Liam Payne’s friend Roger Nores sues late One Direction star’s father for defamation

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Liam Payne’s friend Roger Nores is suing the late One Direction star’s father for defamation, according to a new lawsuit.Payne died on October 16 last year after falling from a third-floor balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel.

The Argentinian prosecutor’s office shared at the time that the cause of death was due to multiple traumas and internal and external bleeding.Last week, a hearing at Buckinghamshire Coroner’s Court confirmed that the death was the result of “polytrauma”, which refers to multiple traumatic injuries sustained by a body’s organ systems (via BBC).Nores is one of five people who have been charged in Argentina over the death alongside CasaSur Palermo hotel manager Gilda Martin, reception head Esteban Grassi, Ezequiel Pereyra and Braian Paiz.Wrongful death charges were made against Nores, Martin and Grassi, with the judge noting: “I do not believe that [Nores, Martin, and Grassi] planned and wanted Payne’s death.

They did not plan the result but created a legally disapproved risk.”Nores filed a federal defamation lawsuit in Florida this week (January 15) against Liam’s father Geoff Payne.

According to court documents seen by TMZ and Rolling Stone, Nores alleges that Geoff submitted a sworn declaration to Buenos Aires police stating that Nores had “full responsibility for Liam’s care during this last period when I was not there.”Nores, however, denies this and states in the lawsuit that he “never agreed to be and was never the caretaker of Liam.” He went on to say while they were “dear friends”, it was never a paid job.