Liam Payne’s alleged drug dealer speaks out as singer gets teary tribute at MTV EMAs

Three suspects, including a hotel employee and an alleged drug dealer, were charged last week in connection with Liam Payne’s death. At the restaurant, Paiz continued, Payne asked him for his contact details: “I gave him my Instagram, and then he sent me messages, because he wanted to do drugs, I think he was going to a concert or something.” That night, Payne attended former bandmate Niall Horan’s show at the Movistar Arena, where the two allegedly made amends after not being in contact for some time. “I don’t know why I didn’t take them, I just didn’t want to take anything from him.” Paiz said Payne asked him to hang out a third time — even showing up at his home — but the waiter said he had to work: “He said, ‘Well, it’s been a pleasure,’ and that’s the last time I saw him.” As for Payne’s accident, Paiz said the singer was very “paranoid” days before his death, even going to the extreme of allegedly preventing people from entering his room. According to last week’s statement from the prosecutor’s office, officials charged the three suspects after carrying out nine raids and hearing “several dozen” testimonies from people including hotel staff, Payne’s family and friends, medical professionals and other experts.