3 people arrested and charged in connection with Liam Payne's death, Argentine authorities say
Three people were charged in relation with the death of singer Liam Payne, Argentina's public prosecutor said Thursday.
Three people were charged in relation with the death of singer Liam Payne, Argentina's public prosecutor said Thursday.
The prosecutor's statement said that during the investigation, "illicit conduct was discovered from which three people were charged with the crimes of abandonment of a person followed by death, supply and facilitation of narcotics."
Payne, a former member of One Direction, fell from the balcony of a Buenos Aires hotel on Oct. 16.
Someone who was with Payne daily while he was in Buenos Aires is charged with abandoning a person following death, prosecutor Andrés Madrea's statement said.
Forensic workers remove Liam Payne's body from the hotel where he died in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Oct. 16. Luis Robayo / AFP - Getty ImagesA hotel employee is accused of supplying Payne with cocaine twice while he stayed at the hotel, the statement said, and a third person is accused of supplying drugs to him twice during his stay on Oct. 14.
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