Liam Payne’s cause of death has been confirmed at a British inquest after the One Direction star fell from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aries, Argentina.
Payne was staying at the Casa Sur hotel in South America when he died on October 16 after a drug and alcohol binge.
Fans around the world were stunned by his sudden death and an outpouring of grief culminated in a moving funeral, attended by musical royalty and all of Payne’s former bandmates.
It has now been announced that his medical cause of death is ‘polytrauma’, a term meaning someone has multiple traumatic injuries to their body.
A hearing, which Buckinghamshire Coroner’s Court heard took place on December 17, was told it could take ‘some time’ to establish exactly how the 31-year-old died.
Five people have been charged in connection with Payne’s death in Argentina after he fell from a third-floor balcony of the Casa Sur Hotel.
The hotel manager, a receptionist and a friend of Payne have been charged with manslaughter, Argentina’s National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor said earlier in a statement.
They are said to be hotel manager Gilda Martin, receptionist Esteban Grassi and Payne’s friend Roger Nores.
Two other people have been charged with drug supply.
Liam Payne’s cause of death has been confirmed at a British inquest after the One Direction star fell from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aries, Argentina
A hearing, which Buckinghamshire Coroner’s Court heard took place on December 17, was told it could take ‘some time’ to establish exactly how the 31-year-old died.
Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson in 2013
Nores is charged with manslaughter for allegedly “abandoning him, knowing he was unable to care for himself and knowing he (Liam) was suffering from multiple addictions,” court documents show.
Two others, hotel worker Ezequiel Pereyra and waiter Braian Paiz, have been charged with supplying cocaine.
The inquest into Payne’s death in Britain has been adjourned until a pre-inquest hearing on November 6, the coroner’s court was told.
His medical cause of death was confirmed by Dr. Roberto Victor Cohen as “polytrauma,” meaning multiple traumatic injuries.
The hearing was also told that Payne, who was described at the hearing as a ‘singer and entertainer’, was formally identified ‘with the assistance of Buckinghamshire funeral directors.’
Senior coroner Crispin Butler said at the hearing: ‘Although there are ongoing investigations in Argentina into the circumstances of Liam’s death, over which I have no legal jurisdiction, it is expected that obtaining the relevant information to investigate in particular how Liam came to be death came, it took some time through the formal channel of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.’
Payne’s funeral in November in Buckinghamshire was attended by Cheryl Tweedy, the mother of his son Bear, and fellow One Direction stars Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson, along with his family and friends.
After his band went on hiatus, he launched a successful solo career and released his debut solo album LP1 in December 2019, featuring the songs Polaroid and Strip That Down with Quavo, and the song For You with Rita Ora.