Three people have been charged in connection with former One Direction singer Liam Payne's death.
The 31-year-old music icon died three weeks ago after falling from the third-floor balcony of a hotel in Buenos Aires.
According to the National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor's Office, one person who accompanied the star has been charged with the abandonment of a person followed by death and the supply and facilitation of drugs.
A hotel worker and another person have also been charged with supplying drugs. None of those arrested have been named.
Police find substances in Liam Payne's room amid investigation into singer's death
After investigating the singer's death for a number of days, Argentine police discovered substances in his hotel room and destroyed furniture.
Previously, it was reported that hotel employees had made numerous calls to emergency services, claiming to have a guest who had taken "too many drugs and alcohol", and was "trashing the entire room".
On Thursday, toxicology tests revealed traces of alcohol, cocaine and a prescription antidepressant in his body.
A post-mortem examination also determined that his cause of death was "multiple trauma" and "internal and external haemorrhage" after falling from the balcony.
The prosecutors added that analysis also reveals that Liam Payne had fallen into a state of semi or total unconsciousness.
So many memories ❤️ Thanks for celebrating with us! Directioners forever #10YearsOf1D pic.twitter.com/mW0atB9cOG
— One Direction (@onedirection) July 29, 2020
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They say this rules out any possibility of a conscious or voluntary act by Payne, concluding the One Direction singer did not know what he was doing.
Several raids have been carried out in Buenos Aires and police have continued to investigate Payne's broken laptop.
More than 800 hours of security camera footage have also been examined by police with these videos covering the hotel and public roads.
This comes after the singer's body was released to his family on Wednesday and flown back to the UK.
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