Us Weekly’s 5 Hot Stories: Liam Payne Investigation Update, Derek Hough on Wife’s Health Scare

Less than one month after Liam Payne’s death, a friend of the late musician was charged following an investigation by the Buenos Aires National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office. Argentine newspaper Clarin reported on Thursday, November 7, that the friend — who was not immediately identified — was linked as a possible supplier. The development comes weeks after Payne fell to his death from the third floor balcony of his hotel room in Buenos Aires. He was 31 years old. A partial autopsy indicated that Payne, formerly a member of the boy band One Direction, had the recreational drug “pink cocaine” in his system at the time of his death, along with cocaine, benzodiazepine and crack. Us Weekly confirmed on Thursday that Payne’s remains were officially transported back to London. Follow along with more top stories below:

• In a new cover story, Dancing With the Stars judge Derek Hough and his wife, Hayley Erbert, exclusively opened up to Us about coping with her near-fatal 2023 health scare. “I’m a firm believer that everything happens for a reason,” Hayley told Us.
• Outer Banks made some controversial narrative decisions — from a pregnancy to a shocking death — in the season 4 finale, now streaming on Netflix. Us breaks down every twist and turn.
• Golden Bachelorette star Pascal Ibgui exclusively told Us that he has one suggestion for casting if he were named the next Golden Bachelor: “They will have to lower the age.”
• Jennifer Lopez didn’t miss a beat when asked about estranged husband Ben Affleck praising her performance in the upcoming movie Unstoppable, which he produced with Matt Damon.

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