Liam Payne death case: Suspected culprit criticises judge's decision

Liam Payne’s death case has taken an unexpected turn as one of the suspects has criticised Judge Laura Bruniard's decision.

As reported by PEOPLE, the lawyer of one of the five men charged over the late 31-year-old singer’s death has slammed the investigating judge’s decision and called it “illegitimate, unfounded and arbitrary.”

It emerged overnight when Argentinian news website Infobae reported the investigating judge had decided to charge all three men with manslaughter, however, spare them pre-trial prison in exchange for a travel ban and a £38,000 embargo of their assets.

The 24-year-old hotel waiter, Braian Nahuel Paiz, and 21-year-old Ezequiel David Pereyra have been formally accused of selling him drugs on two separate occasions and refused bail.

Now, Paiz’s lawyer while admitting that his client was a drug user said that no money had ever changed hands.

In an interview with Todo Noticias, the lawyer said, “A while back, he used to use more. He had drugs in his house for his own use, he met Liam and they both used. It's not that one took drugs to the other, they both just shared what they had.

“They had very wide-ranging chat conversations. It seemed like the only thing that brought them together was this, but it wasn't. They were two people who happened to meet each other. In fact, Liam was the one who sought out my client.”

However, Pereyra’s lawyer has not made any comment in judge’s decision.

For the unversed, Liam Payne died on October 16, 2024, after falling from the third-floor balcony of a hotel in Argentina.