Overview

• Posting new photos from a brand trip in Miami, Cassidy thanked the sponsor and resumed a lighter social media tone days after marking the first anniversary of Liam Payne’s death.
• In TikTok videos, she recounted their last goodbye on October 12, 2024, and said traveling on the anniversary helped her mental health and reflected what she believes Payne would have wanted.
• Friends told outlets she spent months in isolation and rarely smiled after his death but is now seeing friends and is open to dating again, though not yet fully ready.
• Cassidy has brushed off claims from former hotel server Braian Nahuel Paiz about Payne’s final days, as family tributes drew public attention to concerns about people seeking visibility from the tragedy.
• Prosecutors in Argentina say Payne died from multiple traumas, with alcohol, cocaine and an antidepressant found in his system; two men, Ezequiel David Pereyra and Paiz, have been charged with supplying drugs, deny the allegations, and remain detained as authorities review extensive CCTV and electronic evidence without a trial date set.