Death of Liam Payne: man arrested on suspicion of supplying him with drugs

He had spent the evening with Liam Payne. One of two men accused of supplying drugs to the British singer before his death has been arrested, police sources told AFP. A search took place at his home located in Budge, in the province of Buenos Aires, this Monday, December 30. The detainee was brought before the courts.

He spent five hours with him

On October 14, the 24-year-old visited the British singer in his hotel. He would then have it “accompanied to room No. 310, entering the room with him.” He stayed there for almost five hours. Two days later, Liam Payne is found dead (new window) in this same establishment. The autopsy identified “multiple traumas” and one “internal and external bleeding” after falling from his hotel room balcony. Former One Direction member had consumed alcohol, investigation found (new window)cocaine and antidepressants before his death.

“We spent the night, we got high”the suspect told the Telefe Noticias channel. “Something intimate happened,” added the one who denied until November having supplied drugs to the singer, while admitting to having met him and having spent time with him in his room.

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Two months later, the Argentine courts were able to establish that there had been “supply of drugs for money”which pushed her to request on Monday the pre-trial detention of two of the five people prosecuted, including Braian Paiz. “Three of the accused were charged without pre-trial detention for manslaughter, and the other two for the offense of supplying drugs” with provisional detention, declared the prosecution. Among the suspects, we also find RLN, the British star’s agent in Argentina, who accompanied the star on this trip to Buenos Aires, the hotel manager and the hotel’s front desk manager. They face between one and five years in prison, according to the prosecution.