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Newly released images have offered a haunting glimpse into Liam Paynes final hours at the Buenos Aires hotel where the former One Direction star died.
The photographs form part of a police dossier containing more than 3,000 documents and images gathered during the investigation into the singers death. Payne, 31, died on October 16, 2024, after falling from the third-floor balcony of his hotel room in Argentina.
Among the images are CCTV pictures showing Payne speaking with two women in the hotel lobby before they accompanied him towards his room. The women, Aldana Serrano and Lucila Goitea, later spoke to police about their time with the singer.
Other images show hotel staff taking buckets containing bottles of alcohol towards Paynes room. The newly seen material gives another glimpse into the events leading up to the fatal fall, while investigators gathered CCTV footage, receipts and witness statements as part of their probe.
Serrano and Goitea told police they had consensual sex with Payne on the day he died. They also claimed the singer serenaded them with his own songs before asking about cocaine.
The pair alleged Payne argued with them over the agreed $5,000 (3,700) payment because he did not have cash available. The images also include a CCTV grab taken around an hour before Payne died, in which he appears withdrawn.
Payne had been alone in Buenos Aires after his girlfriend Kate Cassidy and friend Rogelio Roger Nores had left the country. According to the women, the singer had appeared sober during the two weeks they had spent with him, but they claimed his behaviour changed after they left.
Hotel staff had also raised concerns about Paynes behaviour. Messages included in the police dossier show hotel manager Gilda Martin warning colleagues about his conduct.
In a 'Reception' WhatsApp chat, she wrote: This person is going to be very intense throughout his stay. Its important that we tell him no, always kindly and with excuses.
A colleague replied: Will do whatever we can.
On another occasion, a waitress called Adri was asked to deliver five bottles of whisky to Room 301 and was reportedly told: Take security with you.
Receipts included in the dossier show Payne spent more than $600,000 on bottles of Johnnie Walker whisky on the day of his death.
The singers father Geoff Payne later gave an account to prosecutors following his sons death.
He said his son was not in control with what he did, adding: He was not Liam.
A toxicology report conducted after Paynes death found cocaine, alcohol and the sedative Klonopin in his system at the time of the fatal fall.
Two men, hotel worker Ezequiel Pereyra, 22, and waiter Braian Paiz, 26, have been charged with supplying drugs to the singer. Both deny the charges and were later released on bail after spending months in custody.
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