Liam Payne’s ex-fiancée Maya Henry has launched legal proceedings against her former flame.

The Texas model, 23, has ordered lawyers to send a cease and desist order to the One Direction star after accusing him of repeatedly contacting her.

The brunette beauty has also accused the singer, 31, of obsessively contacting her friends and family, including her mother Azteca Henry.

Lawyers for the star told MailOnline: ‘Maya Henry imposed a cease and desist order on Liam Payne last week following the emergence of new and worrying information.

“She has retained attorneys Marco Crawford and Daniel Cerna to represent her. At this time, that is her only comment on the matter.”

Liam Payne’s ex-fiancée Maya Henry, 23, has launched legal action against her former flame after previously accusing her of obsessive contact with her and her family.

She has also accused the star of contacting her friends and playing on the loyalty of die-hard One Direction fans on social media

This is just the latest in the former couple’s bitter feud and last week the model accused Liam of abusing the loyalty of die-hard One Direction fans on social media to smear her.

The singer’s three-year stop-start relationship with Maya came to an end in 2022, almost a year after the former couple called off their engagement.

The Strip That Down For Me singer has since moved on with new girlfriend Kate Cassidy, while Maya continues to promote her debut novel Looking Forward – an art-imitating slice-of-life novel about a girl who falls in love with a pop star.

Maya — the daughter of multimillionaire personal injury attorney Thomas J. Henry — shared a cheeky assessment of Liam with TikTok followers last week, claiming he went to extraordinary lengths in an attempt to contact her.

“Since we broke up he’s been messaging me and blowing up my phone, not just from his phone, it’s always from different phone numbers so I never know where it’s going to come from,” she said.

Maya has instructed her lawyers to draw up charges after she was reportedly bombarded with messages from the singer

The singer’s three-year stop-start relationship with Texas model Maya Henry ended in 2022, almost a year after the former couple called off their engagement (photo in October 2021)

“He’ll create new iCloud accounts just to message me – it’s always a new damn iCloud account. Every time I see one pop up on my phone I think “here we go again”

“Also, he’ll email me… not just me, but he’ll blow up my mom’s phone. Is this normal behavior for you?’

Payne made his first public appearance with Henry in 2019.

The couple were then forced to isolate together during the global pandemic, with Payne later insisting the experience had strengthened their relationship.

He told People: “I think we’ve been through a lot during COVID. I feel like we came out the other side a little stronger.

“Most couples who have been married for years had a hard time, right? So I mean, we’re still very happy to be here together today.”

But Henry scorned any suggestion of closeness, claiming he contacted her friends while they were still together – without her prior knowledge – and has maintained the practice since their divorce.

“Since we broke up he’s been messaging me, blowing up my phone, not just from his phone, it’s always from different phone numbers too so I never know where it’s coming from,” she said

Payne made his first public appearance with Henry in 2019, with the couple subsequently isolating together in her native Texas as COVID-19 forced the world into lockdown

She added, “He’s the one who does weird shit all the time, and I might also add, he literally said the reason he has all these people on his damn Snapchat, which he’s apparently had for years, and messages, is because he preys on One Direction fans because they are loyal to him.”

The model also accused Payne’s fanbase — the singer has 26.1 million followers on Instagram alone — of being blinded by their loyalty to the singer and their love for his former band, One Direction.

She said: “If you continually enable someone, they will never realize that what they have done is bad, or they will realize it and they know they can get away with it, which is what happened to them for so many years.

‘Everything is swept under the carpet, everything is hidden from him. I don’t know who is behind this, but nothing about him ever comes out.’

She added: “It’s hard when these people jump down your throat because they’re telling the truth about things that have happened.”

Addressing followers on Monday, Maya claimed she later discovered he had contacted her friends while they were still together – without her prior knowledge

MailOnline exclusively broke the news of their engagement in August 2020. The pair were first linked in August 2018, shortly after Liam split from Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole.

Maya was seen with her dazzling diamond ring, worth £3 million

Speaking in 2021 shortly after confirming their engagement was over, Payne admitted he made a mistake during an interview with Stephen Bartlett’s Diary Of A CEO podcast.

“Right now more than anything I feel like I’m more disappointed in myself for continuing to hurt people,” he said.

‘That irritates me. I’m just not very good at relationships. And I know what my pattern of things is with relationships right now.

“I’m just not very good at it, so I need to work on myself before I entrust myself to someone else.”

He added, “That’s where I ended up in my last relationship. I just stopped giving a good version of myself that I didn’t appreciate and didn’t like. I can honestly say it makes me feel better.

‘I didn’t feel good about what I was doing, but it had to be done. Just a corny way of saying it was the best for both of us.”

MailOnline exclusively announced the news of their engagement in August 2020.

The pair were first linked in August 2018, shortly after Liam split from Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole.

The former couple called off their engagement in June 2021, but rekindled their romance two months later (pictured in October 2019)

Payne has since moved on with new girlfriend Kate Cassidy (pictured), while Henry continues to promote her debut novel Looking Forward – an art-imitating slice-of-life romance

The couple’s engagement followed rumors of a split, but a source close to the lovebirds told MailOnline at the time that they are ‘definitely still a couple and very happy together’.

The friend explained that they took their romance off social media, adding: ‘Maya and Liam are definitely still a couple and are very happy together.

‘Both have been taking time off from social media lately and enjoying each other’s company away from the spotlight.’

MailOnline has contacted a representative for further comment.