BY: TIFFANY STARKS / STAFF WRITER
On Oct 16th Liam was at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, when tragedy struck. CCTV reportedly emerged showing Liam moments before he fell to his death from the hotel balcony. The video, which has not been released to the public, showed the singer fainting before his fatal fall.
Liam Payne was part of a boy band from London named One Direction that took off to fame in 2010. They became one of the biggest-selling boy groups of his time. The group signed with Simon Cowell’s record label, Syco Records, after placing third in The X Factor in 2010.
“In the footage, you can clearly see that Liam faints and tragically because of where he is, falls from that balcony,” Argentinian broadcast journalist Paula Varela said on a Canal 13 show. “If he had been beside his bed he would have fallen on his bed, It’s not that he jumped deliberately. This footage is in the official case files.”
Hotel staff found Payne dead in the hotel courtyard shortly after the incident, with preliminary reports indicating he sustained multiple traumas leading to internal and external bleeding. Buenos Aires emergency services chief Alberto Crescenti said that Payne suffered “serious injuries” that were “incompatible with life.”
Based on what the team saw, there was apparently a cranial fracture and extremely serious injuries that led to his immediate death,” Crescenti said. “ The team could do absolutely nothing. There was no resuscitation because it was confirmed that he had died.”
“Due to the position in which the body was left and the injuries from the fall, it is presumed that Payne did not adopt a reflex posture to protect himself and that he fell while in a state of semi-or total unconsciousness.” Buenos Aires authorities told in a statement.
Toxicology reports also revealed that multiple drugs including cocaine, benzodiazepine, crack cocaine, and pink cocaine were found in the 31-year-old singer’s body.
The Casa Sur hotel has become a place for Payne’s fans to gather and pay their respects. They left flowers, candles, and photos of the singer in a makeshift shrine around a tree at the hotel’s entrance.
While Payne’s initial preliminary autopsy stated that “no injuries were observed that would suggest the involvement of third parties.” Varela claimed that someone is being investigated in connection with Payne's death: an employee at the hotel.
“He struck up an excellent relationship with Liam. He disobeyed an order from the hotel management. … It was not to take anything into Liam’s room,” Varela said of the worker. “Because of the good relationship he had with Liam, he requested a car through one of these taxi apps we all use because Liam wanted something. He did him that favor, a massive error because he’s being investigated, and they’re seeing what was transferred in that vehicle.”
Payne is survived by his 7-year-old son Bear, whom he shared with ex Cheryl Cole. Cole, 41, reacted to Payne’s death via Instagram on October 18.
“As I try to navigate this earth-shattering event and work through my own grief at this indescribably painful time, I’d like to kindly remind everyone that we have lost a human being,” Cole wrote via Instagram alongside a photo of Payne with a then-infant Bear. “Liam was not only a pop star and celebrity, he was a son, a brother, an uncle, a dear friend and a father to our 7-year-old son. A son that now has to face the reality of never seeing his father again.”
Liam Payne was part of a boy band from London named One Direction that took off to fame in 2010. They became one of the biggest-selling boy groups of his time. The group signed with Simon Cowell’s record label, Syco Records, after placing third in The X Factor in 2010.
One Direction was among the most successful boy bands of recent times. They announced their breakup in 2016 and like his former bandmates Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, and Louis Tomlinson all pursued a solo career.
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