3 People Charged in Liam Payne's Death Including Hotel Worker: Prosecutor

Mar. 15, 2025

Three people have been arrested and charged in Argentina in connection withLiam Payne’s Oct. 16 death, authorities announced.

TheOne Directionstardied after falling from a third-floor hotel balconyin Buenos Aires.

According to the release, “Payne was not fully conscious or was experiencing a state of noticeable decrease or loss of consciousness at the time of the fall.”

After Payne fell from the balcony and died, “illicit conduct was discovered from which three people were charged with the crimes,” the release said.

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One of the suspects “is the person who accompanied the artist on a daily basis during his stay in the city of Buenos Aires.” A second suspect is a hotel employee accused of supplying Payne with cocaine, and a third is an alleged “drug supplier.”

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Liam Payne in London in 2018.Ian West/PA Images via Getty

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According to the release, prosecutors have attempted to “reconstruct the days in which Payne was staying at the CasaSur hotel on Costa Rica Street” in Buenos Aires between Oct. 13 and 16.

The Nov. 7 release from authorities in Argentina states that in the moments before his death and in the period of at least his last 72 hours, Payne had traces of “polydrug use of alcohol, cocaine and a prescription antidepressant in his body.”

This is a developing story.

source: people.com