An Argentine judge has charged five people in connection with the death of Liam Payne, a former member of One Direction, who died after falling from a hotel balcony in October. Two individuals, an employee of the hotel and a waiter, are facing charges for allegedly supplying drugs to Payne and have been ordered to be placed under preventive prison. Three others, including a businessman who was with Payne in Argentina and two hotel managers, have been charged with manslaughter.
An Argentine judge has charged five people in connection with the death of Liam Payne, a former member of musical group One Direction, and ordered preventive prison for two of them for allegedly having supplied him with drugs.The Associated PressLiam Payne poses for photographers upon arrival at the British Fashion Awards in London in December 2022. An Argentine judge has charged five people in connection with his death.
A judicial officer confirmed Monday the judge's decision and said that one of the two people ordered to be put under preventive prison — a form of pre-trial detention — was an employee of the hotel in Buenos Aires where Payne was staying when he died, after falling from the balcony of his room in October.
The officer said the other person was a waiter Payne met in a restaurant. The officer, who requested not to be identified as a condition to talk about the ruling, said that both face charges for allegedly supplying drugs and need to present themselves before the judge. The judge also charged three other people with manslaughter, including a businessman who was with Payne in Argentina and two managers of the hotel. The official said that they were not ordered to be held under preventive prison.
Payne fell from his room's balcony on the third floor of the hotel in the upscale neighborhood of Palermo, in the Argentine capital. His autopsy said he died from multiple injuries and external bleeding.Prosecutors also said that Payne's toxicological exams showed that his body had "traces of alcohol, cocaine and a prescribed antidepressant" in the moments before his death. His autopsy showed his injuries weren't caused by self-harm or by physical intervention from others.
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