Three People Charged in Liam Payne's Death

The former One Direction member died last month after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina

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BY Calum SlingerlandPublished Nov 8, 2024

Three people have been arrested and charged in Argentina in relation to the October death of Liam Payne.

A press release published today by Argentina's National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor's Office announced formal charges against three unnamed suspects connected to the former One Direction member's October 16 passing.

First accused is a person "who accompanied the artist on a daily basis during his stay" in Buenos Aires, who has been charged "with the crimes of abandonment of a person followed by death.

The second accused is a hotel employee who "must answer for two proven supplies of cocaine to Liam Payne during the period he was at the hotel," while the third accused allegedly provided Payne with "two other clearly proven supplies during two different times on October 14."

Payne died after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires on October 16. He was 31.

A preliminary autopsy revealed that the singer suffered multiple traumas from the fall, as well as internal and external bleeding, while further toxicology reports revealed that Payne had multiple substances in his system at the time of his death.

A recording of the 911 call obtained by the Associated Press features the hotel manager telling emergency services about "a guest who is overwhelmed with drugs and alcohol ... He's destroying the entire room and, well, we need you to send someone, please."

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