One Direction star Liam Payne consumed cocaine, alcohol and a prescription antidepressant earlier than falling to his loss of life from a Buenos Aires lodge balcony final month, Argentine prosecutors stated Thursday.
The prosecutor’s workplace added that three folks have been charged with supplying him with medication and considered one of them was additionally charged with abandoning an individual in a weak state.
“The results of the toxicological studies, which have been communicated to his family, revealed that, in the moments prior to his death and over a period covering at least his last 72 hours, Payne had traces of polydrug use of alcohol, cocaine and a prescription antidepressant in his body,” the prosecutors stated.
Payne was discovered lifeless on October 16 after plunging from the balcony of his third-floor room on the CasaSur Hotel within the Argentine capital.
An post-mortem discovered he died after sustaining “multiple traumas” and “internal and external hemorrhaging” from the autumn.
One of the highest-grossing reside acts on the earth within the 2010s, One Direction went on indefinite hiatus in 2016.
Payne went on to take pleasure in a level of solo success however his profession had languished not too long ago.
His loss of life at age 31 prompted a worldwide outpouring of grief and condolences from household, former bandmates, followers and others.
Prosecutors stated one of many three folks charged within the case had accompanied him every day throughout his keep in Buenos Aires and was charged with abandoning an individual who later died in addition to supplying him with narcotics.
The second suspect is a lodge worker accused of twice supplying Payne with cocaine whereas he was staying on the CasaSur. A 3rd individual can be accused of supplying him with the drug on October 14, two days earlier than his loss of life.
The prosecution dominated out self-harm and the “physical intervention of third parties” as the reason for Payne’s loss of life, saying that the accidents he sustained have been appropriate with these attributable to a fall.
“Payne was either not fully conscious or was in a state of markedly diminished or absent consciousness at the time of the fall,” the report stated.
He was discovered lifeless after lodge employees known as emergency companies to report “a guest who is overwhelmed by drugs and alcohol, and destroying his room.”
The toxicological report was revealed a day after the singer’s father Geoff Payne repatriated his physique to Britain aboard a flight from Buenos Aires to London.
Payne’s loss of life has prompted a debate about whether or not the music business has an obligation of look after the psychological well being of stars who discover fame at a younger age.
The singer from Wolverhampton in central England had spoken publicly about struggles with substance abuse and the pressures of teenage stardom.
He first auditioned for the vastly widespread tv expertise present “The X Factor” on the age of 14 however was unsuccessful.
Two years later he hit gold on this system, which teamed him up with Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik to kind One Direction.
Over the following six years, the group loved world fame and legions of screaming followers, promoting greater than 70 million copies of their 5 albums. They went on 4 world excursions and received almost 200 awards.
Payne is survived by a seven-year-old boy, Bear, with Girls Aloud star Cheryl Tweedy.
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