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Liam Payne Seemed 'Happy' Via Text Before His Death, Close Friend Says


Liam Payne's close friend, Jodie Richards, opened up about their final text messages to each other and how she reacted to news of his tragic death

An autopsy report obtained by Us on Thursday revealed that the musician sustained “multiple traumas” as a result of his fall, including hemorrhages in his chest, skull, abdomen and limbs. Payne rose to fame as a member of British boy band One Direction alongside Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik. Referring to Payne’s struggles with mental health and substance abuse, Richards stated: “He’s always got help if he needed it but as far as I’m concerned he was in a good place with everything going on in his personal life and his career as well, he had new things on the horizon on the telly and he seemed happy.”

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