Liam Payne's girlfriend Kate Cassidy gave him 'this or that ultimatum' days before death

Liam Payne's girlfriend Kate Cassidy gave him an "ultimatum" days before his death, it has emerged. Kate, who had been in Argentina with ITV The X Factor star Liam in Buenos Aires before his plunge from a third-floor balcony four weeks ago, demanded he chose "her or drugs".

Kate is reportedly telling friends that she gave him an ultimatum to stop using drugs. “His drug use was causing a lot of drama,” said the friend, who speaks to the 25-year-old influencer regularly. “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 friend continues. “She didn’t know that it would end the way it did.” Cassidy previously told friends that staying with the singer was a “hostage situation” as he continued to extend their vacation in Argentina.

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“She had to go,” says her pal. “It was becoming very unhealthy for everyone. She hoped he would follow her back to Miami.” Police pronounced Payne dead at the scene, saying he had suffered a “very serious injury” to the base of the skull. The forensic medical corps later concluded that Payne’s death was caused by “multiple traumas” and “internal and external haemorrhage” resulting from the fall.

Prosecutors said that officials had collected several dozen testimonies, and conducted nine raids on homes across Buenos Aires province, which resulted in the seizure of several personal devices. More than 800 hours of video footage have also been analysed.

In their statement, the prosecutors also ruled out suicide, saying: “The lack of defence or self-preservation reflex in the fall, together with other relevant data from his consumption, allow us to conclude that Liam Payne was not fully conscious or was experiencing a state of noticeable decrease or loss of consciousness at the time of the fall.”

“Physical intervention by a third party” was also eliminated as a possibility.