This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . The next check for changes will be
You can find the current article at its original source at https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gmz9vyg9do
The article has changed 7 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| Three charged in connection with Liam Payne's death | Three charged in connection with Liam Payne's death |
| (32 minutes later) | |
| Three people have been charged in connection with the death of One Direction star Liam Payne, Argentinian authorities have said. | |
| The singer died on 16 October after falling from a third-floor balcony of a hotel in Buenos Aires. | |
| Argentinian prosecutors said one person who accompanied the artist has been charged with the abandonment of a person followed by death and the supply and facilitation of drugs. | |
| A hotel employee and a third person have also been charged with supplying drugs. None of those arrested have been named. | |
| Payne, 31, was one of the most recognisable names in pop after appearing on The X Factor and rising to fame with the boyband One Direction in the 2010s. | |
| Argentinian authorities have been investigating Payne's finals days at the CasaSur hotel. | |
| The public prosecutor's office said toxicology tests revealed traces of alcohol, cocaine and a prescription antidepressant in his body. | |
| A post-mortem examination determined his cause of death as "multiple trauma" and "internal and external haemorrhage" as a result of the fall from the hotel balcony. | |
| In addition authorities have carried out nine raids at home in the Buenos Aires. | |
| They are also continuing to investigate Payne's broken laptop and other devices seized. |