Argentinian prosecutors charge three over death of singer Liam Payne

Toxicology tests amusement One Direction prima had cocaine, medicine drugs and intoxicant successful his system.

Three radical person been charged implicit the decease of One Direction vocalist Liam Payne’s death, according to the Argentine prosecutor’s office.

Payne had traces of alcohol, cocaine and a medicine antidepressant successful his strategy erstwhile helium died, authorities said successful a statement.

They person charged idiosyncratic adjacent to Payne, a edifice employee, and a suspected cause dealer, it was announced connected Thursday.

All 3 are accused of playing a relation successful giving Payne the drugs. The idiosyncratic who was visiting with Payne is besides charged with “abandonment of a idiosyncratic followed by death”, authorities said. They are not naming those who person been charged.

Fall from balcony

Payne, who had a child, died astatine the property of 31 aft falling from a third-floor balcony connected October 16 successful Buenos Aires. He died from aggregate injuries caused by the fall. His assemblage was recovered successful the hotel’s interior courtyard.

Payne was a subordinate of the fashionable lad set One Direction, formed successful 2010 aft its members, Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik, had auditioned arsenic solo acts for the tv amusement The X-Factor.

The set was created by the show’s judge, Simon Cowell and changeable to planetary fame. The radical had been connected hiatus since 2016 arsenic the set members pursued solo careers.

‘Breakdown’

Initial constabulary investigations showed Payne was unsocial successful his country and experiencing a “breakdown”.

Following his death, constabulary recovered substances successful his edifice room, specified arsenic packs of clonazepam, a cardinal tense strategy depressant, vigor supplements and different over-the-counter drugs strewn among his belongings.

Authorities besides recovered a whiskey bottle, lighter and mobile telephone from the interior courtyard wherever Payne’s assemblage was found.

In caller years, Payne had acknowledged struggling with alcoholism, saying successful a YouTube video posted successful July 2023 that helium had been sober for six months aft receiving treatment.

Payne’s decease sparked an outpouring of grief from his fans and chap set members.

The Casa Sur edifice successful Buenos Aires, wherever helium died, has go a spot for Payne’s fans to wage their respects. They person near flowers, candles and photos of the vocalist successful a makeshift shrine astir a histrion astatine the hotel’s entrance.

Payne had travelled to Argentina to spot erstwhile One Direction bandmate Niall Horan successful performance 2 weeks earlier helium died.

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