LEE Andrews’ mum Trisha has broken her silence in her first interview since he went missing in Dubai – and has issued a desperate plea for his return.
The mum-of-two has been relentlessly mocked on social media by trolls, who have joked about her inability to find Andrews while claiming to be a psychic medium.
Lee Andrews Mum Trisha Andrews – pictured for the first time after his alleged ‘kidnapping’ – has issued a desperate plea for her son’s return after filing a Missing Persons report Credit: The Sun
The former glamour model says she is desperately worried after Andrews allegedly vanished without trace Credit: wesleeeandrews/instagram
But speaking close to her home in Ollerton, , Trisha, 61, said her family were concerned about his wellbeing after .
Asked if she had a message for those who knew Andrews’ whereabouts, Trisha, who has with the British Embassy, says: “Please bring my son back.”
told The Sun how .
She went on to and that the last she’d heard from him, he was in the back of a van with cable ties on his arms.
When asked about whether he had been kidnapped, Trisha replied: “I don’t know, he could have been.
“I’ve not seen the video.
“I don’t know the laws out there but I wouldn’t have thought they’d use cables. Wouldn’t they put handcuffs on?”
Confirming her daughter was in touch with Katie, Trisha attempted to clear up comments she’d made on her social media profiles about the former Page Three model –
Trisha said: “I think she’s exploiting in general, that’s what I meant.
“She’s always putting things on [social media] isn’t she?
“As I said, I get on with Katie.
“She puts too much on [social media].
“I heard the conversation this morning between my daughter and her. She is worried.
“They love each other.”
Katie says the last time she saw Andrews was during a FaceTime call from the back of a van Credit: Louis Wood
Katie insisted Lee Andrews’ disappearance is ‘not a publicity stunt’ during an emotional update to fans on her YouTube channel Credit: Katie Price/YouTube/Backgrid
Trisha, who works as a travelling medium doing readings, confirmed she had a close relationship with Lee, who was born and raised in Nottinghamshire.
With sadness, she admitted she had not heard from him since last week when he disappeared.
Trisha continued: “He has been there [in Dubai] for 22 years.
“It’s been six years since I went to . It’s been three or four years since he’s been here.”
Trisha also confirmed she and Andrews’ family were not aware why .
She said: “You can get a speeding fine in Dubai and if you try to get out and not pay it, you can get delayed.
“Nobody knows why. They won’t give it to us.
“They say it’s personal but I am his mother.”
Social media has been awash with comments targeting Trisha, with one writing: “She obviously didn’t see her coming.”
Another wrote: “If she’s psychic she will know where he is then.”
A friend close to Trisha told The Sun she found the claims distressing.
“Trisha is just as worried as everyone else and the last thing she needs is people making a mockery of her profession,” a pal, who asked not to be named, told The Sun.
“She doesn’t know Katie well, her daughter talks to her often and they are in touch.
“No one knows where Lee has gone. He’s just disappeared.
“Trisha has a close bond with Lee. She just wants him to be OK.”
Trisha’s interview comes after
The Sun’s Clemmie Moodie revealed she had been scammed by Andrews Credit: Dan Charity
Trisha admitted she had not heard from Lee since last week when he disappeared
Revealing how Andrews had described himself as an “international mastermind criminal,” Clemmie invested £1,000 in one of Andrews’ schemes but has yet to receive any money back – despite a promise it would be returned within a week.
It comes after told The Sun they’d given Andrews money to invest only to never see a penny in return.
Today and urged her to step away from Andrews.
She said: “I just want to tell her to please just listen. I was the same because I was like ‘oh he’s done nothing wrong to me’ until the cracks started to show.
“I don’t want it to get to that stage for her, but it will happen because it hasn’t just happened to me, it’s happened to multiple exes.”
She went on to claim she believed Andrews has “no remorse” and worries that Katie will get caught up in his mess.
Alana continued: “I just worry for her welfare.
“I worry he’ll maybe end up getting her arrested or a flight ban. He has no remorse toward anyone.”
Those close to Katie said she was fraught with anxiety over the whereabouts of Andrews, who she married in February within days of meeting him.
She confirmed to The Sun
and relayed the timeline of Lee’s disappearance.
She said: I just don’t know what to say. The last time, you know, I heard from as I said before was Wednesday at 10 o’clock.
“I’ve been reading his last few messages and then I’ve heard nothing.
“My anxiety levels are sky high.
“I just don’t know what to say.
“If there is anyone in Dubai or you know anyone in Dubai and you spot him – cause I don’t know where he is.
“Cause the last thing I know is his hands are tied. He had a hood over his head, not fully over and he was in the back of a van.”
Katie added: “I just want to know someone helped find him.
” I don’t know where he is. I don’t know what happened to him. And it’s been five days.
“I’m a survivor, but I’ve never been in a situation like this.
“I don’t think many people have been in a situation like this where all of a sudden the last message you get, FaceTime from your husband in the back of a van, a dirty old van.
“The thoughts in my mind was just his face on that FaceTime and then he’s gone.”
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