Argentine court drops charges against 3 people tied to death of One Direction’s Liam Payne
An Argentine court has dropped criminal negligence charges against three individuals initially indicted in connection with the death of Liam Payne, the former One Direction singer who died after falling from a Buenos Aires hotel balcony last October. The ruling, issued on Wednesday, specifically clears Rogelio Nores, an Argentine businessman who accompanied Payne, Gilda Martin, the hotel manager, and Esteban Grassi, the hotel's receptionist, of any wrongdoing in the incident.
The court's decision leaves two other defendants still facing prosecution for allegedly supplying Payne with narcotics. A toxicology report revealed that Payne had alcohol, cocaine, and antidepressants in his system at the time of his death. Prosecutors had argued that Nores failed in his duty of care by leaving an intoxicated Payne alone, but the court sided with the defense, which argued that Nores had no legal obligation to care for Payne and was not present at the hotel when the incident occurred.
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An Argentine court has dropped criminal negligence charges against three individuals initially indicted in connection with the death of Liam Payne, the former One Direction singer who died after falling from a Buenos Aires hotel balcony last October. The ruling, issued on Wednesday, specifically clears Rogelio Nores, an Argentine businessman who accompanied Payne, Gilda Martin, the hotel manager, and Esteban Grassi, the hotel's receptionist, of any wrongdoing in the incident.
The court's decision leaves two other defendants still facing prosecution for allegedly supplying Payne with narcotics. A toxicology report revealed that Payne had alcohol, cocaine, and antidepressants in his system at the time of his death. Prosecutors had argued that Nores failed in his duty of care by leaving an intoxicated Payne alone, but the court sided with the defense, which argued that Nores had no legal obligation to care for Payne and was not present at the hotel when the incident occurred.
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