Liam Payne partied with two prostitutes in hotel room hours before balcony plunge, officials say
By Eileen Reslen, Natalie O'Neill,
6 hours ago
Former One Direction singer Liam Payne partied with two prostitutes in his Buenos Aires hotel room just hours before he plummeted to his death from a third-floor balcony — and not long after the troubled star ‘s girlfriend returned to the US, according to officials.
The 25-year-olds, whom Payne met through an “escort” website, told local law enforcement that they “drank alcohol” with the musician at the CasaSur hotel before getting into an argument about payment and leaving roughly an hour before his fatal plunge, La Nación news reported .
“They left prior to 4 p.m. from Payne’s room [and] left the actual hotel around that time because there was a problem, as Payne did not want to pay them,” an unnamed official, who is involved in the investigation, told the outlet.
The 31-year-old star — who had been traveling in Argentina with his New Jersey-born girlfriend, Kate Cassidy , in the days leading up to his rendezvous with the sex workers — seemed “normal” before they left, the women told law enforcement.
Payne was seen having a “very tense” argument with a mystery woman — likely one of the escorts — in the lobby of the hotel around 2 p.m., American tourist Michael Fleishmann told the Buenos Aires Herald on Thursday.
“I’ll give you $20,000 just because I can. I have $55 million and I like to help people,” the “Strip That Down” singer supposedly kept saying.
At the time, the singer “seemed very upset, agitated, a little wild, walking around and pacing” and “seemed very energized,” Fleishmann said.
Payne plummeted to his death from the balcony of his trashed hotel room — which was littered with champagne glasses and drug paraphernalia — around 5 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said.
Officials initially said he “had jumped from the balcony of his room” but an autopsy noted he had fallen and may have been unconscious or semi-conscious.
Investigators are still determining whether Payne’s fall was accidental or intentional, the Buenos Aires Security Ministry communications director, Pablo Policicchio, told Page Six Thursday.
The musician, who had gone to drug rehab in the past, was “going through some kind of [issue] due to substance abuse,” officials said.
Law enforcement questioned “three hotel workers and two women who, in the hours prior, had been with the musician in his room, but had already left the hotel when the incident occurred,” according to police.
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Sherry Ann Miller Wolfe
59m ago
Everything is too early to know the truth.Liam is not here to tell us, I do not believe it was suicide.I pray for his Son Bear 🐻 🙏 💙 😢
Eliza Beth
1h ago
Sex workers is the proper term. Prostitutes is boomer speak.
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