Two hotel workers, ‘friend’ of Liam Payne eyed in death probe

Two edifice workers and a “friend” of Liam Payne are present the absorption of Argentine authorities’ probe into the pop star’s decease past month.

On Tuesday night, authorities conducted raids connected the homes of 2 CasaSur Palermo Hotel employees, who they judge had interaction with the One Direction alum, 31, earlier his Oct. 16 death, Buenos Aires instrumentality enforcement sources told TMZ. The staffers’ lockers astatine the edifice were besides searched.

Payne fell to his decease from 1 of the hotel’s third-story balconies that day, conscionable moments aft a edifice receptionist called exigency services, requesting assistance for a impermanent who was allegedly “trashing” the country portion “high connected drugs.” The receptionist astatine the clip said helium feared the impermanent was astatine risk, owed to the balcony successful the room.

The “friend,” who authorities identified from texts recovered connected Payne’s phone, was not recovered during the astir caller raids.

Officials past period said they were focused connected determining who sold Payne the drugs recovered successful his system, which according to a toxicology report included cocaine, benzodiazepine, ace and a cause cocktail with the thoroughfare sanction of “pink cocaine.”

A preliminary autopsy said Payne’s autumn caused aggregate traumatic injuries resulting successful interior and outer bleeding and that helium “may person fallen successful a authorities of semi oregon full unconsciousness.” Authorities, connected the different hand, said helium “jumped from the balcony.”

In the days aft Payne’s death, a root wrong Argentina’s National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office told People that an indictment could beryllium successful order, arsenic grounds suggested “a edifice worker sourced the drugs for Payne.”

The hotel was raided a week aft Payne’s death, with sources adjacent to the probe telling Us Weekly that CasaSur “must provide” further information camera footage.

Local authorities subsequently told TMZ they were focusing connected some the drugs recovered successful Payne’s strategy arsenic good arsenic tiny objects successful his edifice room, successful peculiar a soap container believed to person been utilized to disguise the substances.

Late past month, an Argentinian newsman said CCTV footage showed Payne fainting “and tragically due to the fact that of wherever helium is, falls from that balcony.

“It’s not that helium jumped deliberately,” Paula Varela told Canal 13’s “Socios del Espectáculo” astatine the time. “This footage is successful the authoritative lawsuit files.”