Argentinian prosecutors have filed charges against three men for allegedly providing narcotics to pop singer Liam Payne, who fell from his third-floor hotel balcony in a drug-induced frenzy last month.
According to the National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office No. 14, all three suspects are being sought for arrest and questioning in connection with criminal cases including “abandonment of a person after death” and “supply and facilitation of narcotics”.
The first man accused was with the troubled former One Direction member “on a daily basis” while living in Buenos Aires. According to the Prosecutor’s Office,
The second defendant was an employee of the Casasur Palermo Hotel, who allegedly sold Payne cocaine during his stay.
The third person, described only as “a drug supplier”, is said to have also provided drugs to the crook on two separate occasions on October 14 – two days before his fatal jump,
The office said it analyzed more than 800 hours of video footage from security cameras in and around the hotel and obtained “dozens” of testimonies from “hotel employees, family members, friends, medical professionals, biochemists and psychiatrists.” Charges were filed after. Resulting in a 180-page judgment.
Before charges were announced, Argentine authorities conducted nine raids on homes in the Buenos Aires area, and conducted a “forensic extraction” of Payne’s cellphone, during which they analyzed his calls, chats, and social media posts for additional evidence. .
The office reiterated that the 31-year-old man was likely unconscious or nearly unconscious when he fell from the balcony on October 16, and that Died instantly from massive internal and external injuries,
Eyewitnesses also said Payne was behaving badly in the hours before his death – which included smashing his laptop and $20,000 offered to a mysterious womanHis hotel room was also vandalized, with photographs of the scene showing evidence of widespread drug use.
ABC News reported that the pop star died A poisonous mixture of drugs in his systemInvolved “Pink Cocaine” – aka “Tussie” – Reportedly the favorite drug of disgraced and jailed people Hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs,
However, the prosecutor’s office said he only had alcohol, cocaine and an unspecified prescription antidepressant in his system.
The office said, “In addition to the conclusive evidence obtained so far… the investigation must continue, as, among other processes, unlocking the victim’s personal netbook – which has been broken – and other devices seized in the investigation are still ongoing.” Is.” wrote.
Liam’s father Geoff Payne flew to Argentina two days after the singer’s death, but could not take his body back to his native England. till 7th november,
