Liam Payne died because of drugs

Question

According to ABC News, a partial autopsy revealed that Liam Payne had multiple substances in his body, but also found that the cause of his death was from “multiple trauma” and “internal and external bleeding.” Twenty-five injuries were reported on Payne's body, the report stated that Payne's head injuries were sufficient to cause death and that the cause of death was related to the height of the fall, says Blackwelder. 

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This is a very exaggerated theory. Drugs spends a little to a while in your systems depends on where they have detected it. Following data from: https://www.drugs.ie/drugs_info/about_drugs/how_long_do_drugs_stay_in_your_system/
Alcohol: 3-5 days in urine, 10-12 hours in blood
Amphetamines: 1-3 days in urine and around 12 hours in blood
Barbiturates: 2-4 days in urine and 1-2 days in blood
Benzodiazepines: 3-6 weeks in urine and 2-3 days in blood
Cannabis: 7-30 days in urine and up to 2 weeks in blood
Cocaine: 3-4 days in urine and 1-2 days in blood
Codeine: 1 day in urine and up to 12 hours in blood
Heroin: 3-4 days in urine and up to 12 hours in blood
LSD: 1-3 days in urine and up to 2-3 hours in blood
MDMA (ecstasy): 3-4 days in urine and 1-2 days in blood
Methamphetamine (crystal meth): 3-6 days in urine and 24 - 72 hours in blood
Methadone: 3-4 days in urine and 24-36 hours in blood
Morphine: 2-3 days in urine and 6-8 hours in blood
It may be true that Liam have consumed drugs prior to his death, but nothing is proven that his cause of death was from the consumption of drugs. Drugs may have affected his body/mind prior, but no sources can say that was his cause of death. For example, this is as exaggerated as saying that an individual died from a lollipop because they found it within their body.

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Hey Robert, nice job with this fact check. You have listed a good source here, as ABC is a reputable company, however your claim that Liam Payne died becuase of drugs does not link up to the claim listed in the source. Just becuase it is true that Liam Payne had multiple drugs in his system when he died, does not mean that is the cause of his death. Be careful with this, as these articles will often centralize the information on a certain idea. In this case, the author goes fully into depth about the types of drugs that were in Liam Payne's system. However, one of the first things stated is that Liam Payne died becuase he fell from a high place, not becuase he overdosed on drugs. Besides that, nice job!

Answer 1

Although Liam Payne was found with drugs in his system when he died, that is a misleading claim due to the fact that the reason he died was because he fell off of his hotel balcony. According to NBC News, Liam Payne was extremely intoxicated the night of his death including reports of "pink cocaine" in his system along with other drugs including crack cocaine. "Pink cocaine" is an extremely dangerous drug which is a mix of methamphetamine, MDMA, and ketamine. This drug was found in his system but, his death was not because he overdosed, but instead because he was an unsafe level of intoxication and fell. BBC news reports that the hotel staff working before Liam Paynes death made two separate calls to the authorities to report unsafe behaviors because of drugs and alcohol and also to report that he was destroying his room. Today news states that Liam Payne was found dead on site after falling from his balcony. After his autopsy, it was clear that his reasoning for death was because of bleeding externally and internally, skull trauma, and 25 injuries to his body. So although drugs were in Liam Payne's system, his actual reason for death was due to his fall from the balcony and the injuries that corresponded with that. 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/liam-payne-death-one-direction-pink-cocaine-toxicology-report-rcna176532 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj9jx89w490o

https://www.today.com/health/news/liam-payne-autopsy-report-cause-of-death-rcna175959
 

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This is a thorough factcheck that provides detailed context for why this claim may be misleading. It expands on the part of the claim that is true by including more details on the drugs that were involved with Payne's death, while also clarifying his actual cause of death. The factcheck includes details of his autopsy that prove that Payne's death was caused by his fall off the balcony and not the drugs in his system. The factcheck also uses multiple accredited and reliable sources that are clearly cited.

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I really like how in depth you went with this fact check. I also like that you clarified that just because there were drugs in his system, doesn't mean that they were the actual cause of death. This original claim is very misleading, but your sources, especially the autopsy reports. If he really did die from drug overdose, the autopsy would have covered that and blatantly stated it. it is important that you made this distinction, because the original claim is extremely surface level and shows that they did not read up on the subject. Your evidence is also concrete and non-partisan, which is important when fact checking.

Answer 2

Liam Payne died after a fall from his three-story hotel room on October 16th, 2024. Autopsies reveal that there was pink cocaine in his system when he died. Pink cocaine is a "mix of ketamine and illegal substances such as methamphetamine, MDMA (also called molly or ecstasy), opioids, or new psychoactive substances," and can be a hallucinogenic with a plethora of symptoms. Hotel staff reported Payne, before he died, as intoxicated and destructive. This is a partially true statement because Payne was under the influence when he died.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/pink-cocaine-liam-payne-death-what-know-rcna176556

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How would you rate the claim? False? True? N/A? Please select a "rating" when submitting a fact-check.

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While you explained that Payne was found with drugs in his system, you never shared whether you believe he died from drugs. You mentioned he died after a fall, but you never expanded on the original fact you answered. Your source of NBC news is a credible source that explained the drugs found in Liam Payne's body.

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The claim that Liam Payne's death was solely due to drugs is indeed misleading. While the presence of drugs in his system is noted, the preliminary autopsy report clearly attributes his death to the trauma from falling from the third floor. This distinction is crucial because it highlights that the fall itself, rather than the drugs, was the direct cause of death. It's essential for media outlets to report these findings accurately to avoid perpetuating misconceptions about the circumstances surrounding his tragic death. Understanding the full context can prevent the oversimplification of complex issues like substance use and its potential effects. What are your thoughts on how media coverage can impact public perception of such cases?

Answer 3

The claim that Liam Payne died because of a drug appears to be misleading. While it is true that the toxicology report shows that there are drugs in his system, the preliminary autopsy report states that his cause of death was because of his fall from the third floor. Although the hotel had asked for reinforcement from law enforcement to help with a guest who was “drunk with drugs and alcohol” (Blackwelder), and this state of mind could be speculated to be the cause of the fall, his death was overall a result of trauma induced by the fall itself, not the drugs. Many other news sites, NBC News, The Guardian, People,  have reported on similar headlines involving the fact Payne had drugs in his system but none of these articles indicate that drugs were the cause of his death.

 

Blackwelder, Carson. ABC News, ABC News Network, 21 Oct. 2024, abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/liam-payne-partial-autopsy-report-multiple-substances/story?id=114985701.

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This is a very good fact check. You summarized the main claim, and the details of Liam Payne's autopsy report, and clearly stated why you think this claim is exaggerated/misleading. You also clearly stated that none of the articles indicated that drugs were the cause of his death, providing a credible source.

Answer 4

This claim is very misleading. The toxicology reports showed that Liam Payne had multiple different types of drugs in his system when he died, including pink cocaine which is a mix of ketamine, methamphetamine, MDMA, opioids, and possibly new psychoactive substances or caffeine. Although he had all of these in his system when he died, he ultimately died from falling off his balcony where he suffered multiple traumas and hemorrhages. 

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/pink-cocaine-liam-payne-death-what-know-rcna176556 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2024/10/21/what-to-know-about-liam-paynes-death-payne-had-multiple-drugs-in-system-report-says/

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I believe you are correct in stating that this claim is misleading and nullifies the other factors of his death. "Died because of drugs" insinuates that he overdosed or that his fall was a result of him being under the influence, which are both claims that are not backed up with facts and evidence. Ultimately, as you pointed out, the claim is misleading, though I would select that as your tag for this fact check.

Answer 5

The claim that Liam died because of the recent drugs found in his toxicology report is somewhat misleading. This allows the reader to assume that his cause of death was solely because of the drugs that were found in his system after his death. However according to NBC news:

"An autopsy found that Payne had 25 injuries “compatible with those produced by a fall from height” and that his cause of death was “polytraumatism, internal and external hemorrhage,” the Argentina National Prosecutor’s Office said."

So while the drugs may have played a part in his fall, it is ultimately the height at which he fell and the internal bleeding that endured following the 3 story height fall. 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/liam-payne-death-one-direction-pink-cocaine-toxicology-report-rcna176532

Answer 6

Even though ABC news did find out that Liam Payne did have multiple substances in his body, it is important to also note that that was not his only cause of death. According to the ABC News report, Liam Payne also died from "multiple trauma" and "internal and external bleeding." The wording of this claim is extremely misleading and could convince audiences that a drug overdose was his only cause of death, when in reality, there were multiple causes for his death. While the claim is not technically not a "wrong" response, given there were substances in his body, it is simply not complete and does not have enough to back up that vague of a response.

Answer 7

The title claims that celebrity Liam Payne died from drugs, which insinuates that he had overdosed, but that is not the case. 

In the article, Carson Blackwelder explains, "Payne's body was found in the inner courtyard of the hotel, where he was pronounced dead at the scene." Given this, the original claim is extremely misleading and deceiving. Blackwelder also shares "multiple substances in his system when he fell to his death from the third-floor balcony of his hotel room," which may have been where the confusion stemmed from, but there was nothing in the autopsy report that stated he had overdosed on drugs. What had been found in the report was that “Payne's head injuries were sufficient to cause death and the cause of death was related to the height of his fall.” This clearly resolves all other conspiracies regarding the stars passing and whether or not it was the drugs ingested. In a separate article, Chrissy Callahan reiterates, “Payne died as a result of “multiple traumatic injuries” and “internal and external bleeding” he sustained after falling from the balcony.”

The fall was what tragically killed him, not the substances taken prior. Although drugs may be factored into how he fell, it is still incorrect to claim his cause of death was because of them. 

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/liam-payne-partial-autopsy-report-multiple-substances/story?id=114985701

https://www.today.com/health/news/liam-payne-autopsy-report-cause-of-death-rcna175959

Answer 8

This is a false claim because this article was posted prior to his autopsy report being released to the public. In a more recent article by Today News ( https://www.today.com/health/news/liam-payne-autopsy-report-cause-of-death-rcna175959 ) the results of his autopsy are stated and it claims that it was "polytrauma internal and external injuries" which would occur from a fall to concrete rather that saying that it was a drug overdose.

Answer 9

While Liam Payne did have multiple drugs in his body at time of death, that was not the ultimate reason for his passing, as he died after falling from the third-floor balcony of his hotel room. The ingested substances included "pink cocaine" – a recreational drug that typically is a mix of several drugs including methamphetamine, ketamine, MDMA and others. The autopsy, however, revealed that Payne sustained twenty-five injuries from his fall. The report concluded that the head injuries alone were fatal, with the height of the fall being the contributing factor to his death.

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/liam-payne-preliminary-autopsy-report-114900131

Answer 10

Stating that Liam payne died of drugs makes it appear as though his cause of death was on overdose. The ABC News article used in your claim states that his cause of death were the injuries he faced after falling. So the claim is very misleading. Forbes reported that there were multiple hard drugs that were found in his system. However, it is unknown if he would have died from an overdose that day if he had not fallen from the balcony, so we cannot particularly say drugs were the exact cause of death. It is probable he could have made a recovery after all of the drugs were out of his system. The article linked below by the credible NBC News does a good job at explaining the events that led up to his death. Most, if not all articles circulating Liam Payne's death will mention the fact he was on multiple drugs at the time of death but state his injuries as the cause of his death. His official cause of death per the Argentina National Prosecutors Office is polytraumatism, external and internal hemorrhage. 

https://www.today.com/video/autopsy-report-reveals-liam-payne-s-cause-of-death-222178373892

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2024/10/21/what-to-know-about-liam-paynes-death-payne-had-multiple-drugs-in-system-report-says/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/liam-payne-death-one-direction-pink-cocaine-toxicology-report-rcna176532#

https://www.fiscales.gob.ar/fiscalias/el-fiscal-andres-madrea-recibio-al-padre-del-fallecido-musico-liam-james-payne/