Recording artist Liam Payne performs at the Nickelodeon SlimeFest event at Huntington Bank Pavilion on June 9, 2018 in Chicago. – Photo credit: Timothy Hiatt/Getty Images/Nickelodeon
A man accused of selling drugs to Liam Payne in Argentina has been arrested. rolling stones It can be confirmed that restaurant waiter Braian Paiz, who previously admitted taking drugs with the One Direction singer, was detained on Friday, just days after he was sentenced to preventive imprisonment.
Last week, Judge Laura Bruniard in Payne’s case ordered that Pez and Ezequiel Pereyra, a hotel worker suspected of selling Payne’s drugs, remain in custody while awaiting trial. Accept preventive confinement. Both men could face four to 15 years in prison for allegedly selling drugs. Paiz also must pay a $4,900 fine.
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Pez is accused of providing Payne with cocaine “in exchange for a consideration” in the early hours of Oct. 14, according to a statement from prosecutors last week. Payne allegedly took the drug at the hotel while Paez spent time with him in his room.
“And, on the same day, [Paiz] He is accused of transporting additional cocaine for a price between 10:03 and 10:44 a.m.,” prosecutors’ description of the charges read. “Payne showed up at the defendant’s home … and took a taxi back to the hotel.”
in a statement rolling stones Last week, Paez’s attorney, Fernando Madeo Facente, slammed the drug sales charges and called the decision to send Paez to preventive confinement “completely arbitrary and illegal.” While Pez previously admitted to drug use in interviews, he denied selling Payne cocaine.
“This resolution does nothing more than state that we believe a ‘witch hunt’ should proceed under the circumstances,” Fascent wrote. “[They’re] Find the guilty and accuse the innocent of crimes.
Facecente did not immediately respond rolling stonesA request for comment was made Friday.
It was unclear whether Pereira was also detained. Last week, Bruniard charged two hotel managers – Esteban Grassi and Gilda Martin – with “manslaughter.” Payne’s friend Roger Nores’ charge was also significantly reduced from “abandonment followed by death” to wrongful death.
“I don’t believe [Nores, Martin, and Grassi] Planned and wanted Payne’s death. Rather than planning the outcome, they created a risk that was not legally recognized,” the judge wrote in his midway ruling.
The wrongful death charges against Martin and Grassi came after a review of evidence that “clearly” captured Payne being “dragged” to his car on Oct. 16, hours before his death. hotel room when he was allegedly in a “vulnerable state.”
Payne died from multiple trauma and internal bleeding after a fall, according to an autopsy report.
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