Liam Payne 'plied with drugs' by hotel staff as riddle of Dove soap box solved

Payne, 31, died last Wednesday in Buenos Aires in Argentina, hours after visa tests showed the ITV The X Factor star was "completely clean".

Tragic Liam Payne was reportedly "plied with drugs" which were allegedly supplied by hotel staff. Payne, 31, died last Wednesday in Buenos Aires in Argentina, hours after visa tests showed the ITV The X Factor star was "completely clean".

Payne's hotel fall came after he was plied with drugs supplied by a hotel worker just 24 hours after being told he was clean, according to a police theory. Argentine investigators suspect the drugs found in the hotel room were sourced in a poverty-stricken neighbourhood 15 miles away.

Fans have left a shrine of tributes to Liam, who hailed from Wolverhampton, outside the CasaSur Hotel in Buenos Aires. An address in Lomas de Zamora is said to match up with a man suspected of being involved in supplying the substance, with staff reportedly hiding the substance in a Dove soap box which was pictured in the One Direction star's room.

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The pop star had "tried really hard to get clean", the pal claimed before being "preyed upon" by the hotel workers. They added: “The embassy said Liam needed to do a strict investigation including X-rays and a blood test to search for traces of drugs.

“He collected his results on Tuesday and they showed he was clean. On the weekend at his friend’s ranch, he was completely sober. When he checked in at the hotel, at some point someone there started giving him drugs.”

Reports from US media have suggested he was under the influence of Cristal, a hallucinogenic substance which causes psychotic episodes. The insider went on and said: “Liam had tried really hard to get clean, then he’s been preyed upon.

“These people just care about money - they don’t care about putting people’s lives in danger. It’s an evil trade. This is all just tragic.” Payne died after a row over his visa left him being delayed in South America, while girlfriend Kate Cassidy returned to the United States where she is from.