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Argentinian prosecutors have revealed the results of toxicological analyzes following the death of ex-One Direction boy band member Liam Payne. The singer had used alcohol, cocaine and antidepressants. Three people were charged with supplying him with drugs.
The Argentine prosecutor's office revealed on Thursday November 7 that before his death on October 16, ex-member of the boy band One Direction Liam Payne had consumed alcohol, cocaine and antidepressants. In this case, three people have been charged. They are notably suspected of having supplied him with drugs.
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“The results of the toxicological studies – already communicated to his family – revealed that, in the moments preceding his death and for at least his last 72 hours, Payne presented in his body a polyconsumption of alcohol, cocaine and antidepressants” , indicates the prosecution in a press release.
“A state of semi-unconsciousness or total unconsciousness”
The singer died at the age of 31 from “multiple trauma” and “internal and external bleeding” after falling from the balcony of his hotel room in Buenos Aires where he had been staying for a few days.
The prosecution also confirmed the first results of the autopsy suggesting that the injuries on the victim's body were compatible with those of a fall and that self-mutilation or “physical intervention by third parties” were excluded.
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Based on his 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 into a semi-destructive state. -unconsciousness or total unconsciousness”.
A thesis validated Thursday by the prosecution: “Payne was not fully conscious or was going through a state of notable reduction or abolition of consciousness at the time of the fall.”
Three indictments
The investigation opened into the causes of death – with the examination of mobile phones, computers and videos from security cameras, searches of the hotel room and “numerous witness statements in order to reconstruct the last hours of the victim and the course of events” – led to the indictment of three people for selling drugs and abandoning a vulnerable person, announced the prosecution.
The death of Liam Payne has sparked a wave of tributes across the world. His father, Goeff Payne, returned his body to England on Wednesday.
Last year the singer announced that he was working on a second album and had just released a new single in March 2024. He was the father of a child now aged 7.
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