A person has been arrested for supplying medicine to former “One Direction” star Liam Payne earlier than he fell to his dying from the third flooring of his Buenos Aires resort room final yr.
Braian Paiz, who’s accused of getting equipped cocaine to Payne, is one of five defendants indicted in reference to the 31-year-old singer’s dying. He was arrested by Argentinian police on Friday. He’s considered one of two males accused of offering medicine to Payne.
Paiz’ lawyer confirmed to CBS Information that he had been detained.
An Argentine decide beforehand confirmed the fees in opposition to 5 individuals. The opposite three individuals — a businessman who was with Payne and two managers of the resort — are going through expenses of manslaughter.
The 2 managers noticed Payne intoxicated and unable to face within the resort foyer earlier than his dying, in line with a news release from the prosecutor’s workplace, however allowed him to go as much as his room, which had a balcony, as an alternative of monitoring him till medical assist might arrive.
Payne’s post-mortem mentioned he died from a number of accidents and exterior bleeding. Toxicology assessments after his dying discovered he had “traces of alcohol, cocaine and a prescribed antidepressant” in his physique earlier than his dying. Prosecutors dominated out the likelihood he died by suicide.
One Route was among the many most profitable boy bands of latest occasions. It introduced an indefinite hiatus in 2016 and Payne — like his former bandmates Zayn Malik, Harry Kinds, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson — pursued a solo career.
