5 people charged in connection to Liam Payne's death in Argentina

Argentine authorities have charged five people in connection to pop star Liam Payne's death, according to a statement from the prosecutor's office on Monday.
Three people have been charged with negligent homicide, or unintentional manslaughter, and two have been charged with supplying drugs. Payne, 31, died in October after falling from a Buenos Aires, Argentina, hotel balcony. Toxicology testing previously found Payne had traces of alcohol, cocaine and a prescription antidepressant in his system in the 72 hours before his death.
"Taking Payne up to his room in the state he was in was to put his life at risk," the judge said in her decision, which was released with the prosecutor's statement. "It was obvious that he was vulnerable."
In November, the local prosecutor's office announced the investigation into the circumstances of the former One Direction star's fall from a third-floor balcony resulted in three suspects being criminally charged "with the crimes of abandonment of a person after death, supply and facilitation of narcotics."
A number of employees from the Casa Sur hotel, including the hotel's manager and receptionist, have been charged, as well as a local waiter and Roger Nores, Payne's friend and rumored manager who was charged with manslaughter.
In Argentina, the national prosecutor's office collects evidence to present to a judge, who has to rule whether the case proceeds to trial. BBC reports an Argentine judge decided on Friday to proceed with the case.
Manslaughter carries a sentence of six months to five years incarceration, while supplying drugs carries a sentence of four to 15 years in prison.
Who was charged in Liam Payne's death?
Nores, identified by his initials, is suspected of manslaughter for allegedly leaving Payne vulnerable despite knowing about the singer's addictions and that he could not fend for himself. Nores left the hotel less than an hour before the fall. The judge argued that he should not have entrusted the hotel employees with Payne's well-being.
The judge barred Nores, who is a U.S. citizen, from leaving Argentina.
Prosecutor Andrés Esteban Madrea, head of the National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor's Office in Argentina, previously told Paste BN in a statement that at least four narcotics deliveries were supplied to the singer in the days before his death.
BBC and Sky News now identify the waiter as Braian Paiz, who allegedly supplied cocaine twice on Oct. 14, while another hotel employee, identified as Ezequiel Pereyra, allegedly supplied the One Direction star with cocaine on Oct. 15 and 16. Payne died on Oct. 16.
Investigators say the hotel's manager, identified via her initials as Gilda Martin, has been charged with manslaughter due to failing to stop Payne from being taken to his hotel room moments before his death, while its chief receptionist, Esteban Grassi, is charged due to allegedly asking three people to "drag" the singer to his room.
Footage from the lobby of the Casa Sur hotel in the posh Palermo neighborhood showed that minutes before Payne's death he was seen unconscious and being carried up to his room by three people. Grassi headed the group and was then seen with Martin in the hallway outside Payne's room, according to the statement.
"Payne's consciousness was altered and there was a balcony in the room. The proper thing to do was to leave him in a safe place and in company until a doctor arrived," the judge said. She added that evidence showed that Payne attempted to leave his room through the balcony, but due to the state he was in, he fell.
Argentine investigators ruled out the possibility that the fall was voluntary early on and believe Payne was in a state of partial or full unconsciousness at the time of his fall. In November, authorities ruled the musician died from 25 injuries from his fall, resulting in "polytrauma" and "internal and external hemorrhage."
This story was updated to add new information.
Contributing: Kylie Madry, Reuters