{"id":247808,"date":"2024-11-08T08:08:54","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T08:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/08\/three-charged-in-connection-with-liam-paynes-death\/"},"modified":"2024-11-08T08:08:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T08:08:54","slug":"three-charged-in-connection-with-liam-paynes-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/08\/three-charged-in-connection-with-liam-paynes-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Three charged in connection with Liam Payne&#8217;s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"article-text\">\n                       \n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three people have been charged in connection with the death of One Direction star Liam Payne, Argentinian authorities have said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The singer died on 16 October after falling from the third-floor balcony of a hotel in Buenos Aires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One person who accompanied the artist has been charged with the abandonment of a person followed by death and the supply and facilitation of drugs, according to the National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A hotel employee and a third person have also been charged with supplying drugs. None of those arrested have been named.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Payne, 31, a father-of-one, was one of the most recognisable names in pop after appearing on The X Factor and rising to fame with the boyband One Direction in the 2010s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Argentinian authorities have been investigating Payne&#8217;s\u00a0final days at the CasaSur hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the singer&#8217;s death, police found substances in his hotel room, and destroyed objects and furniture. 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