A good friend and manager of Liam Payne accused of negligent manslaughter after the death of the star after he had fallen from an Argentinian hotel balcony, dropped the case against him, MailOnline can reveal today.
Rogelio 'Roger' Nores, 35, has said that he was 'pleased' to be released from any involvement in the former One Direction Star's tragic death in Buenos Aires last October.
Nores, who is an American citizen, was accused of having 'Leave him [Liam Payne] To his happiness knowing that he was unable to venture for himself and know that he was suffering from several addictions, “according to judicial documents.
Judge Laura Bruniard said that Nores is not his duties of care, help and helps to 'fulfill' opposite the singer, who died on October 16 after he had fallen from a balcony on the third floor in the Casasur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires.
Roger has been held in Payne's death on October 16 in the South American country, after he was involved by the authorities who investigated how the singer fell.
He was forbidden to leave and had seized his assets and he was in prison for up to 15 years, but his legal team went against the decision earlier last month and at night the court made it clear to him and he shared his news with MailOnline first.
From Buenos Ram he said: 'The last few months have been difficult, but now I have been cleared of everything that has to do with Liam's death, I am very happy to be a free man and innocent with all the charges.
“Liam was my friend and I am so sorry for what happened, but as my legal team and I clearly explained to the court, I had nothing to do with it and I am in no way responsible.”
Liam Payne's last message on Snapchat before he fell to death from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires. Five people were accused of his death
Roger Nores always denied being responsible for the death of one direction singer Liam Payne. He told MailOnline that the manslaughter he had now has been withdrawn
Nores reportedly met Liam Payne in 2020 and was depicted with him in Argentina before the singer died. They were very good friends. He is deeply driven by what happened
A drone display shows the balcony on the Casasur Hotel from which Payne fell until his death. Hotel staff is accused of manslaughter because he did not keep him safe before he fell off the balcony on October 16
The decision was made by judges Julio Lucini and Hernán López, members of Chamber V of the criminal court.
With MailOnline, Nores shared the ruling of 35 pages that destroyed a decision on December 27 to keep him in the country and to accuse him in the death of Liam.
The ruling said: “The prosecutors and the plaintiff have not indicated any relationship or complicity of Nores with the two defendants for the delivery of drugs to Liam Payne, nor any contribution to the implementation of such acts.”
It concluded: 'Finally, just as it cannot reasonably be conceived that Nores could be needed to take precautions that would go beyond the contractual relationship of the Casa Sur Hotel and his managers with the person who stayed there – all adults And in unlimited exercise of their legal capacities – much less he could be held responsible for the consequences of his actions. '
The statement has also released hotel staff Esteban Grassi and Gilda MartÃn and said: “The formation of this case has no influence on the good name and honor they would have enjoyed.”
The charges of Braian Paiz and Ezequiel Pereyra – the Ober and the hotel employee held in preventive detention, accused of selling cocaine to the singer – were confirmed by the judges and they will stay in prison.
Nores, Grassi and MartÃn were charged at the end of last year by judge Laura Bruniard, who agreed with public prosecutor Andrea Madrea, who must be filed against all five after viewing more than 800 hours of images with Payne in the hotel.
Prosectors had argued that if his 'good friend' Nores Payne's guarantee was 'life and stay in Argentina' and his father Geoff Payne this would also have testified, giving a long explanation about the relationship of the businessman with his son.
Nores Advocaat, Rafael Cuneo Libarona, told the local media: 'We are pleased to have reversed the resolution 360 degrees, with an absolute dismissal by the Chamber.
“We have always maintained that Roger Nores was not responsible for the death of Liam Payne.”
“He was only his friend and had no legal duty or obligation to guarantee his safety. Payne was an adult man, whose freedom and capacity were not influenced by any prohibition, even in his material formulation of purely general rational predisposition if we adhere to the evaluations of the doctors. '
Photo released by the police of Buenos Aires with a TV with a broken screen and half a glass of champagne in Liam's hotel room
Forensic researchers leave the hotel where the former One Direction singer was found dead after he fell from a balcony in Buenos Aires
Liam's death shocked the world and raised questions about how he had fallen off his balcony. His room was smashed.
The police started a broad investigation into his death.
A call from 911 on the day the singer died warned that he had worn aggressively and could have been under the influence of drugs and alcohol.
Grassi, the main receptionist, claimed that Liam called 'emphatically' to ask alcohol and ask where he could get cocaine – reportedly an employee who said he could not help.
Furthermore, SMS reports that claimed to have been exchanged between Liam and an escort in which he offered her $ 5,000 (£ 3,900) to 'parties'.
The singer has demonstrated tests on alcohol and cocaine before he died and also had traces of an antidepressant in his system.
Liam Payne and Roger Nores depicted in West Hollywood in June last year
Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson in 2013
Public Prosecutors also made the idea that Liam had committed suicide, was excluded and said that he was in a state of 'semi or total unconsciousness' when he fell at his hotel balcony when he' did not know what he was doing. '
The recent publication of the last photo of Liam, which shows that he was worn back to his room from his hotel lobby shortly before his fall by three men taking up Mr Grassi, led to speculation in the Argentinian media that the judicial investigation would ultimately can be a manslaughter probe.
Tourist Bret Watson, who saw Liam falling until his death, previously revealed to TMZ that the tragedy will remain 'burned in his brain' forever.
“It is something that is burned in my brain and something that I will never forget,” admitted Mr Watson.
