Argentina's Ministry of Justice reportedly on Sunday formally charged five defendants in connection with the death of former One Direction singer Liam Payne.
Judge Laura Graciela Bruniard ordered the detention of several people, including Payne's friend Roger Nores, who was charged with manslaughter. According to Head to local outlet Infobae. Waiter Brian Peers, who admitted using cocaine with Payne, was reportedly charged with supplying drugs for payment. Hotel Casasur employee Ezequiel Pereira was also charged with supplying drugs to Payne, and hotel managers Gilda Martín and Esteban Grassi were also charged with manslaughter, the newspaper reported.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – MARCH 26: Liam Payne attends the eBay and GBK Brand Bar Pre-Oscar Luxury Lounge at the Four Seasons Hotel, Beverly Wilshire on March 26, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for GBK Brand Bar)
Mr. Payne, 30, died on October 16 after falling from the third floor of Hotel Casa Sur in the Palermo district of Buenos Aires.
Sources told Infobae that Bruniard ordered the two defendants into preventive detention and seized some of their property.
LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 22: (LR) Recording artists Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and One Direction's Liam Payne arrive at the Microsoft Store on November 22, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. Attended the 2015 American Music Awards held at the Theater. (Photo credit: Jeff Kravitz/AMA2015/FilmMagic) Getty Images
The newspaper reported that security cameras captured the conversation between Paiz and Payne, which was presented in court. The charges brought against Paiz carry a sentence of four to 15 years in prison.
“In a conversation between Paiz and Payne in the early morning hours of October 14, there was a photo of a 5-gram bag of cocaine that he offered him. In a photo from the same morning, he gave the singer 3 grams and 7 grams of cocaine. Payne took a taxi and went to pick up the drugs,'' a source with access to the files told Infobae.
Pereira was “suspended for 30 days for supplying drugs to a customer” and is accused of supplying drugs to Payne on Oct. 15 at 7:25 a.m. and Oct. 16 at 3:47 p.m. It was done.(Related: Official verdict into Liam Payne's death: report)
“He received $100, but during a conversation on the day of his death, the deceased asked him: 'That was 7 grams more than what you gave me yesterday.'” He then went to the basement. 's elevator door and gave it to him, and it was captured on video,'' a source told the outlet.
This is a developing story.
