Liam Payne seen interacting with hotel worker who allegedly supplied him drugs in CCTV footage 3 hours before his death

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Deceased One Direction singer Liam Payne was seen interacting with a hotel worker, allegedly involved in supplying drugs to him, in newly-acquired CCTV footage. The footage was recorded approximately three hours before Payne's death at the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The CCTV footage, exclusively obtained by TMZ, shows Liam Payne stepping out of the elevator in the hotel lobby and interacting with one of three alleged suspects who have been charged in connection to the singer's death, Ezequiel David Pereyra.

The police are yet to confirm the identity of the individual seen in the video, though TMZ's sources suggest it was Pereyra, a bellboy at the hotel. Authorities suspect Pereyra of allegedly supplying drugs to the singer on the day of his death.

TMZ also reported that the footage shows Pereyra allegedly stacking chairs in the basement with some other hotel staff when Payne arrived via the elevator. The singer is reportedly seen exchanging words with the employee before the latter headed away. The video was reportedly recorded at 2:04 PM, three hours before Liam Payne fell off the third floor balcony of the hotel to his death at 5 PM.

These developments come after three people were charged in connection with Liam Payne's death, including staff member Pereyra, a friend who had allegedly abandoned the singer, and another suspected drug dealer. According to police, Payne's drug supply was delivered in Dove soap boxes, which were accessible only to the Casa Sur Hotel.

The prosecutors have allegedly found 800 hours of CCTV footage from the day of Payne's death and are using it to confirm who supplied drugs to the singer.


Argentine waiter denies drug supply allegation in Liam Payne case

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Argentine waiter Braian Nahuel Paiz, charged for allegedly supplying drugs to Liam Payne, denied all charges in a statement dated November 11.

In his statement, Paiz confessed to meeting Payne twice during the singer's stay in Buenos Aires and consuming drugs with him. However, he denied ever supplying Payne with narcotics or taking any money from him. Paiz stated that their first meeting occurred at a restaurant in the neighborhood of Puerto Madero, where they exchanged contact details.

In a live interview with journalist Guillermo Panizza, Paiz said:

"I never supplied Liam with drugs. Liam's first contact with me was at my place of work.We swapped details and saw each other later that night. It was all normal. He came down from his hotel room to fetch me because I had got lost. We got together there and he showed me some of the music he was going to bring out."

Paiz also claimed that Liam Payne was already under the influence of drugs when they first met.

"I've heard people saying he was taking drugs but the truth is that when he got to the restaurant where I was working he was already under the effects of drugs and he didn't actually eat anything."

He continued:

"There was a moment when he approached me and asked me for my contact details. I gave him an Instagram and afterwards he sent me messages because he wanted to take drugs although he had already consumed narcotics. It was October 2. While I was in his room we had some whisky shots."

Moreover, Paiz shared some unseen images of himself with Payne, which he claimed were taken during their first meeting at the singer's hotel. The waiter then mentioned that he met the singer once again on October 13, three days before his death.

"We spent the night together, we consumed drugs because the truth is that something intimate happened. He wasn't aggressive at all, he behaved really well with me, he was really sweet. He asked me if I was okay. I've got all the messages where we arranged that second meeting. I haven't erased anything," Paiz stated.

Paiz once again implored that he never took any money from Liam Payne, although the singer allegedly offered him money. He added that he has "messages where he's offering him money,

" but he was told that Payne offers money for everything. He also said that Payne wanted to leave him "some clothes" as a memory of having been with him.

According to Paiz, the second meeting was the last time he interacted with Liam Payne before his death on October 16. Apart from Paiz, Payne's alleged close friend Rogelio 'Roger' Nores has also reportedly been interrogated by the police.

Edited by Shubham Soni
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