Three people have been charged in Liam Payne's death

British singer-songwriter Liam Payne poses on the red carpet on arrival for the BRIT Awards 2019 in London February 20, 2019. (TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images, TNS, Photo provided)
British singer-songwriter Liam Payne poses on the red carpet on arrival for the BRIT Awards 2019 in London February 20, 2019. (TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images, TNS, Photo provided)

Argentine prosecutors have charged three people linked to the death of Liam Payne Nov. 8. Payne, a former member of One Direction who died Oct. 16, fell from the balcony of his hotel room in Buenos Aires. 

Prosecutor Andrés Madrea charged the three suspects, whose identities were not disclosed, with the crimes of “abandonment of a person followed by death” and “supplying and facilitating the use of narcotics,” the prosecutor’s office said. Judge Laura Bruniard, who ruled the three cannot leave the country.

Payne's autopsy said he died from multiple injuries and external bleeding. Prosecutors also said that Payne’s toxicological exams showed that his body had “traces of alcohol, cocaine and a prescribed antidepressant."

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