Public Prosecution Service rules out suicide in death of Liam Payne

Payne had been taking alcohol, cocaine and antidepressants when he fell from a third-floor balcony on Oct. 16 and died at the scene, according to authorities.

In a statement from the Argentine prosecutor’s office to British media, Payne “was not fully conscious or experienced a state of noticeable diminution or loss of consciousness at the time of the fall.” “For the prosecutor, this situation would also rule out the possibility of a conscious or voluntary act by the victim, because in the state he was in he did not know what he was doing and could not understand it,” it said.

It was previously revealed that three people have been charged for their involvement in the death of Liam Payne. The three, including a staff member at CasaSur Palermo, the hotel in question, were charged with supplying the artist with narcotics and then leaving him alone. “The results of the toxicological examination show that he had taken those drugs no later than 72 hours before his death.”

According to prosecutors, authorities went through 800 hours of recordings and dozens of interrogations to file charges against the three. Authorities also raided nine locations and took names, according to the newspaper The Nation seized nine cell phones, three computers, two hard drives and a quantity of marijuana.

Payne attended a concert by his former bandmate Niall Horan in Buenos Aires on October 2. His girlfriend Kate Cassidy accompanied him to the South American country at the end of September, but left on October 14, two days before his death. In early October, Payne was told that record company Universal Music was putting him aside after the disappointing sales of his solo album. The singer has struggled with health problems in recent years. For example, last year he had to cancel a planned tour in South America due to kidney problems. He previously admitted that he had spent months in rehab for alcohol addiction and mental problems. It is unclear whether the singer’s body has already been transferred to the United Kingdom.

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