Five months after One Direction’s Liam Payne tragically died in Buenos Aires, Argentina, his family has shared a statement regarding the criminal investigation into his death and media coverage.

Bear — whom Payne shared with ex Cheryl Cole — "is trying to process emotions which no 7-year-old should have to experience," the family said in a statement.

Liam Payne’s family ‘forever remember the joy his music brought to the world’ - The singer died in October last year.

Liam Payne's family issued a statement Sunday morning, criticising the media coverage of the singer's death, saying it had caused them "indescribable, lasting damage." Hours after the former One Direction star was honored at the annual music Brit Awards in London,