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Former One Direction musician Liam Payne died due to multiple traumas and internal and external bleeding caused by a fall, an Argentine prosecutors’ office said on Thursday, revealing the first official results of the singer’s autopsy.
Argentine prosecutors’ office says Payne died due to multiple traumas and bleeding caused by fall
The Associated Press
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Former One Direction musician Liam Payne died due to multiple traumas and internal and external bleeding caused by a fall, an Argentine prosecutors’ office said on Thursday, revealing the first official results of the singer’s autopsy.
Payne, 31, who shot to global fame with boy band One Direction, was found dead after he plunged from a third-floor hotel room balcony in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, triggering an outpouring of tributes from fans.
As fans and media swarmed the Casa Sur Hotel in the trendy Palermo neighborhood of Argentina’s capital, forensics investigators worked inside on Thursday collecting evidence.
Police found hotel room in ‘disarray’
The Buenos Aires police said they found Payne’s hotel room “in complete disarray” with packs of clonazepam, a central nervous system depressant, as well as energy supplements and other over-the-counter drugs strewn about and “various items broken,” according to The Associated Press. They added that a whiskey bottle, lighter and cellphone were retrieved from the internal courtyard where Payne’s body was found.
Police said they had rushed to the hotel in response to an emergency call just after 5 p.m. local time Wednesday that had warned of an “aggressive man who could be under the influence of drugs or alcohol.”
A hotel manager can be heard on a 911 call recording obtained by The Associated Press saying the hotel has “a guest who is overwhelmed with drugs and alcohol…. He’s destroying the entire room and, well, we need you to send someone, please.”
The manager’s voice becomes more anxious as the call goes on, noting the room has a balcony.
Payne said it took time to adjust to fame
With his meteoric rise to fame, Payne had said that it took some time to adjust to life in the public eye.
“I don’t think you can ever deal with that. It’s all a bit crazy for us to see that people get in that sort of state of mind about us and what we do,” he said in a 2013 interview with the Associated Press, recounting an experience where a fan was in a state of shock upon meeting him.
Payne had a 7-year-old son, Bear Grey Payne, with his former girlfriend, the musician Cheryl, who was known as Cheryl Cole when she performed with Girls Aloud.
Payne was previously engaged to Maya Henry, from August 2020 to early 2022. Henry released a novel earlier this year that she said was based on their relationship.
With files from Reuters