Overview

• Liam Payne, former One Direction member, died in October 2024 at age 31 after falling from a Buenos Aires hotel balcony, with a post-mortem confirming multiple traumas and haemorrhaging.
• Court documents filed on May 1, 2025, officially name Cheryl Tweedy, Payne’s ex-partner, and lawyer Richard Mark Bray as limited administrators of his £24.3 million estate.
• Under UK intestacy laws, Payne’s eight-year-old son Bear is set to inherit the estate via a trust, while non-spousal partners, including girlfriend Kate Cassidy, are excluded.
• Cheryl Tweedy described Payne’s death as an 'earth-shattering event' and called for respectful media coverage to protect their son Bear from future distress.
• Administrative proceedings are ongoing to manage the estate’s valuation, preservation, and eventual distribution under UK legal frameworks.