{"id":170282,"date":"2024-11-07T21:02:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T21:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/07\/liam-payne-three-charged-in-connection-with-death-of-one-direction-star-prosecutors-office-says\/"},"modified":"2024-11-07T21:02:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T21:02:21","slug":"liam-payne-three-charged-in-connection-with-death-of-one-direction-star-prosecutors-office-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/07\/liam-payne-three-charged-in-connection-with-death-of-one-direction-star-prosecutors-office-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam Payne: Three charged in connection with death of One Direction star, prosecutor’s office says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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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.<\/p>\n

The 31-year-old pop star died after he fell from a third-floor balcony<\/a><\/strong> at the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires on 16 October.<\/p>\n

The three were arrested and charged with “abandonment of a person followed by death, supply and facilitation of narcotics,” said a statement by the office of prosecutor Andres Esteban Madrea.<\/p>\n

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The statement said “Liam Payne was not fully conscious or was experiencing a state of noticeable decrease or loss of consciousness at the time of the fall”.<\/p>\n

It said one of the accused “accompanied the artist on a daily basis” during his stay in the Argentinian capital, while another was a hotel employee.<\/p>\n

The prosecutor’s office said it had received several dozen testimonies, analysed more than 800 hours of video from security cameras and public roads, and conducted a “forensic extraction” of the contents of Payne’s phone, allowing for his calls, messages and social media networks to be analysed.<\/p>\n

It said the investigation revealed “at least four supplies of narcotics” had been discovered.<\/p>\n

The results of toxicology tests revealed in the moments before his death Payne had alcohol, cocaine and a prescription antidepressant in his body, it added.<\/p>\n

The statement said Payne “did not adopt a reflex posture to protect himself from the fall” so it can be inferred he may have fallen “in a state of semi or total unconsciousness”.<\/p>\n

It said that would “rule out the possibility of a conscious or voluntary act” as “in the state he was in, he did not know what he was doing nor could he understand it”.<\/p>\n

Argentine investigators found what appeared to be narcotics and alcohol strewn around broken objects and furniture in Payne<\/a><\/strong>‘s hotel room, leading the public prosecution to surmise he had suffered a substance abuse-induced breakdown around the time of his fall.<\/p>\n

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It comes after new music featuring vocals by Liam Payne had its release date postponed<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

US singer and songwriter Sam Pounds, who collaborated with Payne on Do No Wrong, previously said the track would be out on 1 November, but has since said its release had been postponed because “it’s not the time yet”.<\/p>\n

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