Liam Payne drug suspect may be let off with community service ‘after striking plea deal’ that means he won’t face trial
A CLEANER accused of supplying Liam Payne with drugs before his death could be let off with community service and a rehab course after reportedly striking a plea deal.
Ezequiel David Pereyra, who worked at the Argentina hotel where the ex-One Direction star died, might not face trial and his sentence could be cut from a possible 15 years to a suspended term.
Last night sources said Pereyra was “over the moon”.
The sources also claimed waiter Braian Nahuel Paiz, who is also accused of supplying cocaine to the star, has been offered the same deal. However it is understood that Paiz, 25, will not be accepting the deal.
It came as Liam’s girlfriend, Kate Cassidy, posted a heartbreaking video of her last day with the singer, showing them riding horses together.
A source said: “This will be terribly upsetting for Liam’s loved ones to hear — as there is now the possibility that there will never be a trial and they will never get answers as to what happened that night.
“No one will be held accountable for his death.”
Pereyra, 22, was awaiting trial for allegedly selling cocaine to Liam, 31, before he fell to his death from his hotel balcony in Buenos Aires in October 2024.
He was facing a hefty jail sentence if found guilty.
But his new lawyer, Augusto Maria Cassiau, is said to have struck a deal with prosecutors to lessen his charge if he admitted his role in the incident.
His new charge will be “facilitation for personal consumption, non-profit” — admitting he gave the drugs to Liam when he died but he was not a dealer.
Pereyra has been offered a two-year suspended sentence, with time already served in custody awaiting trial being taken into consideration.
He will have to perform community service and complete a drug awareness course.
Pereyra was released from jail and put under house arrest in December after an appeal court agreed he had family support, a fixed address and no criminal record.
Last month Paiz, who was also released from prison in December, had his house arrest conditions scrapped.
No new evidence has appeared in the case file and prosecutors have been unable to secure a trial date.
In October, on the first anniversary of Liam’s death, Pereyra exclusively spoke to The Sun, offering his condolences to Liam’s family.
He also claimed bosses at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel ignored Liam’s drug use.
In a TikTok video posted on Wednesday, the same day prosecutors offered a plea deal, Kate, 27, can be seen riding horses with Liam.
She wrote: “Enjoy each moment life brings you.
“Because I didn’t know this would be the last time I’d ever see my boyfriend again in this lifetime.”
Liam had flown to Argentina with Kate to see his former 1D bandmate Niall Horan in concert.
Liam extended the trip but Kate returned to the US.
An autopsy confirmed he died from multiple trauma and internal and external bleeding.