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(Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage)Hotel employee Braian Nahuel Paiz has been arrested in Argentina in connection with singer By Liam Payne dead.
The 24-year-old waiter was charged last month with allegedly supplying the late One Direction star with drugs before his fatal fall.
Paiz was arrested at his home outside Buenos Aires, Argentina on Friday, January 3 and faces a prison sentence of four to 15 years, it was reported People And TMZ. Per TMZPaiz was under house arrest when local authorities raided his home.
People Both Paiz and his lawyer reported this on Friday, January 3 Fernando Madeo Facente claim that the hotel employee is innocent.
One of three suspects under investigation for their alleged involvement in the death of Liam Payne is speaking out weeks after the singer’s fatal fall. During an interview with Argentina’s Telefe Noticias broadcast on Saturday, November 9, Braian Nahuel Paiz, accused of supplying narcotics to Payne, denied trafficking drugs to the late musician. Paiz, a 24 year old […]
Payne, who rose to fame as one of the five members of the boy band One Direction, died on October 16, 2024 after falling from a third-floor balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires. He was 31.
A preliminary autopsy cited “multiple trauma” as the cause of Payne’s death, including bleeding in his chest, skull and abdomen. The partial autopsy revealed that multiple drugs were reportedly found in his system at the time of his death, including traces of “pink cocaine” – a mix of methamphetamine, ketamine and MDMA – cocaine, benzodiazepine and crack.
Paiz was one of five people charged by Argentina’s National Prosecution Service on Monday, December 30, in connection with Payne’s death.
In addition to Paiz, an employee of CasaSur Ezequiel Pereyra was also charged with allegedly supplying drugs to Payne before his death.
Meanwhile, Payne’s friend Roger Nores is among those charged with manslaughter, along with Esteban Grassia receptionist at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel, and the hotel’s head of security Gilda Martin.
During an interview with Argentina Telefe notifications which aired in November 2024, Paiz denied trafficking drugs to the late musician. Paiz claimed he first met Payne when he dined at the restaurant where Paiz works in Puerto Madero in the weeks leading up to his death.
According to Paiz, Payne “was already under the influence of drugs and did not actually eat anything” at the restaurant.
He continued: “We exchanged details and saw each other later that evening. It was all normal.”
Samir Hussein/Getty Images for Atlantis The Royal The investigation into Liam Payne’s death could soon result in the arrest of two men alleged to have supplied the singer with drugs. Police could arrest Braian Nahuel Paiz and Ezequiel Pereyra over the holidays, a court reporter claimed to Us Weekly on Wednesday, December 11. […]
Paiz insisted: “I never provided Liam with drugs,” adding that the pair met up at the “Hyatt in Palermo” on October 2. They met again at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires on October 13.
“We did drugs together, but I never brought drugs to him or took money,” he claimed, adding that he still exchanged the messages between him and Payne to arrange their second meeting.
Payne’s funeral took place on Wednesday, November 20 in Amersham, England. Payne’s former bandmates from One Direction – Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik And Niall Horan – were among those present.