STAR’S FORTUNE Huge eight-figure sum troubled Liam Payne left son Bear, 9, after tragic death aged 31 revealed in court docs
LIAM Payne’s nine-year-old son is to be the sole beneficiary of the tragic singer’s £21million fortune, the High Court has agreed.
Probate documents show the One Direction star’s estate can be used immediately to “benefit” Bear Gray Payne, whose mum is former Girls Aloud star Cheryl Tweedy.
Liam, 31, did not leave a will when he fell to his death from the third floor of the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 16, 2024.
Cheryl and music industry lawyer Richard Bray were named as administrators of Liam’s estate in a grant of probate issued in Newcastle last year.
But it gave them only the power to collect and preserve Liam’s assets.
The new Letters of Administration means that parts of the estate can potentially be spent to help Bear now — with the remainder required to be placed in trust for him until he is aged 18.
They value Liam’s estate at just over £21million.
It includes his five-bedroom home at Chalfont St Giles, Bucks, which he bought for £3.25million in 2021 to be closer to his son following his split from Cheryl.
Liam’s friend Rogelio ‘Roger’ Nores, hotel operator Gilda Martin and receptionist Esteban Grassi were charged with manslaughter although these were later dropped.
Hotel employee Ezequiel Pereyra and waiter Braian Paiz have been charged with supplying cocaine to the singer.
Anyone seeking to make a claim against the estate of someone who dies intestate has six months to do so under probate rules.
Liam had been living with his influencer partner Kate Cassidy, 27, at the time of his death.
Sources close to her said that she does not intend to make any claim against his estate.
But under law she might have been entitled to do so.
Kate previously insisted she ‘never asked Liam Payne for money’ before it was revealed she won’t get any of his fortune.
Yet, speaking exclusively with The Sun, the influencer fiercely defended her bond with Liam against haters.
She stated firmly: “So you know when people come and point a finger at me saying, ‘You took an allowance and you had living expenses,’ or whatever, at the end of the day it’s nobody’s business except for me and Liam.
“I never [asked him for money]. Yeah, it’s upsetting but it’s just about having thick skin and I’m never going to let anybody tell me how my relationship was with Liam.
“The only two people that really know how strong a relationship was are me and Liam.”
