An image of former One Course singer Liam Payne adorns a memorial outdoors the resort the place he was discovered lifeless after falling from a balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024.
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BUENOS AIRES — Three folks have been charged in reference to the loss of life of Liam Payne, a former member of musical group One Course who died after falling from the balcony of his hotel room in Buenos Aires final month, Argentine prosecutors mentioned Thursday.
Prosecutor Andrés Madrea charged the three suspects, whose identities weren’t revealed, with the crimes of “abandonment of an individual adopted by loss of life” and “supplying and facilitating the usage of narcotics,” the prosecutor’s workplace mentioned. Madrea additionally requested their arrest to guage Laura Bruniard, who dominated the three can’t go away the nation.
Payne fell from his room’s balcony on the third ground of his resort within the upscale neighborhood of Palermo, within the Argentine capital. His post-mortem mentioned he died from a number of accidents and exterior bleeding.
Prosecutors additionally mentioned that Payne’s toxicological exams confirmed that his physique had “traces of alcohol, cocaine and a prescribed antidepressant” within the moments earlier than his loss of life.
Investigators mentioned hours after Payne’s loss of life that he was by himself when he fell. However the prosecutors’ workplace mentioned Thursday that one of many folks charged was usually with the singer throughout his time in Buenos Aires. The second is a resort staffer who allegedly gave Payne cocaine throughout his keep between Oct. 13 and 16. And the third is a drug vendor.
The costs in Payne’s case bear some resemblance to the U.S. circumstances stemming from the loss of life of “Mates” star Matthew Perry a yr in the past. The actor’s private assistant and a longtime good friend are amongst these charged with serving to provide him with ketamine within the closing months of his life, main as much as his overdose on the anesthetic.
Three younger males have been equally charged within the opioid-overdose loss of life of rapper Mac Miller in 2018.
Native authorities gathered, amongst different items of proof, Payne’s mobile phone information, materials for forensics and testimonies. They’re but to unlock the singer’s private laptop – which is broken – and different gadgets that have been seized.
Payne’s post-mortem confirmed his accidents have been neither attributable to self-harm nor by bodily intervention of others. The doc additionally mentioned that he didn’t have the reflex of defending himself within the fall, which suggests he might need been unconscious.
Prosecutors in Argentina additionally dominated out the probabilities of Payne committing suicide.
One Course was among the many most profitable boy bands of latest instances. It introduced an indefinite hiatus in 2016 and Payne — like his former bandmates Zayn Malik, Harry Types, Niall Horan, and Louis Tomlinson — pursued a solo profession.
The singer had posted on his Snapchat account that he traveled to Argentina to attend Horan’s live performance in Buenos Aires on Oct. 2. He shared movies of himself dancing along with his girlfriend, American influencer Kate Cassidy, and singing alongside within the stands. Cassidy had left Argentina after the present, however Payne stayed behind.
