3 charged in connection with the death of former One Direction member Liam Payne

Three people are facing charges in connection with this case the death of former One Direction member Liam Paynewho fell to his death last month from the balcony of a third-floor hotel room in Buenos Aires, This is reported by the Associated Press.

According to the newspaper, the suspects, who have not been formally identified, have been charged with “abandonment of a person followed by death” and “supplying and facilitating the use of narcotics.” They are prohibited from leaving Argentina.

Payne, who rose to international fame as a member of the beloved music group, died of multiple injuries and external bleeding, according to autopsy results, the report said.

Argentine prosecutors have ruled out that Payne committed suicide and believe he may have been unconscious at the time of the fall. They added that the results of the singer’s toxicology examination showed “traces of alcohol, cocaine and a prescription antidepressant” in his system before he died. , the report said.

Authorities believe Payne was alone during the fall, but prosecutors allege one of the suspects was often seen with the former boy band star during his visit to Buenos Aires, while another is a hotel employee who allegedly hooked Payne up with cocaine provided during his visit. stay. The third is an alleged drug dealer, the report said.

Payne, 31, was found dead in a courtyard of the CasaSur Palermo hotel. Witnesses told TMZ in the aftermath of the incident, Payne had fallen from his room just after 5pm on Wednesday, October 16.

Joining Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson as One Direction, the group launched after finishing third on the British version of the music competition show ‘X Factor’ in 2010.

The group achieved international fame through extensive touring and the release of five studio albums from 2011 to 2015, all of which reached number one or two in the US and UK and entered the Top 10 worldwide.

The band broke up in 2016 as the members pursued solo careers.