Liam Payne’s Death: Charges Are Dropped Against His Friend and Two Others NYT Par :Lucía Cholakian Herrera · Annie Aguiar and Emmanuel Morgan 20 février 2025 à 22:56 An appeals court dismissed charges against three people accused of negligence after the former One Direction singer fell from a third-floor hotel balcony. Two others still face charges in his death. © Tolga Akmen/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesLiam Payne, a former singer in One Direction, died after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires.