Liam Payne.
Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty ImagesSeveral people were charged and arrested in connection with the death Liam Payne.
In October 2024 Payne is dead At the age of 31, he fell from a third-floor balcony at the CasaSur Palermo hotel in Buenos Aires. An investigation was conducted after his death and the hotel was searched many times.
According to preliminary autopsies, Payne's cause of death was listed as “multiple trauma” including bleeding to the chest, skull and abdomen. A partial autopsy reportedly found “pink cocaine” — a mixture of methamphetamine, ketamine and MDMA — cocaine, benzodiazepines and crack cocaine. In Payne's system.
Prosecutor's office in November 2024 accused three people – who were not named at the time – with abandonment and the supply and facilitation of drugs that caused death. According to the 180-page indictment, the suspects include a hotel worker and Payne's “travel companion” who is a drug supplier. Prosecutor Andrés Esteban Madrea asked for the suspects to testify and be arrested.
HUGO/MEGA Investigators seek answers to what led to Liam Payne's death. On October 16, 2024, the former One Direction member died after falling from a balcony at the CasaSur Palermo hotel in Buenos Aires. He was 31 years old. Translated press release from the Public Prosecutor of Argentina on November 7, 2024, […]
The following month, a local Argentine news outlet reported on it Five people have been charged Regarding Payne's death. Payne's friend Roger Nores was among those facing murder charges along with two CasaSur Palermo employees Esteban Grassi and Gilda Martin. Brian Nahuel Paizwaiter and CasaSur employee EZequiel Pereira Payne was accused of drugging her before her death. All five persons were summoned to court.
Keep scrolling to find out who was charged in the case and their current status:
Brian Nahuel Paiz
At the beginning of the investigation, Paiz was immediately considered a suspect. Paiz, a waitress who was accused of supplying drugs to Payne, eventually denied buying drugs for the late musician. Paiz claimed Met with Payne while dining at the restaurant where Paiz worked in Puerto Madero weeks before his death.
While Payne was dining at the establishment, Paiz claimed the singer was “already under the influence of drugs and not really eating anything.” However, the pair exchanged information and met at another time.
“We took drugs together, but I never took drugs or money from him,” Paiz said in an Argentina interview in November 2024. Telefe News.
That same month, Paiz exclusively said We Weekly that he wanted help the authorities in their ongoing investigation.
“I want to give everything: my phone, everything to the investigation,” said Paiz. “I have nothing that can harm me. … The other is to contribute what I have personally seen and my own experiences.”
In December 2024, Paiz was charged with supplying Payne with drugs. Us Confirmed in January 2025 was arrested and may receive a prison sentence of four to 15 years.
Ezequiel Pereira
Pereira, a CasaSur employee, was accused of supplying Payne with drugs before his death. Local media reported that Pereira was arrested in January 2025, about a week after Paiz. CBS News.
Roger Nores
Nores, a close friend of Payne's, was accused of abandoning Payne before her death and charged with murder. Nores violently denied the charges.
“I never left Liam. I went to his hotel 3 times that day and left 40 minutes before it happened,” Nores told the Daily Mail in a November 2024 statement. “When I left, more than 15 people were chatting and joking with him in the lobby of the hotel. I could never have imagined that something like this would happen.”
Nores in December 2024 Payne testified about drug use and claimed that despite seeking treatment, his struggles continued.
“Due to his addictions, Payne continued to voluntarily attend rehab centers to overcome them,” Nores said in the court filing. “Unfortunately, these treatments were not successful and his addiction worsened as he began to use harder drugs such as heroin.”
Although Nores was charged with murder, he was not arrested.
Esteban Grassi
Grassi worked as a hotel receptionist. Grassi was accused of asking others to take Payne to his room before his death and was later charged with murder. Grassi was not arrested.
Gilda Martin
Martin worked as a manager at the CasaSur Palermo hotel. Grassi was charged with manslaughter for failing to prevent Payne from being taken to his hotel room before he fatally collapsed. According to the BBC. He was not arrested.
