One Direction star Liam Payne consumed cocaine, alcohol and a prescription antidepressant earlier than falling to his death from a Buenos Aires lodge balcony final month, Argentine prosecutors mentioned.

The prosecutor’s workplace added that three folks had been charged with supplying him with medicine and one among them was additionally charged with abandoning an individual in a susceptible state.

Traces of alcohol, cocaine

“The results of the toxicological studies, which have been communicated to his family, revealed that, in the moments prior to his death and over a period covering at least his last 72 hours, Payne had traces of polydrug use of alcohol, cocaine and a prescription antidepressant in his body,” the prosecutors mentioned.

Payne was discovered useless on October 16 after plunging from the balcony of his third-floor room on the CasaSur Hotel within the Argentine capital.

An post-mortem discovered he died after sustaining “multiple traumas” and “internal and external hemorrhaging” from the autumn.

One of the highest-grossing stay acts on the earth within the 2010s, One Direction went on indefinite hiatus in 2016.

Payne went on to take pleasure in a level of solo success however his profession had languished lately.

His loss of life at age 31 prompted a world outpouring of grief and condolences from household, former bandmates, followers and others.

Three charged with medicine provide

Prosecutors mentioned one of many three people charged within the case had accompanied him each day throughout his keep in Buenos Aires and was charged with abandoning an individual who later died in addition to supplying him with narcotics.

The second suspect is a lodge worker accused of twice supplying Payne with cocaine whereas he was staying on the CasaSur. A 3rd particular person can also be accused of supplying him with the drug on October 14, two days earlier than his loss of life.

The prosecution dominated out self-harm and the “physical intervention of third parties” as the reason for Liam Payne’s loss of life, saying that the accidents he sustained had been suitable with these brought on by a fall.

“Payne was either not fully conscious or was in a state of markedly diminished or absent consciousness at the time of the fall,” the report mentioned.

He was discovered useless after lodge workers known as emergency providers to report “a guest who is overwhelmed by drugs and alcohol, and destroying his room.”

Body flown dwelling

The toxicological report was printed a day after the singer’s father Geoff Payne repatriated his physique to Britain aboard a flight from Buenos Aires to London.

Payne’s loss of life has prompted a debate about whether or not the music business has an obligation of take care of the psychological well being of stars who discover fame at a younger age.

The singer from Wolverhampton in central England had spoken publicly about struggles with substance abuse and the pressures of teenage stardom.

He first auditioned for the massively in style tv expertise present “The X Factor” on the age of 14 however was unsuccessful.

Two years later he hit gold on the programme, which teamed him up with Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik to kind One Direction.

Over the subsequent six years, the group loved world fame and legions of screaming followers, promoting greater than 70 million copies of their 5 albums. They went on 4 world excursions and gained practically 200 awards.

Payne is survived by his seven-year-old son, Bear, with Girls Aloud star Cheryl Tweedy.

By Garrin Lambley © Agence France-Presse