Liam Payne poses for photographers backstage at the MTV European Music Awards 2017 in London, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017. Image: Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP

The second of two men accused of supplying drugs to British singer Liam Payne, who plunged to his death from a third-floor hotel room in Buenos Aires last year, has turned himself in, Argentine police said Tuesday, Jan. 7.

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The 21-year-old, David Ezequiel Pereyra, presented himself Monday to police in Barracas, south of Buenos Aires, a police source told AFP.

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Pereyra was an employee at the Casa Sur Hotel in the Argentine capital, where the former One Direction singer died last October.

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Last week, police arrested 24-year-old hotel waiter Braian Paiz, who accused Pereyra of having provided drugs to Payne.

Three other people — Payne’s representative in Argentina, the manager of the hotel, and the head of reception—are charged with manslaughter in the case.

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Prosecutors said Payne had consumed cocaine, alcohol, and a prescription antidepressant before falling from the balcony of his hotel room.

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Payne had spoken publicly about struggling with substance abuse and coping with achieving fame at an early age.

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His death prompted a global outpouring of grief from family, former bandmates, and fans, with gatherings of thousands of mourners around the world.

One of the highest-grossing live acts in the world in the 2010s, One Direction went on an indefinite hiatus in 2016.

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Payne enjoyed some solo success before his career stalled.

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