Liam Payne ‘drug dealer’ suspect breaks silence as he reveals details about One Direction star’s final days at hotel
ONE of the three suspects being investigated over Liam Payne’s death has broken his silence to insist he did nothing wrong.
Argentinian waiter Braian Nahuel Paiz, who has been identified as the singer’s “dealer” in an ongoing prosecution probe, admitted to two hotel meetings with the 31-year-old before his tragic fall.
But he insisted he never supplied Liam with narcotics or accepted any money from him.
The 24-year-old said he spent the night with the former One Direction singer at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires during a second meeting.
Braian appeared on Argentinian TV on Saturday and claimed that the pair met more than once.
Their initial encounter was at the restaurant in the upmarket neighbourhood of Puerto Madero where Braian worked.
There, the waiter claimed he and Liam exchanged contact details as the singer dined with his girlfriend Kate Cassidy and two other people.
He spoke in an on-camera interview to journalist Guillermo Panizza, who had to clarify to a programme host in the studio what Braian meant to say at times when the young man’s nerves seemed to get the better of him and his account left viewers confused and said Liam used a "secret" Instagram to communicate with Braian.
The first rendezvous with Liam is said to have occurred on October 2 at another hotel the singer was staying at ahead of his move to CasaSur Palermo following their initial restaurant encounter.
Braian said in a first segment of the extraordinary interview, admitting his former home has been searched but claiming he is yet to be quizzed by investigators: “I never supplied Liam with drugs."
