A court in the UK has officially recognized the ex-wife of singer Liam Payne as the rightful heir to his fortunes, estimated at more than 24.3 million pounds (equivalent to 4.2 billion Kenyan shillings), after the artist died without leaving a will.
Liam James Payne, singer and songwriter from the pop band One Direction, died aged 31 in October last year after falling from a third-floor hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Cheryl Tweedy, a woman who has a son with the late star, was in default appointed administrator of the late Payne’s money, property, and possessions along with the lawyer.
Tweedy, 41, a former Girls Aloud singer known as Cheryl, could place the fortune in a trust for Bear, their son. According to The Guardian, under the rules of intestacy in England and Wales, a person’s spouse and then their children, if any, have first claim to the estate.
The gross value of the estate amounts to £28,594,888, according to the letters of administration, while the net value, which is the total after debts and expenses are paid, amounts to £24,279,728 (Sh4,187,767,485).
A postmortem report done on Payne’s body last year revealed that he died of multiple traumas and “internal and external haemorrhage” after falling from a balcony of the Casa Sur hotel.
A court in Argentina dropped charges in February of criminal negligence against three of the five people charged in connection with Payne’s death.
After his band went on hiatus, Payne released his debut solo album, LP1, in December 2019, which included his debut single, Strip That Down, featuring American rapper Quavo, and the songs Polaroid with Lennon Stella and Jonas Blue, and For You with Rita Ora.
Tweedy was in a relationship with Payne between 2016 and 2018.
Before he found success in One Direction, Payne auditioned for The X Factor in 2008 when Tweedy, then Cole, was a judge, not knowing that they’d end up as lovers 8 years later.
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