Liam Payne: Close friend among five charged over One Direction star’s drug death

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Liam Payne: Close friend among five charged over One Direction star’s drug death

Five people have been charged over the death of Liam Payne after the One Direction star plunged to his death from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires.

Local media have reported two of those charged, former waiter Braian Paiz, 24, who has previously admitted to taking drugs with Payne, and an employee of the CasaSur hotel where Payne died, Ezequiel Pereyra, would be prosecuted for supplying narcotics for payment, which carries a sentence of 4 to 15 years in prison.

They are accused of supplying Payne with drugs on two occasions, according to Argentinian newspaper

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Camera IconForensic workers and police officers at the hotel where Liam Payne died. Credit: JUAN MABROMATA/AFP

Payne’s close friend, businessman Rogelio Nores, has also been charged with negligent *********, which is related to his alleged “abandonment of a person followed by death and facilitation of narcotics”.

Mr Nores has previously protested his innocence, saying: “I never abandoned Liam, I went to his hotel three times that day and left 40 minutes before this happened.

“There were over 15 people at the hotel lobby chatting and joking with him when I left. I could never have imagined something like this would happen.

“I wasn’t Liam’s manager. He was just my very dear friend.”

Camera IconRoger Nores reportedly met Liam Payne in 2020 and had been pictured with him in Argentina before the singer died. Credit: Unknown/Supplied

The hotel manager who was present on the day of Payne’s death, Gilda Martin, was charged with manslaughter as was another hotel manager, Esteban Grassi.

All five have been summoned to appear in court.

Camera IconA photo showing Braian Nahuel Paiz with Liam Payne, allegedly during their first arranged meeting at a hotel. Credit: Unknown/Supplied

Payne had checked into the CasaSur hotel on October 13 before falling to his death on October 16.

An autopsy determine he had died due to multiple traumatic injuries, while toxicology tests revealed he had alcohol, ******** and anti-depressants in his system.

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