Liam Payne: Police 'investigating hotel staff' amid claims they supplied One Direction star with drugs

Staff astatine the Buenos Aires edifice wherever Liam Payne died are being investigated connected suspicion of supplying him with drugs, according to reports.

His edifice country was recovered successful a shambolic authorities with the TV surface smashed and debris littering the suite.

Items believed to beryllium drugs paraphernalia - including achromatic pulverization and aluminium foil - are said to beryllium among items recovered determination by police. Some of the substances person been sent distant for analysis. A cleaner and different subordinate of unit astatine the Casa Sur edifice are reportedly being investigated by police, connected suspicion of supplying drugs to Payne.

It is thought narcotics whitethorn person been smuggled into the edifice successful a Dove soap container which was recovered successful Payne’s room, MailOnline reports.

“There were 2 guys astatine the edifice that were giving Liam drugs,” a person of the vocalist told MailOnline. “They sent taxis retired to cod packages for him.”

The person said 1 subordinate of cleaning unit has present been fired by the hotel.

“The cleaner and different subordinate of unit person been interviewed by the police,” added the friend.

“Liam was doing everything to enactment cleanable but arsenic soon arsenic helium got to the edifice these radical were offering him intoxicant and drugs.”

Details of Payne’s last hours astatine the Casa Sur Hotel successful Palermo, a trendy vicinity of Buenos Aires, stay unclear arsenic Argentine prosecutors accidental helium appeared to person excessively consumed drugs and alcohol.

The prosecution cited investigators who recovered Payne's edifice country a messiness with what appeared to beryllium narcotics and intoxicant strewn astir breached objects and furniture.

It remains unclear whether Payne intentionally jumped oregon accidentally fell from the 3rd floor.

A post-mortem performed soon aft his decease showed helium died from the plunge, which caused "multiple trauma" and "internal and outer bleeding" successful the skull, thorax and abdomen and limbs. The results of toxicology reports are pending.

Investigators said determination were nary signs of anyone other being progressive successful Payne’s death, citing a deficiency of antiaircraft wounds connected his assemblage that besides indicates helium did not effort to support himself from the fall.

The prosecutor's study said Payne could person fallen into a authorities of semi-consciousness oregon unconsciousness.

On Friday, his begetter Geoff Payne visited the Casa Sur Hotel, wherever helium work letters and cards his precocious son’s fans had near outside.

“I’m atrocious I couldn’t prevention you” she wrote, adding: “One past clip I request you to know, I’m present if you request anything, I’d thrust to the extremity of the beingness to bring you back.”

In the media frenzy implicit the case, the gossip and personage quality tract TMZ had drawn peculiar backlash for publishing a cropped representation that purported to amusement Payne's body, with his identifying tattoos, sprawled connected a woody platform aft his fall.

The tract aboriginal pulled the representation nether a torrent of criticism. But the fallout continued connected Friday erstwhile the Girls Aloud vocalist Cheryl — Payne's erstwhile woman and the parent of his son, Bear — posted a almighty connection connected Instagram successful implicit response.

"What is troubling my tone astir is that 1 time Bear volition person entree to the abhorrent reports and media exploitation we person seen successful the past 2 days," she wrote. "Please springiness Liam the small dignity helium has near successful the aftermath of his decease to remainder successful immoderate bid astatine last."