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Liam Payne spoke candidly with a fellow guest at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Argentina just before his death.
“[He said]’I used to be in a boy band – that’s why I’m so excited,’ ” the woman, referred to as Rebekah (which is not her real name), recalled in an interview with the Daily mailpublished on Friday, October 18. (Payne was also a member of One Direction Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan And Zayn Malik from 2010 to 2015.)
“It was so obvious he wanted someone to recognize him, there was something desperate about him,” Rebecca claimed, noting that one of her friends was waiting to get Payne’s room. However, he had not checked out of the hotel. The outlet also obtained photos and videos of Rebecca.
We weekly confirmed on Wednesday, October 16, that Payne died at the age of 31 after falling from the third-floor balcony of the Buenos Aires hotel.
“I was with my friends and we knew who he was, but none of us were concerned about it,” Rebecca continued. ‘When the lift came, he suddenly said to us without any prompting, ‘Yes, I’m Liam!’ I actually drew it out and then said, ‘Okay, come on, get in the elevator with me, I like to cuddle.’
Payne apparently told some of the “other girls” in the elevator that Americans were “damn crazy” and “damn dangerous.” Rebecca claimed that he began to “fake choke” one of the women in the elevator.
The guest claimed she was “shocked” after meeting Payne, who exhibited “disturbing and strange behavior” — or at least, according to her.
When he returned to the hotel lobby, Rebecca saw him reading emails and shouted ‘f- this s- mate’, before smashing the laptop. (Multiple reports claim Payne was dropped from his Universal Music record label days before his death. We weekly requested comment.)
Rebecca claimed that someone from Payne’s team apparently apologized on his behalf. According to her story, the singer entered the lobby one more time before his death.
One Direction alumnus Liam Payne died on October 16, 2024 at the age of 31. That evening, Us Weekly confirmed that Payne had fallen to his death from a third-floor balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The singer had suffered a skull fracture and other serious injuries that were too serious to treat. Local first responders […]
“He walked back in and just tripped and fell flat on his face, sprawled across the floor,” she recalled. Rebecca told me Daily mail that police arrived on the scene shortly afterwards and they “were aware of the seriousness of what had happened.”
A preliminary autopsy report obtained by Us on Thursday, October 17, revealed that Payne had died of “internal and external” bleeding. Police sources also report this Us that it is unknown “whether he jumped” or whether Payne’s death was an accident. Drugs were also found in the destroyed room.
“No injuries were observed that could indicate the involvement of third parties,” the translated autopsy said. “The prosecution indicated that, based on the position in which the body was found and the injuries sustained from the fall, it is believed that Payne did not adopt a reflexive position to protect himself and may have been in a state of semi- or total unconsciousness fallen. .”