Liam Payne: One Direction star sexted fans, took heroin, ex-fiancee Maya Henry claims
Late One Direction star Liam Payne used heroin and sexted fans, his former fiancee has claimed as she spoke about his death publicly for the first time.
Texan model Maya Henry, 23, said she loved Payne “very much”, but he was “unrecognisable” while on drugs and she put herself in “unsafe and harmful situations” as he battled addiction.
They dated for three years before calling off their engagement in 2022.
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“Anyone who has been with an addict understands how difficult that is,” she said.
“While I loved him deeply, he did things that hurt me in ways I’ll never fully understand, and he continued to hurt me years after we broke up.”
According to an insider quoted in the article, Ms Henry did not learn the extent of Payne’s drug use until near the end of their relationship, with the source saying: “It was normal for Liam to do cocaine, ketamine, MDMA and pharmaceutical pills. Then he got into smoking heroin.”
Sources close to the singer claimed to Rolling Stone that his behaviour was “volatile” and he was “seeking out drugs, sexting fans, and hiring sex workers”.
Payne, 31, was found dead by police on October 16 last year following a fall from the balcony of a hotel in Buenos Aires.
Days before the tragedy, Ms Henry instructed lawyers to issue a cease and desist letter to the pop star after accusing him of repeatedly contacting her.
