Liam Payne death probe sees one suspect make surprising admission

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One of the three suspects being probed in connection with Liam Payne's death say they want to help cops with their inquiries, it has been reported.

The One Direction star passed away last month after a horror fall from the third floor balcony of his hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It has been reported at the time of the 31-year-old father's death, he was under the influence of an illegal substance.

In an interview with American magazine US Weekly, Braian Nahuel Paiz, who is allegedly under investigation and arrested in connection with Liam's death, has finally spoken out.

He told the publication US Weekly: "I want to contribute everything: my phone, everything to the investigation. I have nothing that can harm me. … The other thing is to contribute what I saw personally and what I experienced firsthand."

One of the other suspects is accused of "the abandonment of a person followed by death". A hotel employee and a third person have been charged with supplying drugs. The claims have been heavily denied by all three alleged suspects.

Braian said that he had only met Liam twice. He told the publication: "We met up with Liam, [it was] chill. We met, we listened to some music. He asked me what kind of music I liked, hip hop or dance. I told him dance." The alleged suspect claimed that he met the singer through his job at a local restaurant. And it was at this point, the star then sent him a private message on his private Instagram account from a "burner" account.

Despite reportedly travelling to Liam's hotel, he has denied supplying him with drugs. He continued to tell the publication: "No, we just saw each other. The person who was there before [me], I suppose, left him the box of soap and everything [that smuggled the drugs up to his room]."

He then said Liam asked him to leave when someone else arrived at the hotel. He added: "I don’t know what was going on, what was that. I realized, because I had my back turned and he turned around, what was going on. I turned around, got up, opened the door and there was no one." On learning of Liam's death he reportedly said: "It was really bad. I got really sad, really bad at work. … It took everything from me."

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