Braian Nahuel Paiz, a Buenos Aires-based waiter, has been arrested in connection to Liam Payne’s loss of life … for offering Payne with cocaine.
Paiz was booked by authorities exterior his house — the place he was below home arrest — within the Argentinian capital, days after he was charged in reference to the singer’s passing.
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Native authorities raided Paiz’s house earlier Friday earlier than arresting him.
Paiz beforehand admitted to utilizing medication with Payne. In actual fact, he informed TMZ … he partied with the “X Factor” alum in his lodge room on the CasaSur Palermo Resort twice within the days main as much as Payne’s loss of life.
He informed us they consumed cocaine and whiskey … however denied he offered Liam medication. In actual fact, he says Liam supplied him a Rolex, and he refused.
He is dealing with between 4 and 15 years in jail for the cost. Paiz says he is being handled as a assassin and seems like a scapegoat.
The waiter was one in every of 5 individuals charged earlier this week … together with Liam’s good friend Roger Nores and CasaSur Palermo Resort workers Ezequiel Pereyra, Gilda Martín and Esteban Grassi.
Payne fell to his loss of life from his third-floor lodge balcony after consuming whiskey and cocaine all day.
Paiz, Nores and eyewitnesses to Liam’s loss of life are featured in “TMZ Investigates: Liam Payne: Who’s to Blame?” … now streaming on Hulu.
