Overview
- Official reports reaffirm that Payne died from severe polytrauma after a third‑floor fall, with toxicology detecting cocaine, tusi, benzodiazepines, crack, ketamine and MDMA, and no signs of reaction at impact.
- Braian Nahuel Paiz and Ezequiel Pereyra remain in preventive detention on charges of repeated commercial supply of drugs, a crime carrying 4 to 15 years in prison, with no trial date announced.
- Their alleged deliveries to Payne were documented on multiple occasions in the days before his death, supported by security footage and witness testimony cited in the case file.
- Earlier dismissals for hotel managers and businessman Rogelio Nores were issued in February, and a June ruling by the Chamber of Criminal Cassation reopened judicial review of Nores’s exoneration.
- Fans marked the anniversary with memorials outside the CasaSur Palermo hotel, as tributes from girlfriend Kate Cassidy and Anne Twist, mother of Harry Styles, underscored the ongoing public remembrance.