Bombshell Liam Payne WhatsApps ‘show dealer waiter sold cocaine to 1D star TWICE before his tragic death’ as 5 charged
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MESSAGES exchanged between Liam Payne and a waiter at his hotel allegedly reveal how the employee sold cocaine to the troubled popstar twice before his death. Braian Paiz is one of five people believed to have been charged in connection with Liam's fatal fall - after allegedly admitting to doing drugs with the singer.
![[Liam Payne, who died aged 31 in October 2024, pictured here in 2018]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2018-new-york-city-father-947072675.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
He has been charged with supplying narcotics for payment, alongside another hotel employee Ezequiel Pereyra also charged with supplying drugs, Argentinian outlet Infobae reports. The pair were detained ahead of trial with Judge Laura Bruniard giving them 24 business hours to appear in court.
![[Braian Paiz pictured with Liam Payne before his death in Argentina]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/TM-29-12-LiamPayne-Dealer_Lightened.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Paiz, 24, and Pereyram 21, have been accused of selling Liam drugs on two occasions mere days before his death and both have been refused bail. The crime they face prosecution on carries a maximum 15-year prison sentence if convicted. Judge Bruniard reviewed WhatsApp messages exchanged between Liam and the waiter as part of the probe into his death.
![[Former hotel waiter Braian Nahuel Paiz - charged in connection with Liam Payne's death]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/waiter-braian-nahuel-paiz-948335320.jpg?strip=all&w=796)
The texts reportedly played a key part in deciding his drug charges - of allegedly selling cocaine to Liam twice on October 14. Paiz' lawyer admitted his client is a drug user - but has insisted he is not a dealer and that no money changed hands. Both Paiz and Pereyra are understood to be expected to appeal against the decision to detain them ahead of trial.
![[Liam Payne fell to his death at the hotel in Palermo, Buenos Aires (pictured)]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/image_d98a27.jpeg?strip=all&w=960)
Meanwhile Liam's pal Rogelio "Roger" Nores was also charged over his death, as were two staff from the CasaSur Palermo hotel in Buenos Aires where he died. The hotel workers, head receptionist Esteban Grassi and chief of security Gilda Martín, were charged with manslaughter.
![[Liam Payne’s close friend Rogelio ‘Roger’ Nores (pictured left), with Liam and his girlfriend Kate Cassidy]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/liam-paynes-close-friend-rogelio-947539156_e70db3.jpg?strip=all&w=882)
