Liam Payne’s grieving girlfriend Kate Cassidy is giving extra particulars about her choice to go away Argentina within the days earlier than the singer plunged to his dying — and she or he’s telling pals that she gave him an ultimatum to cease utilizing medication.
“His drug use was causing a lot of drama,” mentioned the good friend, who speaks to the 25-year-old influencer usually.
“So she gave him an ultimatum: her or the drugs. He chose the drugs, so she had no choice but to remove herself from the situation.”
“She thought she was doing tough love,” the good friend continues.
“She didn’t know that it would end the way it did.”
Cassidy beforehand instructed pals that staying with the singer was a “hostage situation” as he continued to increase their trip in Argentina.
Whereas they have been initially slated to spend 4 days within the nation, the journey lasted greater than two weeks earlier than Cassidy lastly left.
“She had to go,” says her pal.
“It was becoming very unhealthy for everyone. She hoped he would follow her back to Miami.”
Cassidy gave the extra context to her pals after seeing a media interview of the alleged drug supplier who’s underneath investigation in Payne’s Oct. 16 dying.
Within the interview, Braian Nahuel Paiz insisted there was no wrongdoing on his half.
The 24-year-old Paiz admitted to having two lodge conferences with the “Story of My Life” singer, 31, however insisted that he didn’t promote any medication to the previous One Route singer.
“We took drugs together but I never took drugs to him or accepted any money,” Paiz instructed native information outlet Telefe Noticias on Saturday.
“Our second hotel meeting was on the night of Sunday, October 13,” Pais continued.
“We spent the night together, we consumed drugs because the truth is that something intimate happened.”
The bombshell allegations have incensed Cassidy, who’s telling buddies that Paiz is a liar and that he can’t be trusted, in keeping with the supply.
“She says that he’d say anything to get out of this,” the 25-year previous Instagram influencer’s confidante mentioned.
“It’s lie after lie after lie. She doesn’t think they had an intimate night together and she says that the entire interview was completely self-serving. She is looking forward to seeing what happens when he is prosecuted.”
Based on a police report, Payne had a poisonous combination of medicine in his system on the time of his dying — together with crack and so-called “pink cocaine,” which is a combination of ketamine and different medication.
Authorities say he spent his final hours with two prostitutes, who drank with him after which left after a dispute about fee.
Paiz has reportedly been fired from his job because of the continued legal probe. He’s the second individual to be formally linked to the singer’s dying.
Native police have additionally named Rogelio “Roger” Nores, Payne’s shut good friend, as one of many three individuals underneath investigation.