Liam Paynes girlfriend Kate Cassidy is speaking out in her first interview since the singers tragic Octoberdeath.
The judgepreviously saidthe singer had tried to leave a Buenos Aires hotel via a third-floor balcony while intoxicated.
We had our dog, and obviously I never would have thought this event would have occurred.
Liam Payne and Katie Cassidy on Dec. 5, 2022 in London, England.Darren Gerrish/Getty Images for BFC
I stuck with Liam through, you know, thick and thin, she said.
The social media influencer said that she was home alone when she heard the news of Paynes death.
I had a bad feeling in my gut…
When I officially found the news to be true, I just fully was numb.
Liam, I know well be together forever, but not in the way we had planned.
Youll always be with me.
Ive gained a guardian angel, she wrote in the caption at the time.
Payne died on Oct. 16.
Payne suffered multiple traumas, including internal and external bleeding, in the aftermath of the fall.
Prosecutors also identifiedalcohol, cocaine, and a prescribed antidepressantin his system, following a toxicology report.
