Liam Payne’s shut buddy Rogelio “Roger” Nores denied his involvement within the late singer’s demise.
“I by no means deserted Liam. I went to his resort 3 occasions that day and left 40 minutes earlier than this occurred,” Nores advised the Day by day Mail in a Thursday, November 7, assertion. “There have been over 15 folks on the resort foyer chatting and joking with him after I left. I may have by no means imagined one thing like this might occur.”
Payne was visiting Buenos Aires, Argentina, within the weeks previous his demise. Information broke on October 16 that the previous One Route singer suffered a deadly fall from a third-story resort balcony on the age of 31. An post-mortem revealed that Payne sustained a number of accidents involving inner and exterior hemorrhage and had varied medication in his system together with “pink cocaine” and crack.
Native Buenos Aires cops subsequently launched an investigation into the circumstances of Payne’s demise.
“I’ve given my assertion to the prosecutor on October 17 as a witness and I haven’t spoken to any police officer or prosecutor ever since,” Nores advised the Day by day Mail. “I wasn’t Liam’s supervisor; he was simply my very expensive buddy … I’m actually heartbroken with this tragedy, and I’ve been lacking my buddy each day.”
Earlier on Thursday, Argentina officers charged three people in connection to Payne’s demise together with a resort worker and one among Payne’s journey companions. In a 180-page indictment, the suspects had been charged with abandonment resulting in demise and the provision and facilitation of narcotics.
“Three supplementary medical-legal studies requested by Madrea confirmed that every one accidents had been in keeping with a excessive fall, ruling out self-harm or third-party involvement. The shortage of defensive posture upon affect suggests Payne might have fallen in a semi- or totally unconscious state,” a press release from prosecutors learn. “In gentle of this, forensic psychiatry specialists had been consulted to find out whether or not Payne might have been in a diminished or unconscious state on the time of the autumn, which the prosecutor believes negates the potential for voluntary motion on his half.”
Following the conclusion of the investigation and extra toxicology exams, Payne’s stays had been in a position to be despatched again to his native U.Okay. The “Teardrops” musician’s father, Geoff, accompanied his son’s physique on a flight to London that landed on Thursday morning.
Payne is survived by his dad and mom, his two older sisters and his 7-year-old son, Bear Gray, whom he shared with ex Cheryl Cole. Particulars concerning a funeral service haven’t been publicly revealed.
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