Drugs to blame in Liam Payne's death, close friend says


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  • Saturday, 08 Mar 2025

Rogelio "Roger" Nores, friend of former One Direction star Liam Payne, who fell to his death from a Buenos Aires hotel balcony last October, attends an interview with Reuters, in Buenos Aires, Argentina March 7, 2025. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Drugs are the only thing to blame in the death of former One Direction star Liam Payne, according to a close friend who was cleared last month of charges he was involved with the singer's death.

Rogelio "Roger" Nores, speaking to Reuters on Friday alongside his lawyer, described Payne's October fall from a Buenos Aires hotel balcony as "bad luck" and a "tragedy."

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