Three people charged in connection with Liam Payne’s death in Argentina | Liam Payne

Three people have been charged in connection with the death of One Direction singer Liam Payne, Argentine prosecutors said Thursday, after the superstar fell from his hotel balcony last month.

Payne had traces of alcohol, cocaine and a prescription antidepressant in his system when he died, authorities said in a statement. The defendants include someone close to Payne, a hotel employee and a suspected drug dealer, prosecutors added.

The singer died on October 16 after falling from a third-floor balcony in Buenos Aires’ upscale tourist district of Palermo. According to the autopsy, Payne died from multiple injuries and internal and external bleeding caused by the fall. His body was found in the hotel courtyard.

Police later searched the Hotel Casa Sur and seized items including computer hard drives and footage from hotel cameras.

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