A resort employee accused of supplying medicine to pop star Liam Payne earlier than his loss of life has reportedly handed himself in to Argentine authorities.
Nearly three months after the previous One Direction star’s loss of life in Buenos Aires, 21-year-old resort worker Ezequiel Pereyra reportedly turned himself in to police on Monday night. Pereyra negotiated his give up by way of his lawyer, prosecutors confirmed TMZ. Prosecutors investigating Payne’s loss of life in October allege that Pereyra was considered one of two individuals who provided the singer with cocaine a number of occasions throughout his keep on the CasaSur Palermo Hotel.
Payne died on October 16 after falling from a resort balcony. He was 31 years outdated. A preliminary post-mortem decided that Payne died from a number of traumas and inner and exterior bleeding brought on by the autumn.
Officials introduced in November that Payne had traces of alcohol, cocaine and an antidepressant in his system when he fell and died.
The information of Pereyra’s alleged give up comes per week after the Spanish-language announcement by Argentina’s National Criminal and Corrective Prosecutor’s Office. declaration that Judge Laura Bruniard was prosecuting 5 folks for his or her alleged involvement in Payne’s loss of life. Officials mentioned a resort worker (recognized on the time as “EDP”) and a Payne consultant (recognized as “RLN”) had been among the many 5 suspects.
In late December, the prosecutor’s workplace charged resort worker “EDP” and a restaurant waiter (recognized as “BNP”) with supplying Payne with narcotics. Prosecutors accused Pereyra of delivering cocaine to Payne on October 15 at 3.25am and on October 16, the day of the singer’s loss of life, between 3.30pm and 4pm. Officials say Payne consumed cocaine throughout his keep on the resort. The “X Factor” alumnus died two weeks after arriving in Argentina, the place he attended an Oct. 2 live performance by Niall Horan, his former One Direction bandmate.
Pereyra and the waiter who additionally allegedly provided Payne with the cocaine had been remanded in custody. Payne’s consultant and two resort managers had been charged with manslaughter with out pre-trial detention, prosecutors mentioned in December.
Pereyra reportedly turned himself in shortly after investigators arrested the waiter, in response to Argentine newspaper La Nacion reported Tuesday. Police additionally reportedly raided Pereyra’s home earlier than his give up, however had been unable to find him.
Payne was buried in November at a personal memorial service in north-west London. In addition to the singer’s family members, his former One Direction collaborators Horan, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson additionally attended the emotional service. One day after Payne’s loss of life, One Direction posted on social media declaration remembering the “Teardrops” artist.
“The reminiscences we shared with him will likely be cherished eternally,” the band mentioned.
