Liam Payne’s friend and two others will now not face manslaughter charges in connection along with his death, per multiple reports.
Rolling Stone reports that Argentina’s Court of Appeals issued a ruling on Wednesday, February 19, acquitting Payne’s pal, Roger Nores, and two staff on the hotel where the singer died of charges. The BBC also reported the news on Thursday, February 20.
“Glad that is finally over. I’m blissful I’m now going to have the option to travel to the U.K. and say goodbye to my friend,” Nores told Rolling Stone.
In line with the outlet, a panel of judges ruled that Nores didn’t help Payne in “obtaining and consuming alcohol,” citing the court’s ruling, nor could he have prevented the One Direction star’s death last October.
Several people have been charged and arrested in connection to the death of Liam Payne. In October 2024, Payne died at age 31 after falling from a third-floor balcony on the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires. Following his death, an investigation was conducted and the hotel was searched multiple times. In line with a preliminary […]
Nores has vehemently maintained his innocence since his friend’s death. “I never abandoned Liam. I went to his hotel 3 times that day and left 40 minutes before this happened,” Nores told the Every day Mail in November 2024. “There have been over 15 people on the hotel lobby chatting and joking with him once I left. I could have never imagined something like this is able to occur.”
Payne fell to his death from a third-floor hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 16, 2024.
Two staff on the hotel where the incident took place, the CasaSur Palermo, were also cleared of charges. Judges ruled that there was not enough evidence that Esteban Grassi, a receptionist, and Gilda Martin, a manager, acted in a “thoughtless, reckless, or merely negligent” manner within the moments leading as much as Payne’s death on the establishment.
The 2 men accused of selling Payne drugs, Ezequiel Pereyra and Braian Nahuel Paiz, remain behind bars while they await trial.
HUGO/MEGA Investigators are trying to find answers with regard to what led to Liam Payne’s death. On October 16, 2024, the previous One Direction member fell to his death from a balcony on the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires. He was 31 years old. A press release translated from Argentina’s public prosecutor on November 7, 2024, […]
In December 2024, Paiz was charged with allegedly supplying drugs to Payne. Us Weekly confirmed in January 2025 that he was arrested and will face between 4 and 15 years in prison.
Paiz previously said that he and Payne took drugs together, but told Argentina’s Telefe Noticias, “I never took drugs to him or accepted any money.”
The whole One Direction family and community is mourning Liam Payne after his tragic death. Us Weekly confirmed that Payne died at age 31 on Wednesday, October 16, after falling from a third-story hotel balcony in Buenos Aires. His reason for death was later revealed to be “serious injuries” that were untreatable by the point […]
Pereyra, who was also a CasaSur worker, was charged with allegedly supplying drugs to Payne before his passing. Local outlets reported Pereyra was arrested in January 2025, nearly one week after Paiz, per CBS News. It isn’t clear whether Pereyra has entered a plea in response to the costs against him.
Payne’s reason for death was listed as “multiple traumas,” including hemorrhages in his chest, skull and abdomen. It was later reported that a partial autopsy found “pink cocaine” — a combination of methamphetamine, ketamine and MDMA — together with cocaine, benzodiazepine and crack in Payne’s system on the time of his passing. He was laid to rest in Amersham, England, in November.
