Three charged in connection with Liam Payne's tragic death

An investigation into Liam Payne's death in in Buenos Aires has resulted in three people being charged, officials confirmed. The One Direction star, 31, died following a fall from a hotel balcony on October 16.

The Argentinian public prosecutors probing his death confirmed three people had been arrested and charged with "abandonment of a person followed by death, supply and facilitation of narcotics".

According to the statement by the office of prosecutor Andres Esteban Madrea, one of the accused "accompanied the artist on a daily basis" during his stay in Argentina, The Sun reports. A hotel employee was also accused of supplying the singer with cocaine twice while he stayed at the hotel, the statement said.

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A third person had been accused of supplying drugs to the father-of-one twice during his stay on October 14, the statement said. As part of the investigation, the prosecutor's office had heard several dozen testimonies.

More than 800 hours of CCTV footage had also been analysed. Investigators also carried out a "forensic extraction" of Liam's phone, searching through his call logs, messages and social media accounts.

Liam's cause of death was determined as being due to head injuries he sustained during the fall, a post-mortem examination determined.

There have been claimed the star fainted while he was on his balcony. Paula Varela said: "There is footage that is not being released to the media with the balcony scene where you see that Liam faints and tragically because of where he is, falls from that balcony. If he had been beside his bed he would have fallen on his bed."