Liam Payne’s Official Cause of Death Confirmed As ‘Polytrauma’ Following U.K. Inquest

The recent U.K. inquest into Liam Payne’s official cause of death concluded that the former One Direction singer indeed died of “polytrauma” after his fall from a third-story hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina on October 16. Polytrauma involves having multiple traumatic injuries to a person’s body and organs. The findings of the U.K. inquest’s match those of Argentinian officials, who found in November that Payne’s cause of death was due to “multiple trauma” and “internal and external hemorrhage” as a result of his fall. Five people have been charged in connection to Payne’s death, including last week’s arrest of Braian Piaz, one of two men accused of supplying the singer with drugs, along with hotel employee Ezequiel Pereyra. CasaSur Palermo Hotel manager Gilda Martin, receptionist Esteban Grassi, and Payne’s friend Roger Nores are all facing manslaughter charges. (Billboard)