The Buenos Aires hotel manager who made an emergency call about Liam Payne before he plunged to his death has claimed the singer's 'ex-partner' was staying there as well. Esteban Grassi told an Argentinian TV programme: “He was seen alone, but his ex-partner was around.” Asked on El Trece show Telenoche: “So she was staying at the hotel too,” he replied ‘Yes’ before confirming: “A floor above, yes’ when he was asked whether she was above the third-floor suite, Liam was in.
A small programme clip featuring part of the interview has been aired online and mentioned in other Argentinian media. It was not made clear who Mr Grassi, who is understood to have been among three hotel workers prosecutors said last week they had questioned along with two women Liam spent time with before his death , was referring to. Liam Payne’s girlfriend, Kate Cassidy, left Buenos Aires to return to the States days before Liam died after spending time with him in the Argentinian capital.
She said in a TikTok video before the 31-year-old's fatal plunge from his third-floor balcony at CasaSur Palermo Hotel last Wednesday: “I was ready to go back...
Honestly, I love South America, but I hate being in one place for too long. We were supposed to stay for five days, but it turned into two weeks and I needed to get home.” Mr Grassi phoned 911, the UK equivalent of 999, last Wednesday afternoon, just before Liam died, to say: “We have a guest who’s off his head on drugs and is destro.
