Five people have been charged in connection with the death of One Direction singer Liam Payne in Argentina, authorities say.
The 31-year-old star died on October 16 after falling from the third-floor balcony of a Buenos Aires hotel.
The hotel manager, Gilda Martín, and her receptionist, Esteban Grassi, as well as Payne's friend, Roger Nores, have been charged with involuntary manslaughter, Argentina's prosecutors say.
Ezequiel Pereyra, who also worked at the hotel, and Braian Paiz, a waiter, have been charged with drug supply.
Under the Argentine legal system, the prosecution gathers evidence, which it then presents to a judge, who must decide whether to proceed to trial.
According to a statement released by the prosecution, Judge Laura Bruniard already made the decision to move to the next stage on Friday.
Lawyers for the defendants can appeal against that decision. If your appeals are unsuccessful, the trial phase begins.
In court documents, Judge Bruniard listed the charges against the five suspects, referred to by their initials, as is customary in court documents at this stage of the process.
A post-mortem examination determined that the cause of death was “multiple trauma” and “internal and external hemorrhage” as a result of the fall from the hotel balcony.
According to the prosecution, medical reports also suggested that Payne may have fallen into a state of complete or partial unconsciousness.
The prosecutor's office said this ruled out the possibility of a conscious or voluntary act on Payne's part, and they had concluded that the singer did not know what he was doing or understand his actions.
Speaking to US celebrity news outlet TMZ after Payne's death, Roger Nores said he was a “very good friend” of the singer and that they had spent time together on the day of the star's death.
He said Payne “seemed playful and happy” when he left him about an hour before the musician fell from the balcony.
After Payne's death, police found substances in his hotel room and objects and furniture that had been damaged.
Hotel staff had made two calls to emergency services saying they had a guest who had consumed “too many drugs and alcohol” and was “trashing the entire room,” it was previously reported.
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 the 2010s before the band went on indefinite hiatus in January 2016.
The singer's 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 shares a son.