An image of former One Course singer Liam Payne adorns a memorial exterior 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 individuals 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 resort room in Buenos Aires final month, Argentine prosecutors stated Thursday.
Prosecutor Andrés Madrea charged the three suspects, whose identities weren’t revealed, with the crimes of “abandonment of a person followed by death” and “supplying and facilitating the use of narcotics,” the prosecutor’s workplace stated. Madrea additionally requested their arrest to evaluate Laura Bruniard, who dominated the three can not depart the nation.
Payne fell from his room’s balcony on the third flooring of his resort within the upscale neighborhood of Palermo, within the Argentine capital. His post-mortem stated he died from a number of accidents and exterior bleeding.
Prosecutors additionally stated that Payne’s toxicological exams confirmed that his physique had “traces of alcohol, cocaine and a prescribed antidepressant” in the moments before his death.
Investigators said hours after Payne’s death that he was by himself when he fell. But the prosecutors’ office said Thursday that one of the people charged was often with the singer during his time in Buenos Aires. The second is a hotel staffer who allegedly gave Payne cocaine during his stay between Oct. 13 and 16. And the third is a drug dealer.
The fees in Payne’s case bear some resemblance to the U.S. circumstances stemming from the loss of life of “Friends” star Matthew Perry a 12 months in the past. The actor’s private assistant and a longtime buddy are amongst these charged with serving to provide him with ketamine within the last months of his life, main as much as his overdose on the anesthetic.
Three younger males had 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 cellphone data, materials for forensics and testimonies. They’re but to unlock the singer’s private pc – which is broken – and different units that had been seized.
Payne’s post-mortem confirmed his accidents had been neither brought on by self-harm nor by bodily intervention of others. The doc additionally stated that he didn’t have the reflex of defending himself within the fall, which suggests he may 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 Kinds, 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.
