Trigger warning: This article mentions drug addiction and the death of a person.
Liam Payne’s family and fans recently mourned the singer’s untimely passing in October. Argentine authorities detained three men three weeks after the incident and ruled out suicide. Payne was staying in a hotel in Buenos Aires when he fell from a third-floor balcony.
The official autopsy of September 30 was completed on October 16, and subsequent reports confirmed that the former One Direction member suffered multiple head and body injuries upon impact. The report said the injuries could not be caused by self-harm or assault.
According to the toxicology report, there were also some drugs present in his system, including a drug cocktail called ‘pink cocaine’. According to La Nación, Casa Sur hotel staff first told police that a drunk man was causing a disturbance, referring to the Strip That Down singer.
Three people, who have not yet been named, have been accused of causing Payne’s death by neglect, supplying substances and enabling the use. Authorities have barred the three from leaving the country and charged them with “abandonment of a person after his death, and facilitating the supply and use of narcotics.” However, none of them have been arrested yet.
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Of the three people charged, one is said to be a close associate of Liam, while another who worked at the hotel allegedly supplied him with the substances found in his system at the time of his death, And a drug dealer is one of these three. ,
According to the BBC, authorities are still investigating Payne’s broken laptop and other devices. The prosecutor’s office examined more than 800 hours of security camera footage from hotels and public streets, collecting dozens of testimonies. The Teardrops singer’s body was returned to the UK to his family on Wednesday.
In 2010, Liam Payne was paired with four other boys: Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik to form One Direction, which took the world by storm. Between 2010 and 2016, One Direction released five albums and sold over 70 million copies worldwide. In 2019, Liam joined the ranks of his fellow One Direction members who also pursued solo careers after the band’s split by releasing their solo debut album LP1.
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