'Liam Payne's death haunts me', says hotel guest who saw One Direction singer fall from balcony
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A tourist who saw Liam Payne fall to his death said the plunge is "burned into his brain" in a new documentary branded "invasive" by horrified fans. TMZ Presents: Liam Payne: Who's to Blame?, which aired yesterday in the US, has been blasted as insensitive by viewers, upset it has made broadcast so soon after the tragedy. In it, a guest at the hotel - who saw Liam plunge to his death - revealed he was "haunted" by the tragic incident. The guest, Bret Watson, said: "We happened to be looking out of the window of our hotel at the pool area to show her [the planner] the view from the hotel.
"We saw Liam fall... and so we immediately rushed out on the balcony to see what it was and when we looked down we could see that it was Liam laying on the ground," he added. The guest added that he believed the singer died immediately. Liam, singer in One Direction, died aged 31 after falling from the third-floor balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina in October. A report from the National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor's Office determined that traces of "alcohol, cocaine and prescription antidepressants" were found in Liam's system. Officials also ruled out suicide, explaining that "in the state he was in, he did not know what he was doing and could not understand it".
But speaking on the TMZ documentary, Mr Watson added: "The wedding planner and I looked at each other like 'oh my God, this is real, this actually happened'." He also called the entire incident "heartbreaking" and "haunting", admitting it was something that he would never forget.
