Manslaughter charges against Liam Payne's friend dropped
The manslaughter charges against a friend of Liam Payne and two members of staff at the hotel where the singer died have been dropped.
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Rogelio "Roger" Nores and two workers from the hotel in Buenos Aires were charged in December, two months after the death of the One Direction star.
The Wolverhampton-born singer died aged 31 after falling from a third-floor balcony of the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, last year.
A post-mortem examination said Payne died from multiple injuries as well as internal and external bleeding caused by the fall.
His body was found in the hotel’s internal courtyard. After Payne’s death, police found substances in his hotel room, and destroyed objects and furniture, according to the public prosecutor’s office.
Last year, the public prosecutor’s office in the country said three people had been charged with “abandonment of a person followed by death” and supply and facilitation of narcotics in connection with the death of Payne.
However, appeal court judges have now reversed decision to charge all three, according to the BBC.
Following the announcement that charges against Mr Nores had been dropped, the businessman told Rolling Stone that he was "glad this is finally over" and that he would be travelling to the UK to say "goodbye to his friend".
His lawyer Rafael Cuneo Libarona was "happy to have reversed the decision". He added: "We have always maintained that Rogelio Nores was not responsible for Liam Payne's death.
"He was only his friend and had no duty or legal obligation to ensure his safety."
Two other men, waiter Braian Nahuel Paiz and suspended hotel worker Ezequiel David Pereyra, have been told they still face prosecution and possibly a trial after being accused of selling Payne cocaine before his death. If found guilty, they could face prison sentences of 4 to 15 years.
