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According to the judge handling Liam Payne's death investigation, the former One Direction singer didn’t “lose his balance” before falling from a hotel balcony; rather he was trying to escape the building while in a drugged state.
In a ruling today, Judge Laura Bruniard shared new information on what led to the One Direction singer’s death and updated charges against five people questioned in the case.
The Judge leveled wrongful death charges against Payne’s friend Roger Nores and both CasaSur Palermo hotel manager Gilda Martin and reception head Esteban Grassi for their acts of “imprudence and negligence” leading up to Payne’s death.
Nores’ charges were significantly lowered after he originally faced five to 15 years behind bars for “abandonment followed by death.”
According to the report, the wrongful death charges against hotel workers Martin and Grassi came after reviewing evidence that “clearly” captured Payne being “dragged up” to his hotel room on Oct. 16 while he was in an alleged “vulnerable state,” with the judge claiming that them bringing him to his room with that level of intoxication “created a legally disapproved risk to his life.”
According to a post-autopsy report Payne died of multiple traumas and internal bleeding after the fall.
-ROLLINGSTONE
