A tourist who was staying in the same hotel as Liam Payne at the time of his death has recalled the horrifying moment he saw the star plunge from his third-floor balcony.
The interview is featured in TMZ’s controversial new documentary, Liam Payne: Who’s to Blame?
The 31-year-old singer fell to his death from the balcony of his hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina in October. Authorities ruled out suicide and reports claimed that he was trying to escape from his hotel room.
The postmortem report states that Liam died of multiple traumas and “internal and external haemorrhage”. Now, the man who witnessed the singer’s death has broken his silence.
Witness from Liam Payne documentary latest to speak out
Bret Watson claims to have seen Liam plunge to his death and is “haunted” by the incident, according to The Mirror.
He says in the documentary: “We happened to be looking out of the window of our hotel at the pool area and the view from the hotel.”
“We saw Liam fall… and so we immediately rushed out on the balcony to see what it was and when we looked down we could see that it was Liam lying on the ground.”
Bret said he was certain upon seeing Liam that he had died. He remembers looking at his companion in shock thinking, ‘oh my God, this is real. This actually happened’.
He tells on camera that the harrowing incident is now “burned into his brain”. Bret also admitted that he doesn’t think he can ever forget the “haunting” and “heartbreaking” incident.
Initial toxicology tests reportedly showed a “cocktail of drugs” in the singer’s system when he died. Authorities said that “in the state he was in, he did not know what he was doing”. It’s also claimed he died instantly.
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