Liam Payne was a globally recognized phenomenon that first rose to fame while part of the heartthrob boyband One Direction. After the eventual falling out of the band, Liam and the others pursued solo careers in their own respective genres. Liam Payne, unlike the other members of One Direction, did not have a very successful solo career, only releasing one hit song being Strip That Down alongside Migos rapper Quavo. Liam would tragically go on to pass away after falling from a third-story balcony at the CasaSur Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The toxicology report determined the death to be caused by polytrauma Liam sustained after the fall. Prosecutors determined this incident to be the result of an unfortunate accident, but many fans and theorists believe that Liam's death was the result of something more, something more malicious. Today we dive into these theories and the investigation the prosecutors conducted to figure out what really happened in that hotel room.
How Did Liam Fall? The drugs, and the poorly executed stunt.
Toxicology reports confirmed that Liam Payne had been on numerous substances when he fell, those being pink cocaine, an antidepressant, and an alcoholic beverage. Investigators believe Liam Payne was at the balcony and began to faint when he fell over the rail, they say he was not fully conscious when the fall happened, but that is simply untrue. Liam Payne had been barricaded in his hotel room by negligent hotel workers, and he made an attempt to climb down from the balcony when he likely lost his balance and fell. We can clearly see this action in this photograph from TMZ.
(Above is Liam Payne attempting to escape his hotel room, fully conscious)
Above, is a photograph somehow obtained by TMZ, that perfectly showcases how Liam was fully conscious and active while attempting to escape his hotel room. Clearly Liam showcased out of the ordinary behavior when everything went down, which was likely due to the drugs he was on. One of the drugs that he had taken before death was pink cocaine, a substance that was infamously supplied and used at P. Diddy's famous "freak-off" parties.
But what is pink cocaine?
Below, former celebrity bodyguard Big Homie CC details what the drug is and its effects on people in an interview with RealLyfe Productions. Big Homie CC formerly worked as a celebrity bodyguard for A-listers such as P. Diddy, Jamie Foxx, and Busta Rhymes. Big Homie gained notoriety after speaking up about P. Diddy and his crimes and now works to spread the truth about Hollywood elites to others. Below are a few photos detailing Big Homies career, and his comments on pink cocaine.
Big Homie CC
Interview in question:
In the interview, Big Homie states that “Pink cocaine is a drug called ‘Tuci’, They dye it and put food coloring in it. But it's a mixture of cocaine and ecstasy. Cocaine causes impotence, ecstasy counteracts that”. He then leans in on the interviewers' questions on what role the drug may have had in Liam Paynes death by ominously saying, “If someone came to me and said look, I need this person to die the two easiest ways to get away with murder is for someone to take a large fall or a car crash”. This comment is particularly interesting due to the fact that Hollywood stars such as Diddy, Jay-Z, and Beyonce, have all recently been accused of staging the deaths of numerous stars over the years. Notably, Diddy was recently accused of being behind the murder of Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur, two of the biggest names in rap history. With this in mind, we know that Diddy has history of being behind celebrity deaths, falling and car crashes are the two easiest ways to get away with murder, and Liam Payne was on Diddy's pink cocaine when he fell. These connections led many to believe that P. Diddy may have been connected to Liam's death, but the connections go even deeper than that.
Liam Paynes Connection to P. Diddy.
Liam Payne and other members of 1D are confirmed to have had run-ins with Diddy before. While on the Graham Norton show alongside Selma Hayek and David Williams, Liam tells the story of an uncomfortable encounter he had with P. Diddy. In the video Liam says, “I went over to speak to him and Jay-Z, and as I shook his hand, he just chuckled … the most evil laugh that I’ve ever heard,” said Payne. “So, I’m a little bit fearful of that man.” He continued, “It was like the most daunting celebrity experience that you could ever imagine,” before adding, “I thought P. Diddy was a safe bet. Obviously, I missed the mark a little bit.” So, Liam confirms that he has met P. Diddy, Jay-Z, and Leonardo Dicaprio at some kind of event, and that's about all the information regarding the encounter. However, we can confirm that Zayn Malik and Liam Payne attended a P. Diddy party thanks to a red-carpet interview for the premier of This Is Us, the One Direction movie. (SEE BELOW)
*Note Liams above expressions clearly worried.
To recap, we know that Liam Payne and Zayn Malik went to a P. Diddy party, where pink cocaine is prominently used. We know Liam was on pink cocaine when he died, and we know he feared Diddy and hid friends. We heard from Big Homie that it is easy to stage a death by falling. Is this enough evidence to convince someone Diddy killed Liam? Maybe to some. Is it enough evidence to persecute Diddy and tie him to this crime, absolutely not. With this being said, just because it's unlikely Diddy had any involvement in the actual death, it's not ruled out that foul play could have been the cause. We need to dive deeper into the actual circumstances of his death to further craft a story.
The Final Days of Liam Payne.
On October 13, Liam checked into the CasaSur hotel just three days before his tragic death. His girlfriend, Kate Cassidy had left him alone in Argentina the day before. After his check in, Liam began to harass multiple staff and blow money on alcohol, notable instances include him insulting a bellboy who had brought him a complimentary platter after the worker refused to bring him cocaine, Esteban Grassi, a manager at the hotel also noted that Liam refused to pay 2 sex workers and asked for $300 of alcohol days before the incident, it is worth noting that Grassi was later charged and cleared in Liam's death investigation. Days later, Grassi reported seeing Liam 'completely drunk standing in the hotel lobby', which prompted Grassi and two others to carry Liam back to his room.
Upon reaching Liam's room, Grassi noticed the catastrophic state of the area, “That’s when I saw everything was broken, vases, lamps, his clothes strewn everything around the room, the towels stained with wine, broken bottles. I didn’t see blood or any type of drug.” Claiming Liam fainted several times “because he was very drunk” in the minutes leading up to his third-floor balcony plunge, he added: “We heard he was once again smashing up everything inside, as if he was throwing or kicking things." The hotel staff locked Liam in his room leaving him to his own devices and eventually causing his death. In the words of Grassi, "One of the sales lads appeared and told me, 'He threw himself off the balcony'". Clearly, hotel staff did not handle the situation well at all, placing a mentally unwell, aggressive, and clearly wasted individual in a room where he could potentially harm himself. But where did Liam Payne get his drugs, and were they charged? Prosecutors believe they know of two people that gave Liam drugs but the circumstances behind their charges are quite weird, especially relating to a waiter Liam met at a restaurant just days earlier.
Who is Braian Nahuel Paiz?
Days before his death, Liam Payne attended dinner at a restaurant where he would meet Braian Paiz, a server that would go on to have two hotel meetings with Liam after the dinner. Paiz was named in the investigation regarding Liams death as a potential drug dealer but was later released. "Paiz, who appeared on Argentinian TV on Saturday, claimed that he first met Liam at the restaurant where he worked in the upmarket neighborhood of Puerto Madero. He said he exchanged contact details with the singer as he dined with his girlfriend Kate Cassidy and two other people, he spoke in an on-camera interview to journalist Guillermo Panizza, who at points had to clarify to a program host in the studio what Paiz meant to say when the young man's nerves seemed to get the better of him". The details of this interview are already strange, especially since the journalist had to, 'Clarify what Paiz meant to say to the program host', with this in mind, this isn't even the strangest part of this interview alone especially considering the previous rumors regarding Liams life.
Paiz's story goes on by explaining that the two agreed to meet up for the first time later at the Hyatt in Palermo where Liam showed him some new music he planned to put out. Braian said that him and Liam went on to spend the night together and consumed drugs because in his own words, 'Something intimate happened, he wasn't aggressive at all and was very sweet with me, he even wanted to give me some clothes, so I had a memory of being with him, it was some grey jogging bottoms and a T-shirt'. This was the part I was referring to as weird, because according to this guy, Liam while eating with his girlfriend, took this guy's number and agreed to meet up with him so they could have a 'personal and intimate moment', I wasn't born yesterday so it seems like something else is going on, and if you know anything about the "Ziam Mayne" rumors, from one direction this becomes even more interesting, but that is an article for another time. It's clear that after everything with Diddy, the hotel, and the waiter, that something else was most likely going on, but it's very hard to pin down what. Let's review all the involved individuals and then recap the story.
Important Individuals
Liam Payne
Singer/Songwriter
Member of One Direction
Victim of tragic fall
On numerous drugs at time of death
Kate Cassidy
Liams Girlfriend
Left him in Argentina 3-days before death
Esteban Grassi (I believe top person in pic)
Head Receptionist at CasaSur hotel
One of three that carried Liam to hotel room
Charged and cleared for his involvement in the incident
Braian Nahuel Paiz
Alleged drug dealer of Liam
Waiter in upscale neighborhood
Met Liam at hotel twice, had an 'Intimate Encounter'
Charged and cleared for his connection to the incident
Sean "P. Diddy" Combs
Known for hosting freak-offs
Liam and Zayn attended his party
Liam was afraid of him
Liam was on his pink cocaine when he died
Big Homie CC
Former Celebrity Bodyguard
Worked for P. Diddy
Explained Pink Cocaine and its effects
Believes falls are an easy way to cover up murder
Further questions, recap, and conclusion.
The details of Liam Paynes death are mysterious and incredibly vague, leaving us with more questions than answers. Liam was clearly mentally and physically unwell in numerous different ways, was an active drug abuser who was not quiet about it at all, he was failed by the incompetent hotel staff, and potentially failed by both his close friend, and own girlfriend. Why were none of the hotel staff convicted for their negligence? Why did they never search the home of the bellboy who discovered the body for Liams missing watch? Why did his friend and girlfriend who clearly knew he was struggling ditch him in an entirely different country? Why did he sneak off from his girlfriend to 'hang out' with a waiter who allegedly sold him drugs? What exactly happened at the Diddy party? And how does TMZ have footage of Liam's body but not his watch being stolen? Almost two years after that dreadful day, we may never know what truly happened to Liam in the days and years before everything went down, leaving fans and theorists around the globe left puzzled by these strange circumstanced.
-Harrison