Three people, believed to have been close with Liam Payne, have been charged in connection with the death of the One Direction star, Argentinian authorities have said.

The One Direction star, 31, died following a fall from a hotel balcony

Three people have been charged in connection with One Direction star Liam Payne's death in Argentina last month, according to the prosecutor's office

The 31-year-old pop star, who rose to fame in the X Factor boyband, died after he fell from a hotel balcony on October 16

They have been charged with ‘abandonment of a person followed by death’ and supply and facilitation of narcotics.

The singer died aged 31 after falling from a third-floor balcony of the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, last month

Liam Payne's death is being investigated by Buenos Aires authorities who detained two and raided another person's home in connection to drug supply.

One Direction star Payne, 31, died after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina.

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Three people have been charged in connection with the death of Liam Payne, a former member of musical group One Direction who died after falling from the balcony of his hotel room in Buenos Aires last month, Argentine prosecutors said Thursday.Prosecutor Andrés Madrea charged the three suspects, whose identities were not revealed, with ??the crimes of “abandonment of a person followed by death” and “supplying and facilitating the use of narcotics,” the prosecutor’s office said. Madrea also requested their arrest to judge Laura Bruniard, who ruled the three cannot leave the country. Payne fell from his room's balcony on the third floor of his hotel in the upscale neighborhood of Palermo, in the Argentine capital. His autopsy said he died from multiple injuries and external bleeding.Prosecutors also said that Payne’s toxicological exams showed that his body had

Three people have been charged with supplying Liam Payne drugs before his fatal fall in Buenos Aires last month, the prosecutor's office revealed.

Argentine authorities issued an investigation update

Liam Payne fell his room's balcony on the third floor of his hotel in Buenos Aires last month

Three people have been charged in connection with the death of Liam Payne, a former member of musical group One Direction who died after falling from the balcony of his hotel room in Buenos Aires last month, Argentine prosecutors said Thursday.

A drug dealer and a hotel maintenance worker have reportedly been arrested for providing Liam Payne with narcotics before his death. A friend has also been charged, though not detained.

A full statement released by the Prosecutor's Office in Argentina has revealed that they have now arrested three people in connection to Liam Payne's tragic death

3 people have reportedly been charged in connection to singer Liam Payne's death. Here's what to know.

Prosecutors in Argentina have provided new details on their investigation into the death of the One Direction star

Two of the people face charges of supplying narcotics and one faces abandonment of a person followed by death.