Five charged in connection with Liam Payne's death, reports say

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Five people have been charged in connection with the death of One Direction singer Liam Payne in Argentina, local media  reported.
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The 31-year-old star died on  October 16 after falling from the third-floor balcony of a hotel in Buenos  Aires.
Hotel manager Gilda Martin and hotel employee Esteban  Grassi, as well as Roger Nores, who was  apparently a friend of  Payne's, were charged with  felony murder, the National Criminal  Prosecutor's Office said and Correctional  of Argentina.
Brian Paiz and Ezequiel Pereyra - who both  allegedly worked at the hotel -  were charged with  drug supply.
According to Argentine news site Infobae, a judge ordered that two of the five accused be  held in  custody. The couple, whose names have not been  released, were summoned to court within 24 hours, Infobae  added.
The BBC has  contacted the prosecutor's office for  comment.
Argentine authorities  are investigating Payne's final days at the CasaSur  hotel.
In November it was announced that three people had been charged  in connection with his  death, but their names were not released at the  time.
Speaking to US outlet TMZ after Payne's death, Roger Nores said he was a "very good friend" of the singer and  that they had spent time together on the day the star  died. He said Payne "seemed  cheerful and happy" when he left him about an hour before the musician fell from the  balcony.
After Payne's death, police found  drugs in his hotel room and  damaged items and  furniture.
Hotel staff had  called emergency services  twice to say they had a guest who had taken  "a lot of drugs and  alcohol" and was  "dissolving the  whole room," as previously  reported.
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What we know about Liam Payne's death
In November, the  district attorney's office said toxicology tests  found traces of alcohol, cocaine and a prescription antidepressant in Payne's  body.
The autopsy determined  that the cause of  his death  was "multiple trauma" and "internal and external  bleeding," after falling from a hotel  balcony. According to the  prosecution, medical reports also suggested  that Payne may have fallen  into a  semi- or  fully unconscious state.
The Crown Prosecution Service said this ruled out the possibility of a conscious or  deliberate act by  Payne and  that they concluded  that the singer did not know what he was doing  and did not understand his  actions.
Payne became one of the  biggest names in pop after appearing on The X Factor and  rose to fame with  boy band One Direction in the 2010s before the band went on an indefinite hiatus in January  2016.
The singer's funeral was held in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, last  month.
His former bandmates Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik were among the mourners,  along with Payne's girlfriend Kate Cassidy and his  ex-partner Cheryl, with whom he  has a son.

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