Katie Price’s husband Lee Andrews has admitted he lied on his CV as he addressed fraud allegations in his first interview this week.
It was previously 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.
On Friday, Lee was also hit with a fresh accusation that he took $1000 from another woman and has thus far failed to pay her back – he denied the claims on Instagram soon after.
Lee, who is a self-proclaimed ‘millionaire’, has also claimed that he studied at Cambridge University and has a PhD.
His LinkedIn profile previously stated he was a ‘Member Of The Board of Advisors’ for the Labour Party and ‘Director of Philanthropy at The King’s Trust’, formerly The Prince’s Trust.
However, the businessman has now admitted his CV was embellished, claiming a former personal assistant was responsible.
Katie Price’s husband Lee Andrews has admitted he lied on his CV as he addressed fraud allegations in his first interview this week
British-born Lee who is a self-proclaimed ‘millionaire’, previously claimed that he studied at Cambridge University and has a PhD, while his LinkedIn profile stated he was a ‘Member Of The Board of Advisors’ for the Labour Party
Speaking to The Sun, he said: ‘I think that’s been hyped up and made to look better than what it is and it needs to come down.
‘I can’t take the showmanship of it, but I’ll take the accountability.
‘The PA no longer works for me now anyway, for other reasons — probably because of that.’
He added that he does not manage his own LinkedIn or social media accounts.
However, he conceded that his CV definitely needs to change, admitting ‘it’s not good’ by any means.
The Sun previously reported a woman got in contact with the publication, sharing how she believed she was investing $1000 in his company Aura Worldwide Holdings Ltd.
However paperwork for the company, which is registered in the British Virgin Islands, showed the business was dissolved in 2024.
Despite this the woman claims she has not received her investment money back from Lee.
However, the businessman has now admitted his CV was embellished, claiming a former personal assistant was responsible
Speaking to publication about their business dealings, the woman explained Lee reached out to her with the promise she could ‘double her money in ten days’.
She said: ‘I sent $1000, which is almost 4000 Dubai Dirham. I sent it to his personal bank account but didn’t question it at first.
‘When I asked for it back, he said he would pay it back. It’s been almost two months now and he’s still not giving me my $1000 back.’
The publication has reportedly seen messages between Lee and the woman which confirmed he would return the cash in 24 hours.
However after she failed to receive the transaction, she went back to him on February 17, writing: ‘This is my final request to return to me the 4000 I paid to you for shares in your company that was dissolved in 2024. Please wire the amount back to my account.’
On February 23, she followed up and threatened to go to the police, prompting Lee to reportedly reply: ‘Police? Give me 48 hours I’ll send.’
However she claims she is still yet to receive the money.
Despite official paperwork showing his business was dissolved in 2024, Lee insisted to the publication that the company is most certainly not dissolved, adding ‘100 per cent it’s there’.
It comes after Katie attempted to ‘debunk’ some of the claims from her husband Lee after he’s faced a sea of accusations he’s a ‘scammer’
Elsewhere in the interview, Lee declared he will father Katie’s next child, before insisting he has, in fact, met Kim Kardashian, contrary to her denial.
The Daily Mail have contacted Lee Andrews for comment. He denied that the company had been dissolved when approached by The Sun.
This week Katie 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 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.’
