EXCLUSIVE Some of the wedding guests at CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Argentina were concerned about the death of Liam Payne that they immediately sold their stories. Like, within minutes.
I spoke to a guest last night for free, just back from the fateful wedding. Most of the guests at the hotel were there for the destination wedding, although I’m told there was one foreign businessman — Eastern European — who kept calling the front desk as singing vigils formed on the street in front of CasaSur Palermo. He couldn’t get any work done.
My source recounts what was going on in the lobby of the hotel in the 45 minutes before Payne either fell or jumped from his balcony. “He came down and was in a wild state. He was banging his laptop around. What some didn’t realize was, he had the function on so that whatever he was reading on it was on audio. So it was talking to him. But we couldn’t hear what was said.”
Did whatever Payne was reading set him off? Was it the further sellout of ex girlfriend Maya Henry, who wrote a book about him and had that weekend secured a temporary restraining order? Or was it about his record company dumping him? He hadn’t released any music in six months after putting out a single last March.
My source says if there were two prostitutes up in Payne’s room they might have been there earlier. But not when he went back to his room after the lobby chaos. They say the groom and the wedding planner were standing on the second floor balcony when Payne jumped, and looked down to see him lying on the ground.
Reports say that Payne had multiple drugs in his system including “pink cocaine,” a mixture of MDMA, ketamine and methamphetamine. It’s a street drug and has little to no cocaine in it.
Nevertheless, a cocktail reception for the wedding went off as planned an hour later, at a different venue.
From the beginning, Payne’s presence at CasaSur Palermo Hotel was known to the entire wedding party from the moment they arrived. The wedding couple had reserved a specific suite. But when they tried to check in after a long flight they were told the room was not ready and might not be ready. Why? “They were told the owner of the hotel was staying there, and might stay for a couple more days.”
In fact, it was Payne who would not check out.
The wedding went off without a hitch despite the tragedy. “There was an incredible deejay,” says my source. Late in the evening, he played a One Direction song and everyone sang along.
What it looked like outside the hotel minutes after an emergency call was made:
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