An Argentinian waiter linked to the investigation into the death of One Direction star Liam Payne has admitted using cocaine with the singer – but insists he was not his drug dealer.
Brian Paez, 24, told tmz That he took cocaine and drank whiskey with the troubled star just two days before the singer took a fatal leap From the third floor balcony of a Buenos Aires hotel room.
“They say I’m a dealer, that I bring drugs, that I sell them,” he told the outlet. “And the truth is that no, no I did not sell them.”
Paez said she and Payne, 31, met at the restaurant where he worked and connected over their mutual love of drawing. The two partied together for two consecutive nights two days before Payne’s death.
The waiter said he saw drugs scattered “everywhere” in the singer’s hotel room, including the box of Dove soap and tin foil seen in photos taken after Payne’s death. However, he insisted that the two only took cocaine and drank whiskey together.
He also claimed that he never took any money from Payne and said that he refused to accept a Rolex watch given by the star as payment.
Paez said, “I didn’t admit anything, just a drawing that he had made that was part of my eyes, nose and mouth.” “He draws. I draw. “I’m studying to do it so I had pictures.”
paiz is one Three individuals were identified by Argentine police According to TMZ, the singer’s death is under investigation.
According to the National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office No. 14, all three suspects are being sought for arrest and questioning in connection with criminal cases including “abandonment of a person after death” and “supply and facilitation of narcotics”.
The first man accused was with the troubled former One Direction member “on a daily basis” while living in Buenos Aires. According to the Prosecutor’s Office,
The second defendant was an employee of the Casasur Palermo Hotel, who allegedly sold Payne cocaine during his stay.
The third person, described only as “a drug supplier”, is said to have also provided drugs to the crook on two separate occasions on October 14 – two days before his fatal jump,
The clip, shared by TMZ, was part of a special “TMZ Investigates: Liam Payne: Who’s to Blame?” Was part of. Airing Monday evenings on Fox.
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