Several people have been charged and arrested in connection with the death of Liam Payne.
In October 2024, Payne is dead At 31 after falling from a balcony on the third floor of the Casasur Palermo hotel in Buenos Aires. Following his death, an investigation was carried out and The hotel was searched several times.
According to a preliminary autopsy, the cause of the death of Payne was cited as “multiple trauma”, in particular chest, skull and abdomen hemorrhages. A partial autopsy would have revealed the presence of “pink cocaine” – a mixture of methamphetamine, ketamine and MDMA – cocaine, benzodiazepine and crack. In the Payne system.
In November 2024, the prosecution accused three people – which were not appointed at the time – with an abandonment leading to death and the supply and facilitation of narcotics. According to an 180 -page indictment, the suspects included a Payne “companion”, a hotel employee and a drug supplier. The prosecutor Andrés Esteban Madrea asked that suspects provide a deposition and be placed in a state of arrest.
The following month, a local Argentinian media reported that Five people were charged In relation to Payne’s death. Payne’s friend Roger Norès was one of people accused of manslaughter, alongside two employees of Casasur Palermo Esteban Grassi And Gilda Martin. BRAIAN NAHUEL PAIZa server and an employee of Casasur eZequiel Pereyra have been accused of having allegedly provided drugs to Payne before his death. The five individuals were summoned to court.
Continue to scroll to find out who has been charged in the case and what is its current status:
BRAIAN NAHUEL PAIZ
At the start of the investigation, PAIZ was immediately considered suspect. Paiz, a server accused of having provided drugs to Payne, finally denied having sold drugs to the late musician. PAIZ said He met Payne When he dined at the restaurant where Paz worked in Puerto Madero a few weeks before his death.
While Payne dined in the establishment, PAIZ said that the singer “was already under the influence of drugs and that he had eaten nothing.” However, the duo exchanged information and found itself another time.
“We took drugs together, but I never brought her drugs or accepted money,” PAIZ told an interview with the Argentinian newspaper in November 2024. Telefe news.
The same month, PAIZ declared exclusively We every week that he wanted Help the authorities in their current investigation.
“I want to bring everything: my phone, everything to the investigation,” said Paiz. “I have nothing that can hurt me. … The other thing is to contribute to what I have seen personally and what I have experienced personally.
In December 2024, PAIZ was accused of having allegedly provided drugs in Payne. We confirmed in January 2025 that He was arrested And risks between four and 15 years in prison.
Ezequiel Pereyra
Pereyra, who was an employee of Casasur, was accused of having allegedly provided drugs to Payne before his death. The local media reported that Pereyra had been arrested in January 2025, almost a week after Paiz, according to CBS News.
Roger Norès
Nores, who was a close friend of Payne, was accused of having abandoned Payne before her death and manslaughter. Nores A with vehementnce denied allegations.
“I have never abandoned Liam. I went to his hotel 3 times that day and left 40 minutes before it happened, “Nores said in the Daily Mail in a statement in November 2024.” There were more than 15 people in the hall From the hotel who were chatting and joked with him when I left. I could never have imagined that something like it would happen.
In December 2024, nores testified concerning Payne’s drug consumption And said his struggles continued despite the search for treatment.
“Because of its dependencies, Payne continued to frequent rehabilitation centers of its own free will to try to overcome them,” said Nores in a file filed in the court. “Unfortunately, these treatments did not succeed and its dependence has worsened as it started to consume harder drugs, such as heroin. »»
Although nores was accused of manslaughter, he was not arrested.
Esteban Grassi
Grassi was the hotel receptionist. Grassi was accused of asking others of taking Payne to her room before her death and was then accused of manslaughter. Grassi was not arrested.
Gilda Martin
Martin worked as a manager at the Casasur Palermo hotel. Grassi was accused of manslaughter so as not to have pretended not prevented Payne from being taken to his hotel room before his deadly fall. According to the BBC. No arrests were made.