Liam Payne was reportedly struggling with legal woes related to his ex-fiancée, Maya Henry, days before he fell to his death at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday.
The One Direction member “was extremely overwhelmed by all of the legal issues” after he was issued a cease-and-desist letter by his ex’s lawyers, an insider told People Wednesday.
According to the Daily Mail, the late singer received the letter “following the emergence of new and concerning information.”
Reps for the late singer weren’t immediately available to Page Six for comment.
Henry alleged in a TikTok video earlier this month that Payne had gone to extreme lengths to try and contact her following their breakup in April 2022 after four years of dating.
“Ever since we broke up, he messages me, will blow up my phone, not only from his phone number, it’s always from different phone numbers too, so I never know where it’s gonna come from,” the 23-year-old influencer claimed.
“He’ll create new iCloud accounts to iMessage me — it’s always a damn new iCloud account. Every time I see one pop up on my phone I’m like, ‘Here we f—ing go again.’”
Henry added Payne would allegedly “blow up” her mom’s phone too.
“Is that normal behavior to you?” she said.
The exes got together in 2018, the same year Payne separated from ex Cheryl Cole, with whom he shared now 7-year-old son, Bear.
Henry and the British singer called off their two-year engagement in 2022 after she alleged he cheated on her.
Payne was dating influencer Kate Cassidy when he died after falling from the third floor of the Buenos Aires hotel.
The couple had spent a romantic getaway together in the country days before, though Cassidy returned home alone a few days before the tragic incident.
It’s unclear if Payne’s death was intentional or accidental, however, a spokesperson for the Security Ministry of Buenos Aires claimed he “had thrown himself from the balcony of his room.”
He was reportedly “acting erratic” in the moments leading up to the fall and had to be carried back to his hotel room after smashing his laptop in the lobby.
Sources told Page Six the “X Factor” alum, who previously admitted to alcohol abuse and mental health struggles, had been “cycling through periods of ruinous behavior for a long time.”