A man staying at the same hotel as Liam Payne on the day of his death has claimed he witnessed the singer arguing with two women over money in the lobby. The former One Direction singer, 31, died from injuries received after falling from the third-floor balcony of his room at the CasaSur Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday afternoon. Accounts soon emerged of Payne’s reported “erratic” behaviour in the hours leading up to his death , including that he smashed a laptop and had to be carried to his room while hotel management called 911 to report an “aggressive” male.

When police arrived at the luxury hotel in the Palermo neighbourhood, Payne was found dead in the venue’s courtyard. A post shared by Zayn Malik (@zayn).