By Almudena Calatrava | Related Press
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 mentioned 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 mentioned. Madrea additionally requested their arrest to guage Laura Bruniard, who dominated the three can’t 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 mentioned he died from a number of accidents and exterior bleeding.
Prosecutors additionally mentioned that Payne’s toxicological exams confirmed that his physique had “traces of alcohol, cocaine and a prescribed antidepressant” within the moments earlier than his loss of life.
Investigators mentioned hours after Payne’s loss of life that he was by himself when he fell. However the prosecutors’ workplace mentioned Thursday that one of many individuals charged was usually with the singer throughout his time in Buenos Aires. The second is a resort staffer who allegedly gave Payne cocaine throughout his keep between Oct. 13 and 16. And the third is a drug supplier.
The costs in Payne’s case bear some resemblance to the U.S. instances 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 good friend are amongst these charged with serving to provide him with ketamine within the ultimate 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 laptop – which is broken – and different units that had been seized.
Payne’s post-mortem confirmed his accidents had been neither attributable to self-harm nor by bodily intervention of others. The doc additionally mentioned 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 possibilities of Payne committing suicide.
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.
AP Leisure Author Andrew Dalton contributed from Los Angeles.
