Liam Payne was apparently trying to escape from his hotel room via the third floor balcony when he fell to his death in Argentina. Witness statements, surveillance footage, a 911 call and the police report support this theory, they say TMZ.

TMZ obtained surveillance footage from the lobby of the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, taken shortly before the singer’s death. In the clips – which were taken as Liam was reportedly causing a disturbance and behaving “erratically” in the main area of ​​the hotel – three hotel staff carried the late star back to his room.

According to Liam, who was 31 when he died on October 16, he fought with staff as they tried to force him back to his room TMZ. As Liam has openly said in the past, he doesn’t like being forced to spend time locked behind hotel room doors like he had to in his One Direction days. The footage showed an employee using a master key to unlock Liam’s door and get him back inside.

The website reported that Liam has escaped via balconies in the past, citing one particular incident that occurred in September when he allegedly used a garden hose to get out of a room in a rental home in Florida.

According to the emergency call from Argentina, staff were concerned about the situation on the balcony and told the operator: “I don’t know if his life could be in danger. “He’s in a room with a balcony and, well, we’re a little scared,” per TMZ. Regardless of the concerns, Liam was left in his room, sources said TMZ They believe the hotel is responsible for the disturbance in the lobby being more important than Liam’s safety.

When the “Strip That Down” singer’s body was found, he had a hat on his head, which he was not wearing in the lobby surveillance footage. He also had a bag slung over his shoulder that he had not previously worn, supporting the theory that he was trying to escape from the balcony with his belongings. The police report also revealed that another bag belonging to Liam was found on the second floor balcony, which contained a note that said “for Liam,” as well as pills and a bottle of Jack Daniel’s. It is believed he dropped the bag before attempting to lower himself to the second floor, where he could more easily jump to the ground TMZ.

The hotel responded with “No comment,” to which the website responded.

According to his autopsy report, Liam died “from ‘multiple trauma’ and ‘internal and external bleeding’ as a result of the fall the musician suffered.” He had alcohol and drugs in his system at the time of his death. “All injuries presented by Payne were consistent with those caused by a fall from a height and self-harm of any kind was ruled out,” the coroner said.

“A conscious or voluntary act” by Liam was ruled out because “in the condition he was experiencing, he neither knew what he was doing nor could understand it,” the report said.