Overview

• Cassidy reposted fan-created AI pictures of herself with Payne to her Instagram Stories on September 19, writing, “Thanks for making these” and “AI is such a blessing and a curse.”
• The Images arrived alongside a new video in which she organized a memory box holding letters, Polaroids and keepsakes, following her August tribute baking a cake on what would have been Payne’s 32nd birthday.
• Payne died on October 16, 2024, after a fall from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, with the medical cause recorded as polytrauma and toxicology indicating alcohol and cocaine.
• Argentine prosecutors have charged five people in connection with the case, including hotel staff and a friend on manslaughter allegations, while two others face charges related to supplying drugs.
• The UK inquest process remains active, with the coroner scheduling a pre‑inquest review for November 6.