Five charged, including manager, in death of singer Liam Payne
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One Direction singer had alcohol and cocaine in his system at the time of his death, an autopsy finds.
An Argentinian judge has allowed charges to proceed against the manager of former One Direction singer Liam Payne and employees of the hotel where he was staying when he died.
The judge argued that the manager and hotel staff had failed Payne in the moments before his death, according to a statement from the prosecutor’s office published on Monday.
Payne, who was British, fell to his death from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires in October. He was 31 years old.
Payne’s manager as well as the manager of the hotel and its head of reception are charged with manslaughter in relation to the former pop superstar’s death. They face up to five years in prison if convicted.
A hotel employee and a local waiter are accused of plying Payne with cocaine during his stay and face up to 15 years in prison. The judge in her decision on Friday ordered them jailed before their trial.
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