Several alarming allegations have surfaced regarding the last hours of Liam Payne before his tragic passing. The beloved One Direction star left his army. of fans heartbroken last week when he plummeted from the third-floor suite of the Casa Sur Hotel in Argentina, aged just 31.
Police have deemed his resulting injuries as “incompatible with life”. Liam was in Buenos Aires to attend bandmate Niall Horan’s concert and had been captured looking cheerful alongside admirers in South America.
Nonetheless, the world was shocked on Wednesday evening when news of his death broke.
Post-mortem examinations indicating the presence of a class-A substance in Liam’s body have led to explosive claims about the events preceding his demise, including assertions that the cherished father-of-one became a victim of drug dealers.
Preyed on by dealers
According to Liam’s friend, he had been clean for several weeks but was tragically targeted by dealers who purportedly supplied narcotics to his hotel room, reports the Mirror.
The friend detailed how Liam had sought treatment previously in both the UK and California, and was under the guidance of a new Florida-based psychiatrist along the path to sobriety.
“He went to Argentina to renew his USA visa where he had to undergo medical examination because of his history with alcohol and drugs,” the source recounted to Mail Online. “The results of the tests were good. Liam was 100 per cent sober. But when he checked in at the hotel, at some point someone there started giving him drugs.”
Sources have revealed that Liam had been making a concerted effort to stay clean, but was allegedly targeted by those who “preyed on him,” caring only about profit and not his wellbeing.
Drugs concealed in soap box
Two employees of the Casa Sur Hotel are reportedly under investigation following the discovery of drugs concealed in a Dove soap box in Liam’s room.
The cleaner and another staff member are suspected of hiding the substances, which included white powder residue, crystals, tablets and other drug paraphernalia. Investigators probing the tragic circumstances of Liam’s death are also reportedly exploring potential connections to VIP drug dealers.
Forensic experts have found traces of cocaine in Liam’s body, according to Argentine media reports. However, tests on a white powder discovered in his hotel room have so far been inconclusive, with results from a second test using chromatography still pending.
Class-A drug
Infobae, a respected news portal, reported that materials extracted from the star’s body during an autopsy after his death on Wednesday “determined the presence of the class-A drug”. ABC News has claimed that among those substances was “pink cocaine”, which is known to be a lethal mix including MDMA, ketamine, methamphetamine, cocaine, benzodiazepine and crack.
Pink cocaine
Pink cocaine is becoming increasingly popular in Latin America’s party circuits as a hallucinogenic substance that can distort reality. It’s composed of various synthetic drugs such as MDMA (ecstasy), ketamine, and amphetamines, with some variants also containing LSD, mescaline, and dangerous opioids like fentanyl.
Voices
Former basketball star Lamar Odom has suggested that Liam might have been experiencing auditory hallucinations due to the drugs he consumed. Following reports that the One Direction singer had taken pink cocaine, Odom reflected on his own past drug use, recalling how he would hear voices.
Speaking to TMZ, he said: “Drug can cause you to hallucinate and if he was in a hallucination state then who knows what happened.”
Lamar, who is now a recovering addict and runs Odom Recovery Group, highlighted the potential dangers of drug-induced hallucinations.
Escorts
Just hours before his tragic fall from the Buenos Aires Hotel balcony, Liam had reportedly contacted two women via an Argentine website, sparking questions about the personal issues he was grappling with in the days leading up to his untimely death. Gemidos, a well-known portal in Argentina, is where hundreds of women across the nation offer companionship, complete with photos and detailed descriptions.
Upon their arrival, both women were asked to present their IDs at the reception desk. Despite being strangers to each other, Lucile and Aldana were led to Liam’s room 310.
The former One Direction star greeted them with a calm demeanour and a smile when he opened the door. Inside the room, the atmosphere was said to be relaxed.
The singer offered the ladies alcohol – champagne for them and a bottle of scotch for himself. According to their statements to the police, no drugs were taken.
Half-drunk glasses scattered around the room bore witness to the brief companionship they shared. In their testimonies, both women denied any involvement in Liam’s death, stating that they had spent a short time with him, consumed alcohol, and left due to a payment dispute.
Neither woman confessed to having been intimate with him, avoiding the topic during questioning. Despite their evasiveness, Prosecutor Roma trusts their accounts and does not consider them suspects.
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