Liam Payne’s ex Aliana Mawla shares tribute to late singer
Liam Payne and Aliana Mawla
Getty Images (2)Liam Payne‘s ex-girlfriend Aliana Mawla has responded to the singer’s death at the age of 31.
“I’m sorry this happened to you,” Mawla, 26, wrote via Instagram Story on Thursday, October 17, sharing a throwback photo of Payne backstage at a concert. “I will love and miss you forever.”
In a follow-up tribute, Mawla uploaded a photo of the couple holding hands with the caption: “Rest in paradise.”
We weekly confirmed that Payne, who briefly dated Mawla in 2022, fell to his death from a third-floor balcony of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday, October 16. Payne suffered a skull fracture and other serious injuries too serious for emergency treatment, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
“Our role was to get there quickly, provide medical assistance and try to resuscitate him, but his injuries were incompatible with life,” the head of Buenos Aires emergency services said. Alberto Crescenti said in a statement, per local outlet La Nacion. “Based on what the team saw, there apparently was a skull fracture and extremely serious injuries that led to his immediate death.”
A preliminary autopsy report viewed by Us revealed that Payne died of “multiple injuries involving ‘internal and external bleeding'”, and that he was believed to have been in a “state of semi- or total unconsciousness” at the time of the fall.
Payne is survived by his parents, Geoff and Karen, as well as older sisters Ruth and Nicola.
“We are devastated. Liam will live on in our hearts forever and we will remember him for his kind, funny and courageous soul,” his family said in a statement to the BBC on Thursday. “We support each other as a family as best we can and ask for privacy and space during this terrible time.”
Liam Payne’s preliminary autopsy report shows he died from multiple injuries with “internal and external bleeding,” Us Weekly can confirm. The former One Direction singer suffered “multiple traumas,” which contributed to his death, according to the report obtained by Us on Thursday, October 17. (Payne died on Wednesday, October 16 at the age of […]
The former One Direction singer also leaves behind a 7-year-old son Bear, whom he shared with ex Cheryl Cole.
Payne and Cole, 41, split in 2018, shortly before he moved on with his ex-fiance Maya Hendrik. Payne and Henry, 23, had an on-again, off-again relationship that ended for good in 2022. Months after their breakup, Payne started seeing Mawla.
Mawla has previously confirmed this Us that they started dating after Payne called off his engagement and denied claims of infidelity.
“Aliana has become very resentful of the allegations made about having a relationship with Liam while he was still engaged or involved with his ex-fiancée,” a Mawla rep said. Us in June 2022. “Under no circumstances would Aliana have been involved in a public relationship as such if there was any truth to the comments that were made. She is very happy and does not want to discuss this situation in the future.”
It is not known when Payne and Mawla separated, but he began dating Kate Cassidy later that year. They were together until the “Strip That Down” musician’s sudden death in October.
