Liam Paynes ex-fiancée Maya Henry previously revealed that her debut novel about a young model beginning a relationship with a former boyband star with a volatile temper and a drug habit was inspired by true events.
Yesterday, following the news that the 31-year-old former One Direction star had died after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aries, sources close to the Ms Henry told DailyMail.com she was in shock over his death.
The former couple began their relationship in 2019 but their stop-start three-year love affair came to an end in 2022, almost a year after they called off their engagement.
The Texan model, 23, who days ago instructed lawyers to issue a cease and desist letter to the pop star after accusing him of repeatedly contacting her, only found out his death when a member of her team was contacted by a reporter.
In the wake of Mr Paynes death, details from Henrys controversial novel have resurfaced again.
Published this year, Looking Forward, chronicles the tumultous relationship between model Mallory and Oliver, a semi-washed up former member of five piece boyband 5Forward.
The book, which Henry stated was fiction inspired by true events, chronicles the two main characthers battling to establish a stable relationship admist the constant glare of the papparazzi and Olivers unstable drug habits.
It ends with the main female characther Mallory leaving the singer after realising that despite Oliver loving her, she did not love her in the way she deserved.
It comes as:
- Heartbroken fans descended on the hotel to lay candles and flowers for Payne;
- Celebrity tributes poured in from the likes of Dermot OLeary and Paris Hilton;
- Payne shared a photo with his girlfriend on Snapchat minutes before his death;
- Fans looked back at Paynes extraordinary X Factor audition in 2008 aged 14;
- Pictures revealed rooms inside the hotel where Payne plunged to his death; and
- Harry Styless mother Anne Twist shared her grief with a tribute on Instagram.
Liam Paynes ex-fiancée Maya Henry previously revealed that her debut novel was inspired by true events (pictured together in 2022)
Published this year, Looking Forward, chronicles the tumultous relationship between model Mallory and Oliver, a semi-washed up singer (pictured Mayas book Moving Forward)
Reps for Liam Paynes ex-fiancée Maya Henry told DailyMail.com: Right now she is obviously in shock. (pictured: Payne and Henry in 2019 at Paris Fashion Week)
The One Direction star, 31, fell to his death from a third floor of a hotel in the Argentinian capital of Buenos Aires, on Wednesday
Maya Henry previously opened up about the fictional elements to her book about a toxic relationship after accusing her ex-boyfriend Liam Payne of obsessive contact
On a new podcast, The Internet is Dead, Maya addressed how much of the book is fiction and claimed that fans didnt think it was about her ex-boyfriend Liam, 31.
Noting some of the things she changed, Maya said: Some of the things that are fictionalised in the book are obviously the name changes, some of the cities are different like I say Im from Tennessee in the book when Im from Texas.
Maya then went on to discuss why fans didnt think the book was about Liam, who is father to his son Bear, six, from his relationship with ex Cheryl.
She said: Then also for example another big point was that people were like this cant be about Liam because when I was talking about the abortion he said "oh Im not ready for a kid", because he is already a father.
Explaining why she slightly changed the events, Maya said: And in real life thats obviously not the case, but for privacy reasons I just wanted to leave stuff like that out of the book and just tell my story so thats kind of why it is fiction.
Because if you do something thats nonfiction everything has to be fiction everything has to be so factual and you cant leave anything out
Revealing that some of the worse parts of her story were omitted from the story, she said: There are a lot of things that are worse than that I did leave out. So its fiction inspired by true events.
The podcast appears comes as she has started legal proceedings against her former flame.
She has instructed lawyers to issue a cease and desist letter to the One Direction star after accusing him of repeatedly contacting her.
The brunette beauty has also accused the singer of obsessively contacting her friends and family including her mother Azteca Henry.
The Texan model, 23, spoke about her novel, Looking Forward, which she claimed is a fiction book based on true events from her own life
The podcast appearance came after she started legal proceedings against her former flame
Lawyers for the star told MailOnline: Maya Henry issued a cease and desist last week to Liam Payne following the emergence of new and concerning information.
She has retained attorneys Marco Crawford and Daniel Cerna to represent her. At this time, that is her only comment on the matter.
Emergency services have erected a red tent outside the hotel where Mr Payne died yesterday.
Several witnesses said Payne had fallen from his room at the Casa Sur Palmero Hotel shortly after 5pm on Wednesday.
Investigations into the 31-year-olds death are ongoing.
City ambulance service provider spokesman Alberto Crescenti said he had fallen around 40 meters and suffered severe injuries which were incompatible with life.
He said: The alarm was raised at 5.04pm local time saying a person was lying in an internal patio at Casa Sur.
At 5.11pm an ambulance arrived and the man was certified dead.
Afterwards we found out he had been a famous singer. Unfortunately the injuries he had suffered as a result of the fall proved to be fatal. There was no possibility of resuscitating him.
Just days ago the Texan model, 23, instructed lawyers to issue a cease and desist letter to the pop star after accusing him of repeatedly contacting her.
The brunette beauty also accused the singer of obsessively contacting her friends and family including her mother Azteca Henry.
Lawyers for the star told MailOnline: Maya Henry issued a cease and desist last week to Payne following the emergence of new and concerning information.
She has retained attorneys Marco Crawford and Daniel Cerna to represent her. At this time, that is her only comment on the matter.
Sharing a brutal assessment of Payne with TikTok followers last week, Henry - the daughter of multi-millionaire personal-injury lawyer Thomas J. Henry - claimed he has gone to extraordinary lengths in an attempt to contact her.
Ever since we broke up he messages me, will blow up my phone, not only from his phone, its always from different phone numbers too, so I never know where its gonna come from, she said.
The 31-year-old shot to fame in 2010 on XFactor with former bandmates Niall Horan , Zayn Malik , Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson , despite initially auditioning separately.
Hell create new iCloud accounts to message me - its always a new damn iCloud account. Every time I see one pop up on my phone Im like, "here we f***ing go again."
Also, he will email me... not only me, but hell blow up my moms phone. Is this normal behavior to you?
Last week the model also accused Payne of playing on the loyalty of die-hard One Direction fans across social media to pillory her.
Payne made his first public appearance with Henry in 2019 before their stop-start three-year relationship came to an end in 2022, almost a year after the former couple called off their engagement.
Payne made his first public appearance with Henry in 2019 before their stop-start three-year relationship with Henry came to an end in 2022, almost a year after the former couple called off their engagement
The stars final Snapchat post showed him happily posing with his partner Kate Cassidy as they looked into a mirror.
Further posts from the final moments of the stars life showed him enjoying lunch in his hotel room, where he revealed the pair had been waking up at 1pm every day and deciding on Forest Gump as a Halloween costume.
Another tragic selfie was captioned: Lovely day in Argentina before the star shared a photo of his hotel, writing: Happy I got some time away followed by a heart emoji.
He shared another image with Cassidy captioned: Quality time.
Payne began his pursuit to stardom when he initially auditioned for X Factor in 2008.
At only 14-years-old Payne impressed judges with his own version of Fly Me To The Moon by Frank Sinatra - but was later eliminated from the show.
He and his former bandmates Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson, were brought together by Simon Cowell and former judge Nicole Scherzinger who saw their potential as a group. (pictured: One Direction in 2011)
However Payne gave his singing career another go auditioning for the competition again in 2010, where he quickly shot to fame as part of One Direction.
He and his former bandmates Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson, were brought together by Simon Cowell and former judge Nicole Scherzinger who saw their potential as a group.
After just a few weeks of getting to know each other and non-stop rehearsing, the group impressed Cowell at their Judges Houses audition and sailed through to the live shows.
The pop star later admitted to Rolling Stone that it took him about a millionth of a second to spot the groups worldwide potential.
Following the news of his tragic passing, tributes have poured in for the young pop star.
One friend told the Mail: Liam had been struggling, he just wanted to be a good person.
This is a horrible, horrible tragedy. Nobody can believe it. He has the world at his feet, he worked so hard but he just couldnt quite get over his pain.
To those who know Payne well, it wasnt a huge surprise. For some years those close to him have worried for his welfare as he has struggled with the global fame and grueling tour schedules.
While it has been assumed that he has struggled with life after One Direction, friends say that he was a sensitive soul before he even arrived for his X Factor audition.
One said: There is perhaps a reason why some people go looking for fame, since childhood Liam was very inward looking, really in touch with his feelings.
Then bang, you are singing in front of millions of people on the X Factor. And then you, pretty much overnight, are one of the most recognizable people in the world.