{"id":151314,"date":"2025-02-20T16:51:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T16:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/20\/liam-paynes-friend-two-hotel-employees-cleared-of-manslaughter-charges-in-connection-with-singers-death\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T16:51:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T16:51:24","slug":"liam-paynes-friend-two-hotel-employees-cleared-of-manslaughter-charges-in-connection-with-singers-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/20\/liam-paynes-friend-two-hotel-employees-cleared-of-manslaughter-charges-in-connection-with-singers-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam Payne&#8217;s Friend, Two Hotel Employees Cleared of Manslaughter Charges In Connection With Singer&#8217;s Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Four months after the singer fell from a hotel balcony in Argentina, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/11\/liam-payne-hotel-video-sheds-new-startling-light-on-singers-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Liam Payne\u2019s death<\/a> is still under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Criminal charges were initially filed against five people who were believed to have played a role in the tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>Now, three of those suspects have been cleared of any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>It was revealed this week that prosecutors will no longer pursue manslaughter charges against Rogelio \u201cRoger\u201d Nores and two employees of the CasaSur Palermo Hotel, where Payne had been staying at the time of his death.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1019710168-1-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Liam Payne attends the MTV VMA Kickoff Concert presented by DirecTV Now at Terminal 5 on August 19, 2018 in New York City. \" class=\"wp-image-519715 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1019710168-1-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1019710168-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1019710168-1-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1019710168-1-2048x1361.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1019710168-1-960x638.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1019710168-1-1080x717.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1019710168-1-1200x797.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1019710168-1-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Liam Payne attends the MTV VMA Kickoff Concert presented by DirecTV Now at Terminal 5 on August 19, 2018 in New York City. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Jamie McCarthy\/Getty Images for MTV &amp; DIRECTV NOW)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-investigators-determine-that-liam-s-friend-was-not-guilty-of-neglect\">Investigators determine that Liam\u2019s friend was not guilty of \u2018neglect\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Nore is an Argentine businessman who spent a good deal of time in Liam\u2019s presence in the days before his death.<\/p>\n<p>But despite rumors to the contrary, it seems that at no point was Payne officially in Nore\u2019s care.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/liam-payne-death-investigation-friend-hotel-workers-acquitted-1235273232\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rolling Stone<\/a><\/em> reports that prosecutors have determined that Nore was not legally responsible for Liam and may not have been able to prevent the fall even if he had been.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is possible that, if he had stayed in his company at all times, [Payne] would not have obtained the drugs and alcohol in the quantities necessary for the state of intoxication he exhibited at the time of his death,\u201d Wednesday\u2019s ruling reads.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1458032190-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Liam Payne attends the star-studded Sake Ceremony hosted by Nobu Matsuhisa and Meir Teper to inaugurate the Grand Opening of Nobu Dubai, at Atlantis The Palm, on January 20, 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.\" class=\"wp-image-519716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1458032190-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1458032190-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1458032190-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1458032190-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1458032190-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1458032190-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1458032190-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1458032190-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1458032190-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Liam Payne attends the star-studded Sake Ceremony hosted by Nobu Matsuhisa and Meir Teper to inaugurate the Grand Opening of Nobu Dubai, at Atlantis The Palm, on January 20, 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.\" class=\"wp-image-519716 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1458032190-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1458032190-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1458032190-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1458032190-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1458032190-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1458032190-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1458032190-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1458032190-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1458032190-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Liam Payne attends the star-studded Sake Ceremony hosted by Nobu Matsuhisa and Meir Teper to inaugurate the Grand Opening of Nobu Dubai, at Atlantis The Palm, on January 20, 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Samir Hussein\/Getty Images for Atlantis The Royal)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBut it cannot be ruled out that, even if he had taken those extreme precautions\u2026 that [Payne] would have managed to obtain the substances anyway, as is common among addicts, even when they are under the loving care of their family,\u201d the ruling continued.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nores-celebrates-exoneration-continues-to-mourn-his-friend\">Nores celebrates exoneration, continues to mourn his friend<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cI went to his hotel three times that day and left 40 minutes before this happened,\u201d Nores told the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14056839\/liam-payne-death-close-friend-statement-police-argentina-arrest-three.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a><\/em> at the time. \u201cThere were over 15 people at the hotel lobby chatting and joking with him when I left.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response to news that charges had been dismissed, Nores told the same outlet that he is \u201cglad this is finally over.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1473997126-1-731x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Liam Payne arrives at the \" all=\"\" of=\"\" those=\"\" voices=\"\" uk=\"\" premiere=\"\" at=\"\" cineworld=\"\" leicester=\"\" square=\"\" on=\"\" march=\"\" in=\"\" london=\"\" england.=\"\" class=\"wp-image-519717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1473997126-1-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1473997126-1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1473997126-1-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1473997126-1-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1473997126-1-686x960.jpg 686w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1473997126-1-771x1080.jpg 771w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1473997126-1-857x1200.jpg 857w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1473997126-1-scaled.jpg 1828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1473997126-1-731x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Liam Payne arrives at the \" all=\"\" of=\"\" those=\"\" voices=\"\" uk=\"\" premiere=\"\" at=\"\" cineworld=\"\" leicester=\"\" square=\"\" on=\"\" march=\"\" in=\"\" london=\"\" england.=\"\" class=\"wp-image-519717 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1473997126-1-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1473997126-1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1473997126-1-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1473997126-1-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1473997126-1-686x960.jpg 686w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1473997126-1-771x1080.jpg 771w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1473997126-1-857x1200.jpg 857w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1473997126-1-scaled.jpg 1828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1473997126-1-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Liam Payne arrives at the \u201cAll Of Those Voices\u201d UK Premiere at Cineworld Leicester Square on March 16, 2023 in London, England. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Kate Green\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m happy I\u2019m now going to be able to travel to the UK and say goodbye to my friend,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>In January, Nore filed a lawsuit against Liam\u2019s father for publicly alleging that the singer had been in his care.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-investigation-continues\">The investigation continues<\/h2>\n<p>The two hotel employees were also cleared following initial claims that they had engaged in \u201cthoughtless, reckless, or merely negligent behavior,\u201d which contributed to the circumstances surrounding Liam\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>Ezequiel Pereyra and Braian Paiz \u2014 the two men accused of selling Liam cocaine \u2014 are still awaiting trial.<\/p>\n<p>Liam\u2019s struggles with addiction have been well-documented. Sources close to the singer\u2019s ex-fiancee, Maya Henry, say that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/02\/liam-payne-struggled-with-his-sexuality-forced-ex-fiancee-to-have-an-abortion-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Payne struggled with his sexuality<\/a> and battled severe mental health issues in his final years.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/02\/liam-paynes-friend-two-hotel-employees-cleared-of-manslaughter-charges-in-connection-with-singers-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Four months after the singer fell from a hotel balcony in Argentina, Liam Payne\u2019s death is still under investigation. Criminal charges were initially filed against five people who were believed to have played a role in the tragedy. Now, three of those suspects have been cleared of any wrongdoing. 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