Liam Payne’s dad hit by $10million defamation lawsuit from son’s ‘pal’ Roger Nores – who was charged over star’s death
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LIAM Payne's grieving dad has been hit by a $10million defamation lawsuit filed by his late son's pal, Rogelio "Roger" Nores, who was charged with manslaughter over his death. Argentinian businessman Nores claims he has been scapegoated over the One Direction star's tragic death aged 31 last October.
![[Geoff Payne, father of Liam Payne, at a memorial for his son.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2024-growing-memorial-included-flowers-941840065.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
He was one of the last people to see the 31-year-old singer alive before he fell to his death from a third-floor balcony at Buenos Aires' Casa Sur Palermo hotel. The lawsuit, filed in Palm Beach, Florida, comes on the heels of the multimillionaire being charged with negligent homicide, the Spanish equivalent to manslaughter, over Liam's tragic death.
![[Liam Payne at the BRIT Awards.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2025-one-two-accused-supplying-961306083.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Judge Laura Bruniard accused Nores of "abandoning him [Liam] to his luck knowing that he was incapable of fending for himself and knowing that he [Liam] suffered from multiple addictions". Nores has vehemently denied the claims - previously saying Liam was "playful, happy and fine" when he left on the day he died.
![[Liam Payne, his father, and a friend leaving Craig's restaurant in West Hollywood.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/37973178-b729-411e-8c61-c30a29b507ed.jpg?strip=all&w=842)
In the lawsuit, Nores claims Geoff Payne made "misleading false and defamatory" statements to Argentine authorities investigating the death, which he alleges led directly to his arrest and manslaughter charges. Nores also claims that Liam's dad provided false statements to Argentine authorities, directly leading to his arrest and the manslaughter charges against him.
![[Roger Nores (left) saw the One Direction star just before his fatal fall from a Buenos Aires balcony]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/image_39776d.jpeg?strip=all&w=882)
