There is a huge update on Liam Payne’s case! Nearly one month after he jumped from the fourth-story balcony of his room at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires while on multiple drugs, arrests have been made.
According to a press release from Argentina’s National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office and obtained by People on Thursday, three people were arrested and charged with abandonment of a person followed by death as well as the supply and facilitation of narcotics.
Whoa. The names of the three individuals have yet to be revealed. Related: AJ McLean Sent A Concerned Text To Liam Payne The Day Before His Death Per the press release, following Liam’s death, “illicit conduct was discovered from which three people were charged with the crimes.” One of the suspects “is the person who accompanied the artist on a daily basis during his stay in the city of Buenos Aires.” Another is a hotel employee accused of supplying Liam with cocaine, while the third is an alleged “drug supplier.” The release noted that “self-harm of any kind and/or physical intervention by third parties were ruled out” as contributing factors to Liam’s death.
As we know, he had several drugs in his system when he jumped from the balcony. But per the release, in the moment before and at least 72 hours before his death, Liam had “polydrug use of alcohol, cocaine and a prescription antidepressant in his body.” No other details were reported from People at this time.
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