The news of the former One Direction member's death came as a shock to us all when it was announced on the evening of 16 October, 2024. Payne was in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at the time, where he was staying at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel, on the third floor. 

However, something went wrong that day, which saw the singer pass away after leaving his balcony and falling 46ft. Since then, many people have been spoken to in relation to his death, including staff at the hotel, friends of the singer, and more. Payne's girlfriend Kate Cassidy had left Argentina two days prior to his death (DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images) Among those were allegedly two adult workers, Aldana Serrano and Lucila Goitea, who have claimed to have been with the singer in the run up to his death. 

The pair made a number of claims when they were spoken to, and now, the documents have been viewed and reported on by the Mail on Sunday, which go on to allege they were called to the 31-year-old's room on the morning before he died and had consensual sex with him. 

One woman said: “During our time there, we had sex with him, which was consensual sex, only once, and he wore protection.” After spending around two hours in the room, the women asked to be paid around £3,700 for their services but it was at this point that the songwriter is said to have become angry after the international bank transfer supposedly failed. 

The women turned down the offer of Payne's £30,000 gold Rolex, which he is then said to have smashed before also turning his attention to the TV. One of the women said: “We told him we only wanted money so he took it and smashed it. He told us he didn’t care about the money. “And then he broke the TV, he punched it. He made us understand that he could smash everything because he knew he could pay for it.”

Payne had a son with Cheryl (Karwai Tang/WireImage) They would return to his room a while later to collect some things that they had left behind, at which point they claim that Payne apologised for 'giving them a bad time'. The documents suggest that they left the room around 4pm local time, with Payne's time of death recorded as 5.07pm. 

Payne's autopsy revealed that he had died from 'polytrauma' following the fall from his hotel balcony, while his toxicology report revealed that he also had cocaine in his system. 

The 'Familiar' singer was travelling with his girlfriend Kate Cassidy in Argentina, although she left two days before his death. He left behind his son Bear, who he shares with former X Factor judge and Girls Aloud member Cheryl. 

Earlier this year, court documents revealed the extent of the fortune that will be passed on to his son, with the 9-year-old likely to inherit an eye-watering sum of around £24.3 million, which automatically goes to him because Payne had no spouse or civil partner when he passed away.