Liam Payne’s final moments in a drugged state as he tried to escape hotel room

A judge has revealed more details about Liam Payne‘s final moments, and what led to the singer falling off a hotel balcony.

A judge has revealed more details about Liam Payne‘s final moments, concluding that the singer fell to his death after trying to escape from his hotel balcony in a drugged state.

Judge Laura Bruniard concluded Payne was in a “state of vulnerability” and intoxicated at the Casa Sur Hotel in Palermo, Argentina on October 16 last year.

According to court documents, he was “unable to stand” due to the “consumption of various substances”.

Payne was “dragged up” to his hotel room by staff members and left alone.

Judge Bruniard said Payne should have been put in a safe place with supervision.

“Payne’s consciousness was altered and a balcony was in the room. The proper thing to do was to leave him in a safe place, and with company, until a doctor arrived,” Bruniard wrote in her ruling, according to The Mirror.

Judge Bruniard said his death was most likely caused by an attempt to escape his hotel room.

“I maintain that [Payne] tried to leave from the balcony of the place where he was left because the forensic experts noted that he did not lose his balance. This is how the fall occurred,” she said.

“[Payne] tried to leave via the balcony, in the state detailed. He fell into the void and died.”

Judge Bruniard added Payne was a victim of “imprudence and negligence” by those around him with his death being “foreseeable”.

Five people have been charged in connection with the 31-year-old’s death on October 16.

Liam Payne fell to his death from a Buenos Aires hotel balcony. Picture: AFP

Braian Paiz is one of five people believed to have been charged in connection with Payne’s fatal fall - after allegedly admitting to doing drugs with the singer.

He has been charged with supplying narcotics for payment, alongside another hotel employee Ezequiel Pereyra also charged with supplying drugs, Argentinian outlet Infobae reports.

One of the three suspects being investigated over Liam Payne’s death, waiter Braian Nahuel Paiz. Picture: Telefe Noticias

The crime they face prosecution on carries a maximum 15-year prison sentence if convicted.

Messages exchanged between Payne and a waiter at his hotel allegedly reveal how the employee sold cocaine to the troubled pop star twice before his death.

The pair were detained ahead of trial with Judge Laura Bruniard giving them 24 business hours to appear in court.

Judge Bruniard also reviewed WhatsApp messages exchanged between Payne and the waiter as part of the probe into his death.

The texts reportedly played a key part in deciding his drug charges - of allegedly selling cocaine to Liam twice on October 14.

Paiz’ lawyer admitted his client is a drug user - but has insisted he is not a dealer and that no money changed hands.

Liam Payne and Braian Nahuel Paiz. Picture: Instagram

Meanwhile Payne’s friend Rogelio “Roger” Nores was charged with negligent homicide over his death, as were two staff from the CasaSur Palermo hotel in Buenos Aires where he died.

The hotel workers, head receptionist Esteban Grassi and chief of security Gilda Martín, were charged with manslaughter.

Pereyra, accused of selling Payne drugs on October 15 and 16, has yet to make any comment personally or through a defence lawyer.

Nores, Grassi and Martin were spared pre-trial detention in exchange for a travel ban as well as a seizure of almost £40,000 worth of assets.

Grassi and Martin have been identified as two of the three men pictured carrying Payne back up to his room.

“I do not believe that [Nores, Martin, and Grassi] planned and wanted Payne’s death. They did not plan the result but created a legally disapproved risk,” Judge Bruniard said.

Receptionist Grassi, who made an emergency 911 call moments before the singer died, has not made any public comment since being named as one of the suspects.

But leaked texts he has submitted to investigators suggest Payne asked a bellboy for cocaine shortly after he checked in - and called him “useless” when he told him he was unable to help.

The senior hotel worker also claimed the singer rang reception repeatedly, especially at night, to request alcohol and ask where he could buy cocaine.

Liam Payne and girlfriend Kate Cassidy with Roger Nores in the days before Payne’s death. Picture: Snapchat

Paiz’ lawyer blasted the investigating judge’s decision to detain his client as “illegitimate, unfounded and arbitrary.”

Fernando Madeo, suggesting he would appeal the judge’s ruling on custody, said: “Braian made a very extensive statement and gave all the facts.Among them, he stated that he met Liam on two occasions.

“Among several issues, which they did in a private environment, they also consumed narcotics but it is not true that he sold him drugs.”

In an interview with Argentinian news outlet Todo Noticias, the lawyer added: “What we said in the disclaimer is that Braian is a person who is a frequent drug user.

“A while back, he used to use more. He had drugs in his house for his own use, he met Liam and they both used.

“It’s not that one took drugs to the other, they both just shared what they had.

“They had very wide-ranging chat conversations. It seemed like the only thing that brought them together was this, but it wasn’t.

“They were two people who happened to meet each other. In fact, Liam was the one who sought out my client.”

Confirming the pair had met when Payne went to eat with friends and his girlfriend at a restaurant in the up-market neighbourhood of Puerto Madero where Braian was working at the time, Madeo said: “Liam went to talk to him and they started a brief dialogue.

“They exchanged Instagrams. Braian was a lifelong One Direction fan and tried to talk to him to get to know him.

“He wasn’t the dealer. You wouldn’t talk for so many hours in a private setting if you were.

“My client had drugs for personal use, they got together once and got high together. When he went to the hotel where Liam was, he already had drugs.”

Payne’s autopsy found that he died from external bleeding and multiple injuries following his fall at the CasaSur hotel in Palermo.

Originally published as Liam Payne’s final moments in a drugged state as he tried to escape hotel room