Liam Payne Died As He Tried to Escape from Hotel Balcony ... Sources Say Hotel is to Blame
Liam Payne was trying to escape from his hotel when he fell to his death, and the hotel knew he was threatening to use the balcony as the means to escape, but left him by himself ... this according to witnesses, the police report, a 911 call and surveillance video.
Here's what we know. Liam hated being locked up in hotel rooms ... something he had to deal with during his time in One Direction. He had used the balcony escape plan before, most recently in mid-September, when sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... Liam's bodyguard was concerned he might have been on a drug binge and forced him inside a room in a Florida rental house. Liam escaped from a balcony, using a garden hose to reach the ground.
Look at the surveillance screenshots from the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires. Liam, who was disruptive in the lobby and clearly under the influence, is splayed out as 3 hotel workers carry him to his room, minutes before he fell to his death. Liam is clearly conscious -- although we blurred his face, he is holding his head upright.
And, just 2 minutes before he was carried, Liam was standing upright in the lobby.
When the hotel employees got Liam to his room, he struggled with them ... clearly not wanting to go inside.
Nevertheless, the hotel used a master key to enter the room, put Liam inside and, according to the police report obtained by TMZ, they removed a mirror from the wall directly outside his room, presumably so he wouldn't damage it.
It's obvious Liam told the employees he did not want to be in the room and would use the balcony as an escape, because one of those employees called 911 minutes later and said they feared he might use the balcony and accidentally hurt himself. According to the 911 transcript, the hotel employee said, "I don't know whether his life may be in danger. He is in a room with a balcony, and, well, we're a little afraid ..."
