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Liam Payne: who has been arrested/charged with former One Direction singer’s death?
The English singer died on October 16, 2024, after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Argentina.
At least three people have been arrested in Argentina for their alleged role in the death of Liam Payne. The former One Direction member passed away on October 16 after falling from the third floor of the Casa Sur Palermo hotel while on a trip in Argentina.
Arrests made over Liam Payne death
The first arrest is of a man who was reportedly with the singer “daily” during his stay in Argentina; the second is an employee of the Casa Sur hotel, and the third, a drug supplier.
According to the local prosecutor’s office, the first man, whose identity has not been disclosed, assumed the role of Payne’s “representative” in Argentina, though he was not actually authorized to do so. He is charged with abandonment of a person after death and supplying and facilitating narcotics. If found guilty, he could face a sentence of between five and 15 years in prison.
The hotel employee is accused of providing Payne with cocaine on two occasions, while the third detainee is allegedly the one who supplied the drug that Payne consumed before his death. Both face two charges of supplying narcotics, as reported by Rolling Stone. As yet, no one has been charged.
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According to La Nación, the arrests were made following a review of 800 hours of footage and “dozens of interviews.” Additionally, nine locations were raided, and several cell phones, computers, hard drives, and a jar of marijuana were seized.
Liam Payne’s body now in England
The arrest comes shortly after Payne’s body was transferred to England on a British Airways flight for funeral services. The transfer was authorized once the thanatological, forensic, and laboratory examinations were completed.
The autopsy revealed that Payne died instantly from the impact of the fall, which caused “multiple traumas and both internal and external haemorrhaging.”