Charges filed in tragic death of Liam Payne in Argentina
The Argentine prosecutor has charged three people in connection with Liam Payne's death. The musician died in Buenos Aires on October 16 after falling from a hotel balcony.
11:47 AM EST, November 8, 2024
Three individuals have been charged in relation to Liam Payne's death, the Argentine prosecutor reported.
A close associate of the musician has been charged with "abandonment of a person leading to their death and supplying and facilitating the distribution of drugs." Additionally, a hotel employee and a drug dealer have been charged with supplying drugs.
According to the prosecutor, the autopsy report indicates that Payne may have been in a state of semi-consciousness or complete unconsciousness. The prosecutor asserts that this rules out the possibility of any deliberate or intentional action by Payne. It was determined that the musician did not know what he was doing at the time of the incident.
Liam Payne is dead. One Direction musician was 31 years old
The 31-year-old singer Liam Payne died in Buenos Aires after falling from a hotel balcony. Police found drugs in his room, including "crystal," a potent hallucinogen that causes unconsciousness and psychotic episodes.
Payne arrived in Argentina on September 30 with his girlfriend Kate and close friend Roger Nores.
Argentine media are reconstructing the chronology of events from the afternoon of October 16. At 5:01 PM, hotel manager Esteban Grassi called the emergency number to request help concerning a guest who "abuses alcohol and drugs" and "when conscious, destroys the entire room."
At 5:07 PM, the police patrol dispatched to the hotel reported that a man had fallen from the third floor. Emergency services called to the scene and subsequently pronounced him dead, according to an account from "La Nacion" newspaper.
At 6:10 PM, the capital's police officially announced that "British musician Liam James Payne, composer and guitarist, former member of One Direction, died after falling from the third floor of a hotel" in the Palermo district.
Source: BBC
