Five men have now been charged in connection with Liam Payne’s death on the hotel balcony in Argentina, including one of the One Direction star’s close friends, according to a local report.
The 31-year-old man’s friend, Roger Nores, was among those charged with manslaughter over the weekend following Payne’s death in Buenos Aires in October. reported local media Infobaeciting multiple sources.
Esteban Grassi, receptionist at the Hotel CasaSur Palermo, and Gilda Martín, head of hotel security, were also hit with homicide blows, according to sources.
Meanwhile, local bartender Braian Paiz and CasaSur employee Ezequiel Pereyra have been charged with allegedly supplying drugs to the One Direction singer on multiple occasions before his death.
The five men have now been summoned to appear in court, according to the report.
The three accused of involuntary manslaughter, including Nores, an Argentine energy fund magnate, have been banned from leaving the country following the charges, the outlet reported.
The charges come months after Payne he jumped to his death from the balcony from his CasaSur hotel room on October 16.
His autopsy later determined that the singer had a toxic mixture of drugs in his system at the time. including crack and so-called “pink cocaine” – a mixture of ketamine and other drugs.
Nores, who was with Payne daily during his two-week stay in Buenos Aires, had initially been investigated on suspicion of abandoning his friend after it was learned that he left the hotel just hours before the singer’s death.
“I never left Liam, I went to his hotel three times that day and left 40 minutes before this happened,” Nores said in a statement last month.
“There were more than 15 people in the hotel lobby chatting and joking with him when I left. “I never would have imagined something like this would happen.”
“I gave my statement to the prosecutor on October 17 as a witness and I have not spoken to any police officers or prosecutors since,” Nores added at the time, noting that Payne was a “very dear friend.”
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