UPDATE, 11/7/24 at 4:09 PM ET: Hours after Payne’s friend was charged, prosecutors announced this three people had been charged with abandonment leading to death and the supply and facilitation of narcotics.

Nine searches were conducted and the accused was notified of the charges, according to the affidavit. Prosecutor Andres Esteban Madrea called for the deposition and arrest of the three people in a 180-page indictment filed by the judge Laura Graciela Bruniard.

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Liam PayneHis friend was charged after authorities conducted an investigation, according to the Argentine newspaper Clarinet.

After the investigation by the National Criminal and Correctional Office of Buenos Aires, an as yet unidentified friend of Payne’s was implicated as a possible supplier. The friend was not at home.

Payne died on October 16 at the age of 31, after falling from a balcony on the third floor of the CasaSur Palermo Hotel. His partial autopsy showed that had “pink cocaine” – who usually mixes methamphetamine, ketamine and MDMA – cocaine, benzodiazepine and crack in his system at the time of his death.

Earlier this week, news broke that Payne’s alleged friend and two hotel employees were being investigated after authorities completed a series of raids. Argentinian outlet Infobae reported that a raid was carried out at the Buenos Aires hotel and also at the homes of two of the hotel’s employees and an “alleged friend” of Payne’s.

Liam Payne’s ‘alleged friend’ and two hotel staff are being investigated following police raids

According to the publication, the unnamed person was identified through messages on Payne’s phone but was not present during the raid. Authorities searched the former One Direction band member’s device to see if they could discover who “supplied the drugs,” according to the publication.

Security camera footage shows one of the suspected hotel employees interacting with Payne. Apparently one of the two employees was fired.

The initial raid on the hotel was carried out on October 23, sources close to the investigation said We weekly at the time, authorities were investigating staff members who had worked in the days leading up to Payne’s death and on the day he died. Authorities were also seeking documents from the hotel’s logbooks and computers, as well as security camera footage.

Local sources said Us on Tuesday, November 5, that the hotel was raided a second time. While noting that there is the confidentiality of a judicial investigation, insiders explained: “Operations conducted by the City Police (and) requested by the prosecutor Andres Madrea (were) within the case which is under summary secrecy.”

Authorities are investigating who sold drugs to Liam Payne before his death: source

In videos from local news station Farandula Show, law enforcement officers were seen leaving the hotel wearing blue vests while carrying backpacks and shoulder bags. One had a cardboard box, as well as other items, which were taken to a police car outside the building.

Payne’s body was flown from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to London on Wednesday, November 6, a source said. Us. After his remains arrive in his native England, his loved ones will pay tribute during a funeral service.

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