Former One Direction star Liam Payne fell to his death from a hotel room in Argentina late Wednesday, state police said.
The 31-year-old was acting erratically before his fatal plunge from the third-floor room of CasaSur in Palermo, Buenos Aires where he’s been staying.
Alberto Crescenti, the Buenos Aires Emergency Medical Services director, said Payne sustained “very serious” injuries that were “incompatible with life” and was pronounced dead at the scene at 5:11 p.m. local time.
Moments before the incident, police were reportedly called to the hotel about an “aggressive man” possibly “under the influence” of drugs or alcohol.
Payne rose to fame in 2010 when he appeared on the show “X Factor” and became a member of the world-famous boy-band One Direction.
The British popstar opened up about his struggles with alcoholism, and how he remained sober for six months after spending nearly 100 days at a Louisiana rehab.
At the age of 29, Payne revealed he had “more of a grip on life” after becoming “somebody who I didn’t really recognize anymore.”
