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Two months after Liam Payne’s death, an Argentine judge on Monday confirmed charges against five people in connection with the British singer’s death, according to The Associated Press.
A judicial official confirmed that two of the people were ordered detained for having supplied drugs to the One Direction singer.
Payne died on October 16 as a “result of the fall he suffered from the balcony of his third-floor hotel room in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Palermo where he was staying,” according to the National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office No. 16, temporarily in charge of Marcelo Roma. He was 31 years old.
Argentine officials confirmed that five people have been arrested in connection with the death of Liam Payne in October. (Mike Marshall)
Authorities confirmed that Payne died after 5 p.m. at the Casa Sur hotel in the Palermo neighborhood, located on Costa Rica Street. An employee called the emergency line to ask for help for a guest who was “under the influence of drugs and alcohol and had destroyed some objects in the room.”
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An official confirmed that one of the people remanded was a hotel employee, while the other was a waiter Payne met at a restaurant. Both suspects reportedly face drug supply charges and will have to appear before a judge, the outlet reported.
Three additional people were charged with involuntary manslaughter, including two hotel managers and a businessman who was with Payne in Argentina. Prosecutors filed charges in November.
A preliminary autopsy showed that Payne died as a “result of the fall he suffered from the balcony of his third-floor bedroom.” (Getty Images)
The National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office of Argentina announced in a press release last month that “several dozen testimonies were received at the headquarters of the Public Ministry, including from hotel staff, family and friends, medical professionals, biochemists and psychiatrists.”
In addition, more than 800 hours of video from various hotel security cameras and others on public roads were reviewed, as well as the content of Payne’s cell phone, including calls, messages and chats on messaging applications and social networks.
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According to the statement, the prosecution “analyzed testimonies, video recordings, messages, documents, invoices, social networks and communications, among other elements.” It was “conclusively proven” that at least four third-party narcotics supplies were directed to Payne during his stay at the Casa Sur hotel between October 13 and 16.
Payne dated singer Cheryl Cole for almost two years. The former couple has a son, Bear. (Getty Images)
The Associated Press reported that initial toxicology results showed that the 31-year-old man died with cocaine in his system. Prosecutors ruled out the possibility that Payne committed suicide.
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Final toxicology results are still pending and are not expected to be made public for weeks, but the preliminary report “suggests evidence of cocaine exposure,” an official told the outlet before stressing that the initial results were not an accurate reading. of the amount circulating in his blood when he died.
In addition, the official spoke to the media on condition of anonymity. A preliminary autopsy report released in October revealed that the one direction singer He died from “multiple trauma” and “internal and external bleeding.”
Payne had a son, Bear, 7, with his ex-girlfriend. Cheryl Cole.
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