An Argentinian waiter linked to the investigation into One Path star Liam Payne’s demise has admitted utilizing cocaine with the singer — however insists he was not his drug vendor.
Braian Paiz, 24, advised TMZ that he did cocaine and drank whiskey with the troubled star simply two days earlier than the singer took a deadly plunge from the third-floor balcony of his Buenos Aires resort room.
“They say I’m the dealer, that I carried drugs, that I sold them,” he advised the outlet. “And the truth is that no, no I didn’t sell them.”
Paiz mentioned he and Payne, 31, met on the restaurant the place he labored and bonded over their mutual love of drawing. The 2 partied collectively for 2 nights in a row two days earlier than Payne fell to his demise.
The waiter mentioned he noticed medication scattered “everywhere” within the singer’s resort room, together with the Dove cleaning soap field and tin foil seen in images after Payne’s demise. He insisted, nevertheless, that the 2 solely did cocaine and drank whiskey collectively.
He additionally claimed to have by no means taken any cash from Payne and mentioned he declined to take a Rolex watch the star provided as cost.
“I didn’t accept anything, just a drawing that he drew which was part of my eyes, nose and mouth,” Paiz mentioned. “He draws. I draw. I’m studying to do it so I had drawings.”
Paiz is certainly one of three people recognized by Argentinian police of their investigation into the singer’s demise, in keeping with TMZ.
All three suspects are being searched for arrest and questioning in reference to felony counts together with “abandonment of a person followed by death” and “supply and facilitation of narcotics,” in keeping with the Nationwide Legal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Workplace No. 14.
The primary man accused was with the troubled former One Path member “on a daily basis” throughout his keep in Buenos Aires, in keeping with the prosecutor’s workplace.
A second defendant was an worker of the CasaSur Palermo Lodge, who allegedly bought cocaine to Payne throughout his keep.
The third man, described solely as “a drug supplier,” is claimed to have additionally offered the crooner with medication on two totally different events on Oct. 14 — two days earlier than his deadly plunge.
The clip, shared by TMZ, was a part of a particular “TMZ Investigates: Liam Payne: Who’s to Blame?” airing Monday night on Fox.
