Argentine Judge Charges 5 People Over Death of Former One Direction Star Liam Payne

Argentine Judge Charges 5 People Over Death of Former One Direction Star Liam Payne
One Direction members Liam Payne (R) and Harry Styles perform on ABC's "Good Morning America" at Rumsey Playfield/SummerStage in New York on Aug. 4, 2015. Charles Sykes/Invision/AP
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—An Argentine judge confirmed charges against five people in connection with the death of Liam Payne, a former member of musical group One Direction, and ordered preventive prison for two of them for having supplied him with drugs.

The judge also charged three other people with manslaughter, including a businessman who was with Payne in Argentina and two managers of the hotel.