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A hotel employee was among three people charged in relation to One Direction singer Liam Payne's death in a fall from his Buenos Aires hotel balcony last month, Argentine authorities said on Thursday (Nov 7).

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00:00Three people have been charged in relation to former One Direction singer Liam Payne's
00:06death, Argentine authorities said on Thursday.
00:10The 31-year-old died in a fall from his Buenos Aires hotel balcony last month, shocking the
00:15world and leaving questions about how it happened.
00:18A 911 call from a hotel employee the day Payne died warned he was acting aggressively and
00:24could have been under the influence of drugs and alcohol.
00:28An autopsy revealed the former singer had traces of alcohol, cocaine and a prescription
00:33antidepressant in his system when he died.
00:36Those charged include a suspected drug dealer, a hotel employee and a person close to the
00:41singer, authorities said.
00:43All are accused of playing a role in giving Payne the drugs.
00:46None of those charged were named but will be notified and are prohibited from leaving
00:50the country.
00:52The hotel employee is accused of giving Payne cocaine at least twice during his stay.
00:58The alleged drug dealer is said to have provided it twice more, two days before Payne's death.
01:04Authorities said the person who was visiting with Payne is also charged with abandonment
01:08of a person followed by death.
01:10Prosecutors say the investigation will continue.
01:13Payne's body was handed over to his father last weekend and flown back to England.
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