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Liam Payne’s death ruled accidental, not suicide, as Argentinian officials charge three
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Liam Payne’s death ruled accidental, not suicide, as Argentinian officials charge three

Trigger Warning: This article contains mentions of drug addiction and the death of a person.

Liam Payne’s family and fans recently mourned the singer’s untimely death in October. Argentine authorities detained three people three weeks after the incident and ruled out the possibility of suicide. Payne was staying at a hotel in Buenos Aires when he fell from the third floor balcony.

An official autopsy on September 30 was completed on October 16, and subsequent reports confirmed that the ex Member of One Direction he suffered multiple head and body injuries on impact. Those injuries could not have resulted from self-harm or a fist fight, the report said.

Quite a few drugs were also present in his system, including a cocktail of drugs called “pink cocaine,” according to toxicology reports. According to La Nación, employees of the Casa Sur hotel earlier told police that a drunken man was causing a disturbance, referring to the Strip That Down singer.

Three people, who have not yet been named, have been charged with negligently causing Payne’s death, supplying substances and permitting use. Authorities have prevented the trio from leaving the country, accusing them of “abandoning a person, followed by death, supplying and facilitating the consumption of narcotics”. However, none of them have been arrested so far.

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Of the three people charged, one of them is said to be close to Liam, while another person who worked at the hotel supplied him with the substances found in his system at the time of his death, and a drug dealer is among the three. .

According to the BBC, authorities are still investigating Payne’s broken laptop and other devices. Prosecutors reviewed more than 800 hours of hotel and road security camera footage, along with gathering dozens of testimonies. The Teardrops singer’s body was flown back to the UK to his family on Wednesday.

In 2010, Liam Payne was placed in a group with four other boys: Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik, which formed 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 his fellow One Direction members, who pursued solo careers even after the band’s breakup, by releasing his debut solo album LP1.

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