Liam Payne's girlfriend Kate Cassidy "stood by him" amid his recent legal battle with his ex-fiancée, Maya Henry — something he was dealing with leading up to his death on Oct. 16 at age 31.

Payne, who was only 31 at the time, fell from the balcony of his third-story room in CasaSur Palermo Hotel, where he had been staying as a guest.

Liam Payne's heartbroken girlfriend, Kate Cassidy, has been seen in public for the first time since the One Direction star tragically died last Wednesday. The actress, 25, left Argentina just two days before the singer plummeted to his death from the third floor of the Casa Sur Palermo hotel on October 16.