Liam Payne’s girlfriend Kate Cassidy is spotted for the first time since One Direction star’s tragic balcony fall

Liam Payne‘s girlfriend Kate Cassidy has been spotted for the first time since the One Direction star’s tragic death. 

Ms Cassidy, 25, left Argentina two days before the singer plunged 45ft to his death, aged 31, from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires last Wednesday. 

The actress this weekend was spotted in Florida picking up dog food for the pooch she shared with Payne. 

Ms Cassidy walked along the street with two pals while holding a bag under each arm. 

She and Payne had originally flew to Buenos Aires to watch his former bandmate Niall Horan‘s concert on October 4, but he remained in the country after his girlfriend flew home on October 14.

Liam Payne’s girlfriend Kate Cassidy has been spotted for the first time since the One Direction star’s tragic death

The actress this weekend was spotted in Florida picking up dog food for the pooch she shared with Payne

On Friday she broke her silence to pay an emotional tribute to Payne. The post on her Instagram read: ‘Thank you for all of the kind words and love that has been sent my way. 

‘I have been at a complete loss. Nothing about the past few days have felt real. I ask and pray that you’ll give me the grace and space to navigate this in private.’

‘Liam, my angel. You are everything. I want you to know I loved you unconditionally and completely. I will continue to love you for the rest of my life. I love you Liam.’ 

Ms Cassidy and Payne first started dating in October 2022, and made their red carpet debut at the Fashion Awards later that year. 

The pair then put an end to split rumours by enjoying a date in London in June 2023, and later that year she supported him when he was rushed to hospital with a ‘serious kidney infection’. 

The former One Direction star fell from the third floor of the Casa Sur Palmero hotel.

Police and prosecutors and continuing to investigate the tragedy which is being treated as an ‘inconclusive death’.

A post-mortem examination has determined that he died from multiple injuries. 

Kate Cassidy (right) and the singer originally flew to Buenos Aires to watch his former bandmate Niall Horan ‘s concert on October 4

Kate and Liam first started dating in October 2022, and made their red carpet debut at the Fashion Awards later that year

Liam Payne and Kate Cassidy watching the action on Centre Court Wimbledon Tennis Championships, Day 10, The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, UK – 12 Jul 2023

Lead investigator, Prosecutor Marcelo Roma, has called for histopathological, biochemical and toxicological studies to be carried out, to confirm whether the musician was drugged and intoxicated.

With those results expected to take between 10 to 15 days, Argentina’s National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office is currently treating his death as ‘inconclusive’, it has emerged.

His father Geoff has travelled to the Argentine capital to visually confirm the body is his son’s and to arrange for its repatriation back to the UK once it is released by the authorities. His funeral is expected to take place in November.

This is a breaking news story. More to follow.