The manslaughter charges filed against a friend of One Direction singer Liam Payne and two hotel employees have been dropped. Roger Nores and the two employees had been charged in connection to the death of the singer, who plunged from a balcony at a Buenos Aires, Argentina hotel in October.

A court in Argentina has dropped charges of criminal negligence against three of the five people indicted in connection with the death of Liam Payne, the former One Direction singer who fell from a third-floor hotel balcony in Buenos Aires last October.

An Argentine court has cleared three of the five people accused of their alleged involvement in singer Liam Payne's death, local media reported on Thursday.

The One Direction singer died in October 2024 after falling from the third floor balcony of a Buenos Aires hotel, aged just 31

Three appeals court judges in Buenos Aires ruled Wednesday that Liam Payne's friend Rogelio Nores will no longer be criminally charged in the One Direction star's death.

Following the announcement that charges against Mr Nores had been dropped, his lawyer Rafael Cuneo Libarona said he was "happy to have reversed the decision". He added: "We have always maintained that Rogelio Nores was not responsible for Liam Payne's death.

Liam Payne's friend Roger Nores and two workers at the CasaSur Palermo hotel had their charges fully dropped in the singer's death investigation, a panel of judges from Argentina's Court of Appeals announced in an extensive ruling obtained by Rolling Stone Wednesday night.

Liam Payne’s grieving family has been denied the justice they sought after several of those charged in connection with his death were cleared. The Wolverhampton-born One Direction singer passed away after falling from his hotel balcony in Argentina in October and his pal Rogelio 'Roger' Nores and four others had been arrested in connection.

Roger Nores was charged with manslaughter in relation to Liam Payne’s death, but the case against him has officially been dropped. The charges against Nores — as well as two employees that worked at the hotel Payne died in — were dismissed on February 19 due to a court determining there was nothing any of them could have done to prevent Payne from

Manslaughter charges have been dropped against Rogelio "Roger" Nores and two hotel workers in connection with former One Direction star Liam Payne's death at a Buenos Aires hotel last October. Appeal court judges cleared Nores,