Overview
- Multiple outlets report that part of Payne’s former senior school is being knocked down, prompting a public post from his sister Ruth Gibbins.
- Gibbins wrote that the news "feels like all of him is being removed" and recalled memories of him waiting by her locker to ask for money.
- Kate Cassidy, Payne’s former girlfriend, shared a TikTok last week saying she will always love him and will keep talking about him despite criticism.
- Cassidy said any future partner must accept her grieving and that she refuses to let his memory fade.
- Payne, 31, died in October 2024 after a fall from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, with reports citing alcohol and cocaine in his system.