Death of Liam Payne – His friend Roger Nores, in the sights of investigators, defends himself: “He seemed drunk but nothing extraordinary”

Is Roger Nores guilty of letting Liam Payne die? Very close to the One Direction member, Nores delivers his version of the evening that cost him his life. According to him, there was no indication that his friend’s condition could be fatal to him.

Did he abandon his friend when he needed him? Roger Nores, Argentine businessman, is in the sights of the authorities after the death of Liam Payne. The one who describes himself as a close friend of the British singer was by his side on the evening of October 16. He left him about an hour before he fell from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A fatal fall linked to the ingestion of a large cocktail of drugs, which killed the former member of One Direction at the age of 31. Absent at the time of the events, can Roger Nores be accused of “abandoning a person in danger”, an offense in Argentina? The young man, whom the singer’s family preferred to disinvite from the funeral, firmly denies.

Interviewed by TMZ, Roger Nores remembers a Liam Payne “in a good mood“before he leaves him:”He talked to everyone and had fun. Nothing unusual.” There, the singer made friends with a group of Americans who had come for a wedding. Among them, a witness paints a completely different picture. In the middle of a conversation, Payne allegedly related that “the reason he was doing so poorly had to do with his time in a boy band.” Enough to worry the American who believes that “It had nothing to do with the discussion they were having” at that time. Even the hotel staff would have sounded the alarm. Roger Nores is categorical: “I went there three times to check on its condition. He seemed drunk but nothing out of the ordinary.“However, several messages exchanged between the two men prove that he was aware of his drug consumption, still according to TMZ .

Zayn Malik wanted to pay tribute to his comrade on stage

Liam Payne’s loved ones gathered on November 20 to say goodbye to him one last time. Gathered in Amersham near London, England, the former comrades of One Direction have all answered the call. Zayn Malik even wanted to pay tribute to him once again three days later, on the occasion of the first date of his solo tour Stairway to the Sky in Leeds, still in England. When he entered the stage, the screenn giant displayed this sober message: “Liam Payne. 1993-2024. Love you bro.” A final touching declaration of friendship, from the man with whom he so often shared the stage between 2010 and 2016.

Article written in collaboration with 6Medias.