Liam Payne's desperate secret drugs chats uncovered as best pal charged over death
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Conversations between Liam Payne and a waiter allegedly show how the restaurant staff member sold cocaine to the popstar twice before his fatal balcony fall. Five men have reportedly now been charged in connection with the singer's death. An autopsy later revealed he succumbed to multiple injuries from the fall, which caused "internal and external haemorrhaging." Ongoing investigations into the incident have led to several arrests.
According to local reports, five people face charges, with two of them currently in custody. Among those charged is Payne's friend, Rogelio' Roger' Nores, who has reportedly been accused of negligent homicide and is barred from leaving the country. The businessman, who vehemently denies abandoning the singer before he died, claims he left Payne at the hotel at least 40 minutes before he fell to his death. Hotel manager Gilda Martin and chief receptionist Esteban Grassi have been charged with manslaughter.
Meanwhile. employees Braian Paiz and Ezequiel Pereyra have been accused of supplying drugs to Payne. Paiz, 24, and Pereyra, 21, have been formally charged with selling drugs to Payne on two occasions. They have been denied bail and could face a maximum 15-year prison sentence if convicted.
Argentine news outlet Infobae reported that Judge Laura Bruniard charged all three men with manslaughter but avoided pre-trial detention for Nores, Martin, and Grassi in exchange for a travel ban and a £38,000 embargo on their assets. Messages and conversations recorded by security cameras between Payne and Paiz reportedly influenced her decision to accuse him and Pereyra of twice selling cocaine, just two days before the father-of-one's death.
