Argentinian Officials Charge 3 in British Musician Liam Payne’s Death

Three individuals, including a close associate and a hotel employee, have been charged in connection with the singer’s fall from a balcony in Buenos Aires.

Former One Direction singer Liam Payne is surrounded by flowers and candles as fans gather outside the hotel where he was found dead after falling from a balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Oct. 17, 2024. Natacha Pisarenko/AP

Three people have been arrested and charged in Argentina in the death of British musician Liam Payne, who fell from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires on Oct. 16, according to a statement from the National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office No. 14.

Prosecutor Andrés Esteban Madrea announced on Nov. 7 that the three are accused of “abandonment of a person followed by death” and the “supply and facilitation of narcotics.”