Katie Price’s husband Lee Andrews hasn’t yet paid for their wedding (Pictures: One&Only Royal Mirage/ Backgrid)
Katie Price’s husband Lee Andrews is yet to settle the bill for their wedding at a luxury Dubai hotel nearly two months ago.
The former glamour model, 47, tied the knot with the Dubai-based businessman Lee, 41, in late January.
Less than a week after meeting, the pair announced their shock engagement and got married in Dubai just a few days later.
However soon after it was reported that Lee’s business Aura Group was a farce, while two of his ex’s urged Katie to ‘run for the hills’, alleging he was a ‘lying swindler who preys on women’.
It also later emerged that he was unable to leave the United Arab Emirates after previously spending three weeks in jail for allegedly forging his ex-girlfriend’s signature to take out a £200,000 loan in her name.
Despite their first ceremony not being legally binding, Katie and Lee have since made their union official with two other legal ceremonies.
The couple got married just a week after meeting (Picture: Lee Andrews/ Instagram)
However they now have an outstanding bill nearly two months on (Picture: Backgrid)
However, it’s now been revealed that nearly eight weeks since their first wedding, Lee is yet to pay fees they owe.
The pair’s shock ceremony – which was not attended by any of their families or friends – was held at the luxury One&Only Royal Mirage hotel.
At the time, the pair exchanged vows in the hotel’s gardens, posing for photos and kissing just two days after revealing Lee had proposed, which had happened at another luxury Dubai hotel – the Burj Al Arab.
Despite promising to return to the One&Only Royal Mirage and pay the outstanding costs, which are believed to run into thousands of pounds, Lee is yet to return.
Staff at the hotel, where rooms can cost around £2000 a night, have been left ‘frustrated’ by the outstanding bill.
Rooms at the Dubai hotel can cost up to £2,000 a night (Picture: One&Only Royal Mirage)
Staff have been left ‘frustrated’ by his delayed payment (Picture: One&Only Royal Mirage)
‘Lee Andrews has not yet paid the One&Only Royal Mirage hotel where he and Katie Price got married,’ a source told The Daily Mail.
‘He promised to settle the outstanding bills but still hasn’t, and it’s been over six weeks.’
The Daily Mail reported that when Lee was approached and asked about his bills, he insisted: ‘It was fully paid. It was an SMS on my HSBC locally. I will ping it to you so you can see it.’
However, days later he still hadn’t provided any proof of payment.
This weekend it was also reported that Lee had been begging a woman for cash just days before he proposed to Katie.
The Sun claims to have heard voice notes sent in January, during which he asks an unnamed American woman for thousands of pounds.
Katie has been told to ‘run for the hills’ by some of her new husband’s exes (Picture: Lee Andrews/ Instagram)
‘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,’ he reportedly said.
‘You don’t know how desperate it’s been, the last couple of months of me trying to survive.’
The woman claims that when she refused to send him any money, he swore at her and branded her a timewaster.
Lee supposedly said at the time he was struggling financially while he waited for payments to clear and was living off 20p packets of rice.
However, this weekend Lee posted a warning his followers about ‘fake accounts sending fake voice notes’. It’s unknown if this is in relation to the accusations made in The Sun.
The Dubai-based businessman has claimed he is a millionaire (Picture: Lee Andrews/ Instagram)
Since Katie and Lee got married, the self-proclaimed multi-millionaire has faced a string of accusations about his behaviour and business dealings.
Most notably, his ex, Alana Percival, has said that he should not be trusted and claimed multiple women have contacted her claiming he has tried to scam them.
‘He is a toxic, horrible, disgusting, vile creature who lied to me from the moment we met,’ she told The Daily Mail.
‘I literally hate his guts. He’s nothing but a sad, lonely man who lies about everything. I never saw any proof about his money; I never saw any cars or houses.’
Metro has contacted One&Only Royal Mirage hotel and representatives for Katie Price and Lee Andrews for comment.
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