The second of two males accused of supplying medication to British singer Liam Payne, who plunged to his demise from a third-floor lodge room in Buenos Aires final yr, has turned himself in to authorities, Argentine police stated Tuesday.
David Ezequiel Pereyra, 21, introduced himself Monday to police in Barracas, south of Buenos Aires, a police supply informed AFP.
Pereyra was an worker on the Casa Sur Resort within the Argentine capital the place the previous One Path singer died final October.
Final week, police arrested 24-year-old lodge waiter Braian Paiz — accused with Pereyra of getting supplied medication to Payne. Paiz’s lawyer confirmed to CBS Information that he had been detained. Toxicology exams after Payne’s demise discovered he had “traces of alcohol, cocaine and a prescribed antidepressant” in his physique.
A complete of 5 individuals are charged within the pop singer’s demise. Three of them — Payne’s consultant in Argentina, the supervisor of the lodge and the pinnacle of reception — are charged with manslaughter within the case.
Prosecutors stated final month that the lodge supervisor and lodge reception supervisor allowed Payne to be taken as much as his room, which had a balcony, as a substitute of protecting him in a spot with out sources of hazard, and with firm, till medical assist might arrive.
Resort employees known as the police on the day to report an “aggressive man who might be underneath the affect of medicine or alcohol,” a spokesperson for the Buenos Aires Police stated in a press release to CBS Information again on Oct. 16, the day of Payne’s demise.Â
Payne had spoken publicly about combating substance abuse and dealing with reaching fame at an early age.
His demise prompted a world outpouring of grief from household, former bandmates and followers, with gatherings of 1000’s of mourners around the globe.
One of many highest-grossing dwell acts on the planet within the 2010s, One Path went on an indefinite hiatus in 2016. Payne loved some solo success earlier than his profession stalled.
