Liam Payne's Friend Denies He's Under Investigation, Says He 'Never Abandoned' Singer Before His Death: Report

Mar. 15, 2025

Liam Payne in London on June 25, 2019.Photo:JUAN MABROMATA/AFP via Getty

JUAN MABROMATA/AFP via Getty

One day afterthree unnamed suspectswere arrested and charged in connection withLiam Payne’s death, one of the singer’s close friends is maintaining his innocence.

Rogelio “Roger” Nores, who claims to have been with Payne just 40 minutes before he died, told theDaily Mailin a statement that he has had no contact with police since giving a witness statement the day after Payne, 31, fell from the third-floor balcony of his Buenos Aires hotel on Oct. 16.

Liam Payne in London, England on Dec. 5, 2022.Karwai Tang/WireImage

“I wasn’t Liam’s manager, he was just my very dear friend,” he said. “I’m really heartbroken with this tragedy, and I’ve been missing my friend every day.”

The release said Payne “was not fully conscious or was experiencing a state of noticeable decrease or loss of consciousness at the time of the fall.” After he died, “illicit conduct was discovered from which three people were charged with the crimes.”

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Payne’s body has beenofficially released back to his familyin the U.K. after it was held for further investigation in Buenos Aires. Apreliminary autopsy reportfound that the singer died from multiple injuries and “internal and external” hemorrhages.

Liam Payne performing at Capital’s Jingle Bell Ball in London.Isabel Infantes/PA Images via Getty

Isabel Infantes/PA Images via Getty

On Oct. 28, producer Sam Pounds announced Payne’s first posthumous single “Do No Wrong.” Just one day later, Pounds retracted the song’s release,writing on X, “Today I’m deciding to hold ‘Do No Wrong’ and leave those liberties up to all family members. I want all proceeds go to a charity of their choosing (or however they desire).”

“Even though we all love the song it’s not the time yet. We are all still morning the passing of Liam and I want the family to morn [sic] in peace and in prayer. We will all wait,” he continued.

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source: people.com