Braian Nahuel Paiz, a Buenos Aires-based waiter, has been arrested in connection to Liam Payne’s dying … for offering Payne with cocaine.
Paiz was booked by authorities exterior his house — the place he was underneath home arrest — within the Argentinian capital, days after he was charged in reference to the singer’s passing.
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Native authorities raided Paiz’s house earlier Friday earlier than arresting him.
Paiz beforehand admitted to utilizing medication with Payne. In reality, he informed TMZ … he partied with the “X Factor” alum in his lodge room on the CasaSur Palermo Lodge twice within the days main as much as Payne’s dying.
He informed us they consumed cocaine and whiskey … however denied he offered Liam medication. In reality, he says Liam supplied him a Rolex, and he refused.
He is dealing with between 4 and 15 years in jail for the cost. Paiz says he is being handled as a assassin and appears like a scapegoat.
The waiter was one among 5 folks charged earlier this week … together with Liam’s pal Roger Nores and CasaSur Palermo Lodge workers Ezequiel Pereyra, Gilda Martín and Esteban Grassi.
Payne fell to his dying from his third-floor lodge balcony after consuming whiskey and cocaine all day.
Paiz, Nores and eyewitnesses to Liam’s dying are featured in “TMZ Investigates: Liam Payne: Who’s to Blame?” … now streaming on Hulu.
