Five men have been charged in connection with Liam Payne's death on a hotel balcony in Argentina, including one of the One Direction star's close friends, according to local reports. It is said to be included.
Her friend Roger Nores, 31, was among those charged with manslaughter over the weekend after Ms Payne's death in Buenos Aires in October. Local media Infobae reportedsaid, citing multiple sources.
Officials said Esteban Grassi, a receptionist at the Casasul Palermo Hotel, and Gilda Martín, the hotel's head of security, were also brought under the manslaughter rap.
Meanwhile, local waiter Brian Paiz and Casasul employee Ezequiel Pereira were charged with supplying drugs to the One Direction crooner on multiple occasions leading up to his death.
All five have now been summoned to appear in court, the report said.
Three people charged with manslaughter, including Argentine energy fund tycoon Nores, have been banned from leaving the country following the charges, the newspaper reported.
The charges come months after Ms Payne jumped to her death from the balcony of her hotel room in Casasul on October 16th.
A subsequent autopsy revealed that the singer had a toxic cocktail of drugs in her system at the time, including crack and so-called “pink cocaine,” a mixture of ketamine and other drugs.
Noles was with Payne every day during their two-week stay in Buenos Aires, but it was revealed that Payne had left the hotel several hours before Payne's death, and the investigation was initially on suspicion of abandoning his friend. was receiving.
“I never abandoned Liam. I went to his hotel three times that day and left 40 minutes before the incident occurred,” Noles said in a statement last month.
“When I was leaving, there were over 15 people in the hotel lobby chatting and joking with him. I never imagined something like this would happen.”
“I gave a statement to the prosecutor as a witness on October 17th, but I have not spoken to the police officer or the prosecutor since then,” Noles added at the time, adding that Payne “is very important to me. He was a great friend.
