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<div><br/></div><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">One Direction star Liam Payne consumed cocaine, alcohol and a prescription antidepressant before falling to his death from a Buenos Aires hotel balcony last month, Argentine prosecutors said Thursday.</p><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The prosecutor&#x27;s office added that three people were charged with supplying him with drugs and one of them was also charged with abandoning a person in a vulnerable state.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/10/16/one-direction-s-liam-payne-falls-to-death-at-argentina-hotel-601">One Direction&#x27;s Liam Payne falls to death at Argentina hotel</a></div><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">&quot;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,&quot; the prosecutors said.</p><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Payne was found dead on October 16 after plunging from the balcony of his third-floor room at the CasaSur Hotel in the Argentine capital.</p><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">An autopsy found he died after sustaining &quot;multiple traumas&quot; and &quot;internal and external hemorrhaging&quot; from the fall.</p><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">One of the highest-grossing live acts in the world in the 2010s, One Direction went on indefinite hiatus in 2016.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/10/17/one-direction-members-devastated-by-liam-payne-s-death-539">One Direction members &#x27;devastated&#x27; by Liam Payne&#x27;s death</a></div><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Payne went on to enjoy a degree of solo success but his career had languished recently.</p><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">His death at age 31 prompted a global outpouring of grief and condolences from family, former bandmates, fans and others.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>THREE CHARGED WITH DRUGS SUPPLY </strong></div><div><br/></div><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Prosecutors said one of the three people charged in the case had accompanied him on a daily basis during his stay in Buenos Aires and was charged with abandoning a person who later died as well as supplying him with narcotics.</p><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The second suspect is a hotel employee accused of twice supplying Payne with cocaine while he was staying at the CasaSur. A third person is also accused of supplying him with the drug on October 14, two days before his death.</p><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The prosecution ruled out self-harm and the &quot;physical intervention of third parties&quot; as the cause of Payne&#x27;s death, saying that the injuries he sustained were compatible with those caused by a fall.</p><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">&quot;Payne was either not fully conscious or was in a state of markedly diminished or absent consciousness at the time of the fall,&quot; the report said.</p><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">He was found dead after hotel staff called emergency services to report &quot;a guest who is overwhelmed by drugs and alcohol, and destroying his room.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/10/17/a-look-back-at-liam-payne-s-career-after-death-859">A look back at Liam Payne&#x27;s career after death</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>BODY FLOWN HOME</strong></div><div><br/></div><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The toxicological report was published a day after the singer&#x27;s father Geoff Payne <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/11/6/body-of-one-direction-star-flown-home-to-britain-648">repatriated his body to Britain</a> aboard a flight from Buenos Aires to London.</p><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Payne&#x27;s death has prompted a debate about whether the music industry has a duty of care for the mental health of stars who find fame at a young age.</p><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The singer from Wolverhampton in central England had spoken publicly about struggles with substance abuse and the pressures of teenage stardom.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/10/21/for-filipino-fans-liam-paynes-death-is-surreal-1823">For Filipino fans, Liam Payne&#x27;s death is &#x27;surreal&#x27;</a></div><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">He first auditioned for the hugely popular television talent show &quot;The X Factor&quot; at the age of 14 but was unsuccessful.</p><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Two years later he hit gold on the program, which teamed him up with Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik to form One Direction.</p><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Over the next six years, the group enjoyed global fame and legions of screaming fans, selling more than 70 million copies of their five albums. They went on four world tours and won nearly 200 awards.</p><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Payne is survived by a seven-year-old boy, Bear, with Girls Aloud star Cheryl Tweedy.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/10/19/pinoy-directioners-liam-payne-tribute-1441">IN PHOTOS: Pinoy Directioners pay tribute to Liam Payne</a></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><br/></div>

<p>One Direction star Liam Payne consumed cocaine, alcohol and a prescription antidepressant before falling to his death from a Buenos Aires hotel balcony last month, Argentine prosecutors said Thursday.</p>

One Direction star Liam Payne consumed cocaine, alcohol and a prescription antidepressant before falling to his death from a Buenos Aires hotel balcony last month, Argentine prosecutors said Thursday.

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One Direction star Liam Payne took cocaine, alcohol, antidepressant before death

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