Liam Payne did not commit suicide, Argentinian officials say

The latter medicine was not mentioned the official autopsy report released this week by prosecutor Andrés Madrea. Instead, the report revealed “traces of alcohol, cocaine and a prescription antidepressant.” His death, Madrea said, was the result of “multiple trauma” and “internal and external bleeding” as a result of the three-story fall.

Madrea said officials do not believe Payne’s death was intentional. Since the singer “did not adopt a reflex position,” as one instinctively does, even during a deliberate jump, “it can be inferred that he may have fallen into a state of semi- or total unconsciousness.”

“Three additional medico-legal reports confirmed that all injuries were consistent with a high fall, ruling out self-harm or third-party involvement,” Madrea’s statement said. “In light of this, forensic psychiatry experts were consulted to determine whether Payne may have been in an impaired or unconscious state at the time of the fall, which the prosecutor argues denies the possibility of voluntary action on his part.”

Following an investigation that included the analysis of more than 800 hours of security video from cameras in and near the hotel, an inspection of the contents of Payne’s cell phone, and interviews with “several dozen” people, including hotel staff and Payne’s friends and family, three people were arrested and charged with “the crimes of abandonment followed by death” and “supplying and facilitating narcotics,” Madrea said.

Those suspects were not named, but Madrea said one was a hotel employee who obtained cocaine for Payne twice, a second is someone who supplied Payne with drugs twice on Oct. 14, and a third is someone who was with Payne “on a daily basis” . during his visit to Buenos Aires.

Rogelio “Roger” Nores, the founder of an investment company reportedly grew close to Payne after meeting him at a party in 2020, said so through a statement he was traveling with Payne at the time of his death, that last person is not him. “I never let Liam down,” the Argentinian millionaire told the Daily mail. “I went to his hotel three times that day and left 40 minutes before this happened. There were more than 15 people in the hotel lobby talking and joking with him when I left. I could never have imagined something like this would happen.”

“I gave my statement to the prosecutor as a witness on October 17 and I have not spoken to any police officer or prosecutor since then,” he said. “I wasn’t Liam’s manager, he was just my dear friend.”

On Wednesday, Payne’s body was flown back to Britain where it was released to his family. reports the BBC. The sun reports that a date has been set for his funeral, but details of a plan for his memorial have yet to be publicly announced.