Newly uncovered messages and staff testimonies claim to shed light on Liam Payne’s final hours (Image: Getty)
Late pop star was reportedly in frequent contact with hotel staff asking for alcohol and information on where to get cocaine prior to his death.
Text messages allegedly from Payne to an escort have emerged, in which he supposedly offered her $5,000 (£3,900) to “party”.
Argentine journalist Mauro Szeta published these messages on his website ViaSzeta. They appear to show a southeastern Florida phone number sending WhatsApp texts to an escort.
The messages reportedly included a link to Payne’s profile and an invitation to “play”.
The text, believed to be from Liam, read: “I have all day… I’d gift you $5,000… US dollars. You come to my hotel, we party, just me and u,” reports .
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Liam Payne died in October aged 31. (Image: Getty Images for Atlantis The Royal)
The woman’s WhatsApp profile picture reportedly showed her with a friend, to which the sender, thought to be Payne, responded: “Who’s your friend, do you want to bring her?” The woman replied: “Let’s go Noe until 7pm, 5000 USD both, it’s the whole day the two of us together.”
The person sending the messages, allegedly Payne, agreed: “Ok fine, but bank transfer.”
A staff member at the hotel has claimed that Liam persistently rang the reception asking for alcohol and even inquiring about purchasing cocaine.
A disturbing report by a bellboy, who was delivering a complimentary fruit platter to Liam’s room at CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, alleged the star insulted him after he refused to procure cocaine for the artist.
The bellboy’s account comes as the hotel’s receptionist is now entangled in a legal investigation alongside four other suspects. In a recent development, the respected Argentine news platform Todo Noticias revealed WhatsApp messages that were said to have been submitted by the receptionist to the court.
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Troubling details have emerged about Liam Payne’s final hours. (Image: Getty)
Among these texts, one labelled as coming from Santiago Benitez Bellboy AM, reads: “Sorry for bothering you but I wanted to let you know about a little situation I had with the person in room 310. When I went to hand him a guest amenity and welcome him to the hotel and Argentina, he invited me into his room (which was a complete mess) and asked me if I could get him cocaine.”
The bellboy recounted, “I told him, ‘I’m sorry, sir, but neither I nor any other staff can help you with that type of service.’ To which he replied that I was useless and told me to get out of his sight. I felt a bit threatened because he didn’t behave very politely.”
The bellboy’s message continued, seemingly referencing the hotel’s head of security: “I’m going to tell Gilda this too so you’re both aware and there’s no misunderstandings in case this man mentions my name again at some point in his stay, because he asked me what my name was. I’m just telling you and Gilda this.”
The conversation concluded with the receptionist attempting to reassure the junior hotel worker, telling him “not to worry” about Liam’s comments. According to Todo Noticias, the receptionist also shared details about Liam’s stay at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, stating: “I understand he was more active at night, that he ran reception repeatedly to ask for alcohol all the time and ask where he could get drugs, specifically cocaine.”
The receptionist claimed to have acted as a translator for the two female escorts Liam spent time with before his death, as they didn’t speak English and the singer didn’t speak Spanish.
He has corroborated earlier reports that the ex- star, Liam, requested $300 and alcohol upon inviting them to his room. He recounted: “Liam asked me to act as translator. That’s when they tell me he had to pay them but they didn’t specify why.
“They told me he owed them 5,000 dollars but it seemed strange to me because he had asked me previously for 300 dollars and although I’m not an expert about these things, the amount of money they were asking for seemed a bit excessive to me.”
Further evidence surfaced in the form of WhatsApp message screenshots, allegedly from Liam’s phone, which bears a southern Florida area code of 561. These messages were revealed by Todo Noticias, who reported that one of the women showed the receptionist the conversation as proof of Liam’s debt to them.