ReutersFive people have been charged in connection with the death of One Direction singer Liam Payne in Argentina, local media reported.
The 31-year-old star died on October 16 after falling from the third floor balcony of a hotel in Buenos Aires.
Hotel manager Gilda Martin and hotel employee Esteban Grassi, as well as Roger Norres, who is said to have been a friend of Payne's, have been charged with manslaughter, Argentina's National Criminal and Criminal Prosecutor's Office said.
Brian Paiz and Ezequiel Pereyra – who are said to have worked at the hotel – are accused of supplying drugs.
A judge ordered two of the five defendants to be remanded in custody, according to Argentine news website Infobae.
The couple, whose names have not been released, have been summoned to appear in court within 24 working hours, Infobae added.
The BBC has approached the prosecution for comment.
Argentine authorities are investigating Payne's final days at the CasaSur hotel.
It was previously announced in November that three people were charged in his death but their names were not released at the time.
After Payne's death, Roger Norres said he was a “very good friend” of the singer and they had spent some time together the day the star died.
He said Payne “seemed playful and happy” when he dropped him off about an hour before the musician fell from the balcony.
After Payne's death, police found substances in his hotel room and items and furniture that had been damaged.
Hotel staff made two calls to emergency services saying they had a guest who had taken “too much drugs and alcohol” and was “breaking up the whole room”, it was previously reported.
Prosecutors said in November that toxicology tests revealed traces of alcohol, cocaine and a prescription antidepressant in Payne's body.
An autopsy found his cause of death to be “polytrauma” and “internal and external hemorrhage” following a fall from the hotel balcony.
According to the prosecutor's office, medical reports also suggest that Payne may have fallen into a state of semi- or complete loss of consciousness.
Prosecutors said this ruled out any conscious or voluntary action by Payne and concluded the singer did not know what he was doing nor did he understand his actions.
Payne became one of the most recognizable names in pop after appearing on The X Factor and rose to fame with boy band One Direction in 2010 before the band went on indefinite hiatus in January 2016.
To the singer a funeral was held in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, last month.
His former bandmates Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik were among the mourners, along with Payne's girlfriend Kate Cassidy and his ex-partner Cheryl, with whom he has a son.