Liam Payne’s friend Rogelio Nores denies abandoning him at the hotel before his death

So, a new statement from the prosecutor’s office in Argentina has revealed the police are investigating three people in relation to Liam Payne’s tragic death. Two people supplied Liam Payne drugs. The third person is an unnamed friend of Liam Payne.

Local media reported that the police raided the home of Rogelio Nores, who is known as Roger. Rogelio Nores is a close friend of Liam Payne who spent lots of time with him in Buenos Aires.

The statement from the prosecutor’s office says, “The first of the accused is the person who accompanied the artist on a daily basis during his stay in the city of Buenos Aires, who is charged with the crimes of abandonment of a person followed by death – contemplated in article 106 of the Penal Code and which provides for a prison sentence of 5 to 15 years -, as perpetrator, in ideal concurrence with the supply and facilitation of narcotics.”

Rogelio Nores has now denied abandoning Liam Payne in the hotel before his death. He told the Daily Mail, “I never abandoned Liam. I went to his hotel three times that day and left 40 minutes before this happened.

Tributes outside the CasaSur Hotel where Liam Payne died
(Credit: Roberto Tuero/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock)

“There were over 15 people at the hotel lobby chatting and joking with him when I left. I could have never imagined something like this would happen.

“I’ve given my statement to the prosecutor on October 17 as a witness, and I haven’t spoken to any police officer or prosecutor ever since. I wasn’t Liam’s manager. He was just my very dear friend.”

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Rogelio Nores is 35 years old. He’s very rich businessman – he made lots of money in the energy industry, then started his own investment company when he was only 23.

He met Liam Payne in 2020 at a London house party hosted by Edward Enninful, the last editor-in-chief of British Vogue. The paparazzi spotted him and Liam Payne out together in Los Angeles in June. Selfies on Snapchat show Rogelio Nores went to Niall Horan’s concert in Argentina with Liam Payne, his girlfriend Kate Cassidy and his ex-girlfriend Maya Henry. Rogelio Nores lived in Miami near the mansion which Liam Payne and Kate Cassidy recently moved into.

According to Page Six, Rogelio sent an email in August to Liam Payne’s management team and father Geoff. The email said Rogelio was worried about Liam Payne going to Manchester to film the Netflix show Building the Band.

The email apparently said, “I’m really concerned for his well-being while he is out there and I hope you can bring professional doctors to check on his health regularly as soon as possible as I did while he was out in the US.

“I am going to stay fully out of the picture and disconnected from now on and I wish you all the best with Liam’s health and career.”

The friend being investigated by the police faces between five and 15 years in prison.

Featured image of Liam Payne and Rogelio Nores via Snapchat