for listening and love and blessings to everyone.'
Katie is now back in Dubai with her man, who allegedly pleaded with her to set up a fundraiser to acquire the £140,000 bail needed to get him out of jail. Taking to her own Insta Story after Lee's comeback, she declared: 'My husband [is] back'.
Everything Lee Andrews has been accused of since marrying Katie Price
Misleading claims of being a multi-millionaire business owner
When Katie named Lee as her new partner, he was selling himself as the CEO of Aura Group Future Urban Travel 2027 and an 'investor in SpaceX Hybrid Fitness'. His profile, which had 111k followers, was littered with photos of the entrepreneur in the gym and enjoying the high life in Dubai - also appearing to rub shoulders with Elon Musk and Kim Kardashian. However, it was all later exposed as a farce - with no information about his company on its website, and his snaps with celebrities appearing to also be AI-generated.
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.
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'. Two 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.
'Ghosting' his wife
After Lee failed to return to the UK last week, Katie revealed she had concerns he'd been kidnapped and then reported him as a missing person. However, it was then reported that Lee had actually 'ghosted' his wife and was 'squatting in a slightly run-down villa' in Dubai and using a burner phone. The Sun claimed he was 'frantically planning a route out of this ginormous hole he appears to have buried himself in'.
