Liam Payne's Death 'Not Suicide', 3 Charged After Bombshell Report Released

Liam Payne's death is not being investigated as a 'suicide', prosecutors in Argentina said ina bombshell report released on Thursday. The former One Direction member died after falling from the balcony of a hotel in Buenos Aires last month. Three people have been charged in connection with the 31-year-old's death.The three suspects under investigation for Payne's death could face prison sentence of up to 15 years on conviction, prosecutors said. One of them is a hotel worker.Read More: "The National Prosecutor's Office for Criminal and Correctional Matters N°14, led by prosecutor Andrés Esteban Madrea, informs, following the lifting of the secrecy of summary proceedings, that within the framework of the investigation into the death of British musician Liam James Payne, which occurred on 16 October when he fell from a balcony in a hotel in the Buenos Aires neighbourhood of Palermo, unlawful conduct was discovered, as a result of which three people were charged with the crimes of abandonment of a person followed by death, supply and facilitation of narcotics," the statement released on Thursday read.Read More: "From the beginning of the investigation and within a few days, exhaustive and meticulous actions and measures were carried out to clarify the circumstances surrounding the death of the artist. In this sense, several dozen statements were received at the headquarters of the Public Prosecutor's Office including the testimonies of hotel staff, family and friends and medical professionals," it added.