Second man accused of supplying medicine to Liam Payne earlier than his loss of life surrenders to Argentine police
The second of two males accused of supplying medicine to British singer Liam Payne, who plunged to his loss of life from a third-floor resort room in Buenos Aires final 12 months, has turned himself in to authorities, Argentine police stated Tuesday.
David Ezequiel Pereyra, 21, introduced himself Monday to police in Barracas, south of Buenos Aires, a police supply instructed AFP.
Pereyra was an worker on the Casa Sur Lodge within the Argentine capital the place the previous One Path singer died final October.
Final week, police arrested 24-year-old resort waiter Braian Paiz — accused with Pereyra of getting offered medicine to Payne. Paiz’s lawyer confirmed to CBS Information that he had been detained. Toxicology checks after Payne’s loss of life discovered he had “traces of alcohol, cocaine and a prescribed antidepressant” in his physique.
A complete of 5 individuals are charged within the pop singer’s loss of life. Three of them — Payne’s consultant in Argentina, the supervisor of the resort and the top of reception — are charged with manslaughter within the case.
Prosecutors stated final month that the resort supervisor and resort reception supervisor allowed Payne to be taken as much as his room, which had a balcony, as an alternative of maintaining him in a spot with out sources of hazard, and with firm, till medical assist might arrive.
Lodge staff referred to as the police on the day to report an “aggressive man who may very well be below the affect of medicine or alcohol,” a spokesperson for the Buenos Aires Police stated in a press release to CBS Information again on Oct. 16, the day of Payne’s loss of life.
Payne had spoken publicly about fighting substance abuse and dealing with reaching fame at an early age.
His loss of life prompted a world outpouring of grief from household, former bandmates and followers, with gatherings of 1000’s of mourners around the globe.
One of many highest-grossing stay acts on the earth within the 2010s, One Path went on an indefinite hiatus in 2016. Payne loved some solo success earlier than his profession stalled.
