Liam Payne’s Death: Charges Are Dropped Against His Friend and Two Others

Music|Charges Dropped Against 3 in Death of Liam Payne: What We Know

Argentine authorities have dropped charges against three people in connection with the death of Liam Payne, the former One Direction singer who fell from a third-floor balcony at a hotel in Buenos Aires in October.

The three people, a friend of Payne’s and two employees at the hotel where he died, had been accused of negligence in the singer’s death.

But two other men are still facing prosecution on charges that they supplied Mr. Payne with drugs.

A toxicology report said that Payne, 31, had cocaine, alcohol and a prescription antidepressant in his system when he died on Oct. 16, according to a statement from the local prosecutor’s office. The statement suggested that his death was not a suicide because of the determination that Payne fell in a state of unconsciousness.

Here is what we know about the circumstances of Payne’s death and the ensuing autopsy and investigation.

An appeals court dropped charges against three people.

The three people who no longer face prosecution in Mr. Payne’s death are his friend Rogelio Nores and two employees of the hotel where Mr. Payne died, the CasaSur Palermo Hotel: the manager, Gilda Martín, and the chief receptionist, Esteban Grassi. All three had faced charges of negligence.

On Wednesday, Argentina’s Court of Appeals issued a ruling that reversed the decision to charge Mr. Nores, Ms. Martín and Mr. Grassi, who were accused in December of failing in their duty of care to help Mr. Payne.