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<\/p>\nLEVI Davis may have fled for his life from a Somali drug gang he owed money to, a private investigator working for his family has claimed.<\/p>\n
The 24-year-old X-Factor star was\u00a0last seen leaving a pub\u00a0in Barcelona on October 29 and his passport was later discovered in the\u00a0city\u2019s\u00a0port area.<\/p>\n
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Reports have speculated the\u00a0missing former professional rugby player may have drowned\u00a0after being hunted by criminals over a \u00a3100,000 debt.<\/p>\n
Private investigator Gavin Burrows and his company, Line of Inquiry, have been helping Levi\u2019s family in their desperate search.<\/p>\n
"There is a significant link between a Somali drug and another Somali drug gang in Barcelona and it's alleged from sources he owed a sizeable\u00a0debt,\u201d he told The Sun Online.<\/p>\n
"This began two years ago, resulting in Levi running from his apartment as he believed he was in danger.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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In a since deleted video from before his disappearance, Levi claimed he was being "blackmailed" and feared his "life was in danger".<\/p>\n
Burrows claimed his investigations have confirmed that was the case, but added: \u201cWe're yet to confidently determine what about\u201d.<\/p>\n
CCTV shows Levi leaving The Old Irish Pub at around 10.05pm after travelling to Barcelona from Ibiza, where he had been staying with a friend.<\/p>\n
He posted a final video message on the ferry in which he can be heard saying: "Hi mum… it's beautiful."<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Around the time Levi was last seen, cruise ship workers are said to have reported sighting a person in the sea.<\/p>\n But search operations were suspended because no one was missing on board the ship, which has led to speculation this may have been a missed chance.<\/p>\n Levi\u2019s bank card and phone have\u00a0not been used and reports in Spain cite fears Levi could have been entrapped by someone he met on social media.<\/p>\n The latest twist comes after his heartbroken mum Julie broke down in tears as she recalled the last hug she gave her son before he left for Spain.<\/p>\n Good Morning Britain host Susanna Reid held Julie's hand as she spoke and\u00a0later left the studio to comfort her.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s always that mother\u2019s instinct," she said.<\/p>\n "And just before he left there was a message that, I don\u2019t know, maybe powers up above, that said to me, \u2018Give him a hug because you just don\u2019t know if it\u2019s going to be your last.'\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, new photos of Levi taken by his photographer friend Adetodkunbo Adetona have emerged three months after he vanished.<\/p>\n They were taken to go with Levi's second music single – Los Angeles – which was due to be released in November.<\/p>\n Levi made history in 2020 when he was the first professional\u00a0rugby union\u00a0player to come out as bisexual while still playing.<\/p>\n The sportsman-turned-reality star performed on\u00a0X Factor: Celebrity\u00a0in 2019 with fellow rugby players Ben Foden and Thom Evans as part of the group Try Star.<\/p>\n In 2020, he starred in the E4 dating series\u00a0Celebs Go Virtual Dating.<\/p>\n The former Bath winger had been suffering from depression and had gone on holiday following a knee injury.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/RR-COMP-p1-9.jpg\")
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