Tragedy in Buenos Aires: Liam Payne dies after the balcony fall!

The British pop star Liam Payne, former member of the successful boy band One Direction, died on October 16, 2023 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. According to reports, the 31-year-old crashed from the balcony of a hotel room on the third floor while he had been at the hotel for three days.

forensic medicine assumes that Payne was woken out when trying to climb over the balcony railing. A autopsy carried out resulted in high amounts of alcohol and cocaine in his body, which leads to the assumption that it could no longer stand before the fall.

legal proceedings according to the incident

In the course of the investigation, five people were charged, including the operator and chief receptionist of the hotel, as well as a representative Paynes, who accompanied him in Argentina at the time. According to the public prosecutor, the two hotel employees, including a waiter, have been accused of having procured Payne cocaine. A 21-year-old former hotel employee faced the authorities after he was accused of providing Payne with drugs. This could receive up to 15 years in prison.

A judge ordered pre -trial detention for the two main suspects at the end of December. The representative Paynes could also receive 15 years in prison, in addition to the charges of neglecting a person with death and the delivery of narcotics. According to the judge, the representative violated his duty of care by leaving Payne alone in a dangerous condition.

Payne's death caused great grief at his fans worldwide. Many celebrities were present when his funeral took place in England. One Direction, which was founded in 2010 at "The X Factor", had great international successes from 2010 to 2016 before taking a longer break.