Liam Payne: Three charged in connection with death of One Direction star, prosecutor’s office says | Ents & Arts News
Three people have been charged in connection with the death of One Direction star Liam Payne in Argentina, the public prosecutor’s office in the country has said. The 31-year-old pop star died after he fell from a third-floor balcony at the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires on 16 October. The prosecutor ordered the arrest of the three and charged one with “abandonment of a person followed by death” and supplying drugs. The suspect “accompanied the artist on a daily basis” during his stay in the Argentinian capital, according to a statement from the office of prosecutor Andres Esteban Madrea. A hotel employee and a third person were charged with supplying drugs. Prosecutors rule out ‘self-harm’ The prosecutor’s office also said there was nothing to indicate any third-party involvement in his death and ruled out “self-harm”. The statement said Payne did not adopt a reflex posture to protect himself from the fall, meaning it can be inferred he may have fallen “in a state of semi or total unconsciousness”. “Liam Payne was not fully conscious …
