Investigation into the death of Liam Payne: Two hotel employees in the focus of the police

After the tragic death of Liam Payne (1993-2024), two employees of the hotel from whose balcony in Buenos Aires the singer fell to his death are said to be the focus of further investigations by the Argentine police, according to a media report. , is about the receptionist and head of security at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires.

The receptionist, who is said to be Esteban Grassi, had also made an emergency call on the day of Payne’s death, requesting urgent medical attention for the One Direction member before he fell to his death from his third-floor balcony. He is also one of a group of three people who carried Payne from the hotel lobby back to his room shortly before the tragedy, reported more than two weeks ago.

A photo of this worrying behavior by the hotel staff was available to the British newspaper, which then raised the question of why the staff did not leave the singer in the lobby of the hotel and get help such as an ambulance for him, instead of leaving him alone in his room with a balcony to leave third floor.

According to the new report, Argentine investigative judge Laura Bruniard, who is leading the investigation, asked the two men to find a defense attorney. They will then be officially questioned under oath. The interviews are reportedly scheduled to take place next week, between December 17th and 19th.

It had previously become known that a total of three people were being investigated: Payne’s close friend Roger Nores, the former hotel employee Ezequiel David Pereyra and the waiter Braian Nahuel Paiz. They are accused of “neglect of a person resulting in death as well as the supply and distribution of narcotics.”

The singer of the boy band One Direction died on October 16, 2024 after falling from the third floor of a hotel in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires. Traces of alcohol and drugs were found in Payne’s body. The police therefore assume that the fatal fall was an accident.