UNTOLD STORY: The Final Moments of Liam Payne and the Fateful Decision That Made Everything Collapse

Liam Payne fell to his d3ath in Argentina from a hotel balcony (Image: Getty)

Today marks one year since Liam Payne d!ed. The former One Direction singer tragically lost his life after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires in Argentina. His d3ath sparked tributes across the world, including his former bandmates, who said in a tribute they were “devastated” and had lost a “brother”. The 31-year-old was pronounced d3ad after falling from the third floor of the hotel last year. His body was found in the hotel’s inner courtyard at around 5pm local time. In his final moments, Liam was actually posting on social media hours before his d3ath. Speaking about his plans for the day, Liam told his Snapchat followers: “Today, we ride. We’re going to ride some horses.

“Think I’m going to play polo again, which is going to put me out of action for about six weeks. It’s so hard to do, number one, my back and my neck from swinging that hammer around… or mallet, I think it’s called if you’re in the know. It hurts a lot, it’s very tough to do.”

Today marks one year since the tragic d3ath of Liam Payne (Image: Getty)

Following his d3ath, his pal Rogelio ‘Roger’ Nores and four others faced charges, but appeal court judges have now cleared three of them and reversed an earlier decision to charge them.

As well as Roger, Esteban Grassi, the chief receptionist at CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, who made a 911 call before Liam d!ed, and the hotel’s head of security, Gilda Martin, have also been cleared of manslaughter.

However, waiter Braian Nahuel Paiz and hotel worker Ezequiel David Pereyra are currently awaiting trial for allegedly supplying Liam with drugs, and could be jailed for 15 years.

According to LBC, Pereyra argued that senior hotel staff deliberately ignored Liam’s drug use in October 2024 and could have potentially saved his life if they had acted correctly.

Liam was just 31 year old when he tragically lost his life (Image: Getty)

He claims that “the biggest mistake” was not calling an ambulance when the singer, 31, collapsed in a lobby; instead, Liam was carried up to his room.

Court documents also showed that the judge, during the investigation, found that just before 5pm on the day he d!ed, Liam was clearly “unable to look after himself” and had “clearly fainted” in the hotel lobby after binging on booze and “various” other substances.

The singer was then “dragged” to his room by the receptionist and two others, which the manager allowed to happen “at least by omission”.

Judge Laura Bruniard added Liam’s “altered” consciousness and access to a balcony from his hotel room meant the “proper thing to do” would have been to “leave him in a safe place and with company until a doctor arrived”.

No date has yet been set for Paiz and Pereyra’s trial, but Express Online reported earlier this month that it is likely to take place next year.