Former One Direction boy band member Liam Payne, died in Buenos Aires in October aged 31, had consumed cocaine, alcohol and antidepressants prior to his death, according to the Argentine prosecutor’s office. The former British star was found dead on October 16 after falling from the balcony of his hotel room. His death aroused a wave of emotion among his many fans all over the world.

“The results of toxicological studies – already communicated to his family – revealed that, in the moments preceding his death and for at least his last 72 hours, Payne had polyconsumption of alcohol, cocaine and antidepressants in his system.”Three people have been charged with selling drugs and abandoning a vulnerable person.

Without giving the names of the people involved, the public prosecutor’s office stated that the person who accompanied Liam Payne on a daily basis during his stay at Buenos Aires is charged with “abandonment of person followed by death”an offence punishable by 5 to 15 years’ imprisonment, and the supply of narcotics.

Self-mutilation excluded

A hotel employee “must answer for twice supplying Liam Payne with cocaine during his stay”and a third person is “charged with twice supplying narcotics at two different times on October 14.”.

The public prosecutor’s office also confirmed the initial autopsy findings, which suggested that the injuries on the victim’s body were consistent with those of a fall, and that self-mutilation or “self-inflicted injuries” were the most likely cause. “physical intervention by third parties”. were excluded. The autopsy revealed that on Payne’s hands “no wounds of the ”defensive” type were found, that all the wounds were vital and produced simultaneously with each other.”.

In other words, because of these injuries and the position of the body on the ground, the autopsy estimated that “Payne did not adopt a reflex posture to protect himself (in the fall) and that he may have fallen in a state of semi-consciousness or total unconsciousness.”. This theory was confirmed by the public prosecutor’s office on Thursday: “Payne was not fully conscious or was going through a state of notable diminution or abolition of consciousness at the time of the fall.”.

The pop star had spoken publicly about her drug addiction and his difficulty in coping with fame from an early age. Liam Payne was catapulted to fame in 2010 with One Direction, a product of the TV show “The X Factor”. The group became one of the world’s most lucrative boy bands, before a hiatus in 2016, never made official as a split.