5 people charged in Liam Payne death; friend and hotel workers accused of negligent homicide
One Direction singer Liam Payne, incapacitated by "consumption of various substances," couldn't maintain his balance in a hotel lobby before he needlessly fell to his death, Argentine prosecutors said Monday.
One Direction singer Liam Payne, incapacitated by "consumption of various substances," couldn't maintain his balance in a hotel lobby before he needlessly fell to his death, Argentine prosecutors said Monday.
Five people — a friend of Payne's and four hotel employees — have been charged in connection with Payne's fatal fall at the Casa Sur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires on Oct. 16, officials said.
A judge approved charges against Payne's companion, the hotel's manager and its head of reception. All three were accused of "negligent homicide," according to prosecutors.
Those defendants showed "imprudence, negligence, lack of skill in their art or profession or failure to observe the regulations or duties in their charge [that caused] the death of another," the prosecution said.
Two other hotel employees were also charged with furnishing drugs to Payne.
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