Liam Payne: Argentinian officials charge three with manslaughter
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Two others charged with drug supply in connection with One Direction singer’s fall from Buenos Aires hotel balcony. Three people have been charged with manslaughter, and two others with drug supply, in connection with the death of Liam Payne, who was allegedly seen being “dragged to his room” while unconscious moments before he fell from his balcony in Argentina earlier this year.
The 31-year-old former One Direction singer fell from the third floor of the Casa Sur hotel in Buenos Aires on 16 October. Argentina’s public prosecutions ministry confirmed on Monday that three people had been charged with manslaughter, specifically the charge of negligent homicide.
These were Payne’s friend, Roger Nores, the manager of the hotel where he was staying, Gilda Martín, and the head of reception, Esteban Grassi. Braian Paiz, a waiter at a restaurant in Puerto Madero, an affluent area of Buenos Aires, and Ezequiel Pereyra, an employee of the Casa Sur, were charged with supplying narcotics and detained.
Nores, described as Payne’s friend and representative during his stay in Argentina, was accused of “abandoning [Payne] to his fate, knowing that he was incapable of caring for himself” and “having full knowledge of the state of intoxication, vulnerability and helplessness in which he found himself”.
