Liam Payne was likely unconscious when he fell to his deathfrom hotel balcony: officials
By Eileen Reslen and Sophia Melissa Caraballo Piñeiro
Published Oct. 17, 2024, 1:47 p.m. ET
Liam Payne was likely in a “state of semi or total unconsciousness” when he fell to his death, the National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office in Argentina said in a statement obtained by Page Six Thursday.
“The prosecutor’s office indicated that, due to the position in which the body was left and the injuries from the fall, it is presumed that Payne did not adopt a reflex posture to protect himself and that he could have fallen while in a state of semi or total unconsciousness,”the local officials said.
On Wednesday, Payne was declared dead after falling from the third-story balcony of his CasaSur Palermo Hotel room, where he had been staying as a guest. He was 31.
He had reportedly been acting “erratically,” according to several eyewitnesses, andeven smashed his laptop in the hotel lobby,[see pic below, last picture of him alive - he is holding laptop protectively] prompting workers to escort him back up to his room.
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The hotel manager called 911 leading up to Payne’s death and could be heard in the harrowing call, released Thursday, saying he was in fear the singer would harm himself because of his state of mind.
“We have a guest who is [allegedly] high and drunk; andwhen he is conscious, he is destroying his room and we need you to send someone, please,” the man identified only as Estaban on the call says.
“We need you to send someone urgently becauseI don’t know if his life is in danger.”
… investigators reportedly interviewedthree hotel workers and two women had been with the musician in his room in the hours prior, but had already left when the incident occurred, per officials.
The National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office concluded that Payne’s official cause of death wasdue to “multiple trauma” and “internal and external hemorrhage” because of the fall. [3 stories]
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Payne rose to fame on the UK-based singing competition show “The X Factor,” where he and bandmates Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan formed the best-selling group One Direction.
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Hotel guest heard ‘loud, violent scream’ from Liam Payne’s room before singer’s death: report
By BreAnna Bell
Published Oct. 17, 2024, 7:03 p.m. ET
A hotel guest has come forward alleging they heard a “really loud, violent scream” from Liam Payne’s hotel room shortly before the One Direction band member fell from his third floor balcony, resulting in his untimely death.
The insider, who was staying at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday, told Peoplethey heard “a lot of noise” coming from Payne’s roomin the moments before his death.
“I thought it was construction. I thought they were working on the room,” the guest shared, describing the noise as “heavy lifting” or “banging.”
The guest continued, adding that theysoon after saw hotel staff “going in and out” of Payne’s room. The witness claimed to have heard “more noise” coming from the spaceuntil 4:30 p.m. local time.
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Policicchio revealed that the singer had fallen “from the balcony of his room” located on the third floor of the hotel.
The preliminary autopsy report revealed the musician suffered multiple traumas as a result of the fall that led tointernal and external bleeding.
An emergency medical doctor further detailed the extent of the damage, sharing that the singer sustained “extremely serious injuries” in the fall including a cranial fracture, which led to his “immediate” death.
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