Following the dismissal of charges against his friend and two hotel employees, new information has emerged about Liam Payne’s final moments before his fatal fall.
Roger Nores, Esteban Grassi, and Gilda Martin, the three people charged in an earlier decision by appeal court judges in Argentina. However, Braian Nahuel Paiz, 24, and Ezequiel David Pereyra, 21, both who were accused of selling cocaine before his death, are still imprisoned despite being told they face a probable trial and a prosecution.
The One Direction star, 31, sadly died after falling from the third floor of the Casa Sur Palermo hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 16. A post-mortem examination determined the singer’s cause of death as being “multiple trauma” and “internal and external haemorrhage” following the fall.
In a statement released by the judge and the public prosecutor, Liam’s death was referred to as “foreseeable.” The Mirror examines everything that is known about Liam’s worrying spiral before the tragedy strikes as well as what actually transpired in the doomed hotel room.
Night out with sexy people.
According to a 35-page court decision prepared by judges in Argentina, Liam allegedly contacted two women via a sex worker website and invited them to his hotel room hours before his death. The women allegedly arrived at 11.30 am on October 16 to find him “consuming something like crystal.”
After two-and-a-half hours in the room, he allegedly smashed a TV and ordered them to leave. As per the publication, one of the women told investigators: “He]Payne] had… a small whiskey that he was drinking.
He asked us to buy drugs for him while consuming something like crystal with aluminum foil, but we had no luck because we don’t do that. We had sex there while we were there.
Substance struggles
In his final months, Liam reportedly had stopped using drugs, but he appeared to have relapsed just before his passing. A toxicology report found traces of” alcohol, cocaine and prescription antidepressants “in Liam’s system, along with ‘ pink cocaine ‘ – a combination of crystal meth, ketamine and MDMA.
A search of Liam’s hotel room also uncovered” what appeared to be narcotics, alcohol, destroyed objects and furniture”, according to detectives. La Nacion and Clarin, the news outlets that purported to show photos from the room where Liam spent his final moments, confirmed them.
Smashed hotel room
Several hours after his death, Argentinian media reported images that purport to show the interior of the deluxe suite Liam had checked into. The photos, which show traces of a white powder, burned aluminum foil, and a smashed TV, were confirmed by news outlets at Liam’s room at the posh Hotel CasaSur Palermo, including La Nacion and Clarin.
The broken television had been left next to another empty glass that appeared to be champagne and had partially sunk. A white powder-covered swatch, pieces of aluminum foil, the remains of a burned candle, and the top of a beverage can were also clearly visible.
As they continued their investigations, prosecutors said Liam may have plunged from his balcony” in a state of semi or total unconsciousness “during a substance-induced psychotic episode. According to reports, describing the hotel room, one of the sex workers who claimed to have spent the night with Liam, told investigators:” Everything was disorganized, messy, there were aluminium foils lying around with drugs.. on the part of the sofa there were other burned aluminium foils… mess, clothes lying around.
If you didn’t get close and smell the alcohol on him, you didn’t realize that he had consumed so much, as I recall that he had a strong smell of alcohol but he looked good and appeared to be a happy man.
‘Desperation’
A woman, only known as Rebecca – who had a half-hour chat with Liam in the hotel lobby hours before his death – described him as “desperate” to be recognised. She claimed he announced himself, unprompted, shouting “I’m Liam”, to a queue of guests waiting for the lift. She claimed that Liam’s laptop was returned to the lobby.
Surmising that he’d spotted an email that “upset” him, Rebecca said: “Suddenly he took the computer, shouted ‘ f**k this s**t mate! ‘ and began “blanking” the computer against the wall” The singer’s “out of place” behaviour “shocked” onlookers in the “high-end” hotel, but concerned, Rebecca said she asked him if he was OK.
She explained: “But he just kind of grunted. Then he said ‘ I used to be in a boyband. That’s why I’m so f**ked up'”. Shocked at his admission, she saw him get back in the lift, before a “British guy” apologised to the group on “his behalf”. She added that while staff helped him enter the lift, he fell over when he returned to the lobby.
Concern from staff
The hotel’s chief receptionist claimed Liam had been asked for alcohol on numerous occasions and that he had been given a list of places to get some cocaine. Then allegedly insulted a staff member who claimed they couldn’t help him. According to court documents, Liam was left “unable to stand” following his “consumption of various substances”.
Later, hotel staff reportedly locked Liam up in his room with the help of a master key before removing a mirror outside his door out of concern that he might harm it. A hotel employee called 911 just before the singer was in a room with a balcony and expressed concern that he might try to escape.
The caller said: “I don’t know if the guest’s life is in danger. We’re concerned that he might do something because the room has a balcony. Just send an ambulance, only an ambulance”.
‘ Escape route ‘
Liam apparently attempted an escape route through the balcony after the hotel staff left him alone, leading to his tragic fall. When he was removed from the lobby, a bag was discovered strapped over his shoulder, which was not present.
Evidence suggests that Liam may have planned his descent in stages. A second-floor hotel guest discovered a leather bag containing pills, a bottle of Jack Daniel’s, and a note labelled ‘ for Liam ‘ on their balcony. According to investigators, the singer’s attempted escape was carried out on the second floor, where it was recorded rather than the bag that was found next to his body.
Additionally, officials said that “he did not know what he was doing and could not understand it,” and that he was not in a state of ignorance. According to a report, the father-of-one, whose tragic death has been linked to a substance-induced “psychotic episode”, “did not adopt a reflexive posture to protect himself in the fall, so that, for the moment, it can be inferred that he may have fallen in a state of semi- or total unconsciousness”.
Hotel room fears
Sources close to Liam’s who have been a part of the band’s history tell the US website TMZ that they have experienced a recurring aversion to being confined in hotel rooms. Speaking on The Diary of a CEO podcast in 2021, Liam said: “My dad said it from day one – lonely hotel rooms, man – getting locked in that room is not fun when you’ve been exposed”.
Due to worries about potential drug use, the singer’s dislike of such circumstances reportedly led to at least one other balcony escape attempt in September. During that incident, the 31-year-old is alleged to have attempted to escape through a balcony, using a garden hose to shimmy to the ground.
fans and hordes in videos
During his Argentina trip, Liam’s fans shared haunting videos of his final days and hours. The star appears shaky on his feet as he tells well-wishers, “That was a really big squeeze,” as one TikTok video shows him meeting well-wishers outside of his hotel. In another, he poses for a picture before raising his eyebrows and gazing down.
In a different clip, Liam asks the audience for a “pen” because he doesn’t have one while signing an autograph for a woman. When they reply ‘ lapicera ‘ in Spanish, he jokes: “I feel like you’re trying to make me say something rude”. But away from the laughter, there are concerns Liam wasn’t in a good headspace and was spiralling out of control.
Difficult blows
In the weeks leading up to his death, those close to him raised the alarm before the tragedy. His own publicist resigned, leaving him without any guidance during a difficult time, and Universal Music, his record label, reportedly dropped him.
According to the Liam was axed by the record label in the days preceding his death, with a source telling the publication: “Liam’s advance was massive and he didn’t recoup]it]. Out of all of the boys, Liam was on the wrong path musically”. His second album’s release allegedly delayed.
A source claimed eight-year-long music career may have felt like it was “crumbling” at the end, and it “must have absolutely devastated him”. It happened as his ex-girlfriend Maya Henry began a legal fight with Liam after she accused him of calling her repeatedly.
*Frank offers confidential advice about drugs and addiction (email frank@talktofrank.com, message 82111 or call 0300 123 6600) or the NHS has information about getting help.
With Mirror Celebs, you can get all the showbiz news.
Source: Mirror
Leave a Reply