Liam Payne, a former member of the boy band One Route, was discovered useless Wednesday in Buenos Aires after falling from the third-floor balcony of a lodge, in line with ABC and The Related Press. He was 31 years previous.
Alberto Crescenti, head of emergency medical companies in Buenos Aires, advised Todo Noticias that Payne had fallen 13 or 14 meters (about 43 to 46 ft) from a balcony onto an inner patio of the Casa Sur Palermo Resort. First responders discovered him gravely injured on account of the autumn.
“It wasn’t attainable to do something,” Crescenti stated.
Payne’s household issued a press release to media on Thursday morning.
“We’re heartbroken. Liam will endlessly stay in our hearts and we’ll keep in mind him for his form, humorous and courageous soul,” the assertion stated, in line with the BBC. “We’re supporting one another the most effective we will as a household and ask for privateness and area at this terrible time.”
Police responded to an emergency name from the lodge simply after 5 p.m. saying there was an “aggressive man who could possibly be below the affect of medicine or alcohol,” stated Pablo Policicchio, the communications director for the Buenos Aires Safety Ministry, in a assertion to the AP.
Within the name, a lodge supervisor stated there was “a visitor who’s overwhelmed with medication and alcohol,” in line with a transcript obtained by the AP. “He’s destroying your entire room and, effectively, we want you to ship somebody, please.”
The caller additionally reportedly stated, “I don’t know if the visitor’s life is at risk as a result of he’s in a room with balcony, and we’re afraid he might do one thing that threatens life.”
Police and native prosecutors are investigating, and an post-mortem has been scheduled, in line with Crescenti.
Payne got here into the highlight when he auditioned for X Issue, first in 2008, then in 2010. His second time on the present, decide Simon Cowell put Payne and 4 different boys within the band One Route. The group was collectively till 2016, and a yr later, Payne launched his first single as a solo artist.
This week, Payne’s ex-girlfriend Maya Henry accused Payne of constructing undesirable contact along with her and her family and friends.
“He’ll create new iCloud accounts to message me ― it’s at all times a brand new rattling iCloud account,” Henry stated on TikTok. “Each time I see one pop up on my telephone I’m like, ‘Right here we fucking go once more.’”
“Additionally, he’ll electronic mail me … not solely me, however he’ll blow up my mother’s telephone. Is that this regular habits to you?” she added.
In 2023, Payne celebrated being 100 days sober after going to rehab in Louisiana. The rehab keep got here after Payne advised Males’s Well being in 2019 that he has struggled with alcohol habit and his psychological well being.
“It’s tough when you could have the extent of fame that we had within the band,” he stated. “There have been lots of people in hassle with psychological well being that aren’t actually getting the assistance that they want, and I believe that’s a little bit of an issue in our business. It’s the identical s— that occurs to everybody, that’s been taking place for the reason that ’70s. You already know what the traps are and if you’re fortunate sufficient, like me, to have the ability to get out of that situation and again into a way of normality, then it’s a bit totally different.”
He stated on a podcast in 2021 that through the early days of One Route, he “didn’t like” himself “very a lot” and that his days had been stuffed with “tablets and booze” and “moments of suicidal ideation.”
Payne is survived by his 7-year-old son, Bear Gray Payne, whose mom is musician Cheryl, who was generally known as Cheryl Cole when she was a member of British-Irish pop group Women Aloud. The 2 break up as a pair in 2018 however continued to co-parent Bear.
He’s additionally survived by his dad and mom, Geoff and Karen Payne, and two older sisters, Ruth and Nicola.
Claudia Koerner, Liza Hearon and Josie Harvey contributed to this story.
This text initially appeared on HuffPost.
