Liam Payne’s “heartbroken” friend Rogelio “Roger” Nores issued a statement denying his connection to the former One Direction member’s death.
Liam Payne’s friend Rogelio “Roger” Nores issued a statement denying his connection to the former One Direction member’s fatal fall from a third-story balcony at CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires on Oct. 16.
“I never abandoned Liam. I went to his hotel three times that day and left 40 minutes before this happened,” Nores — an Argentinian businessman who befriended Payne in 2020 — told the Daily Mail on Thursday.
“There were over 15 people at the hotel lobby chatting and joking with him when I left.”
Nores — who “could have never imagined something like this would happen” — pointed out that he gave his “statement to the prosecutor on Oct. 17 as a witness.”
He insisted he hasn’t “spoken to any police officer or prosecutor ever since.”
Nores, 35, went on to note that he “wasn’t Liam’s manager,” calling the late singer his “very dear friend” whom he’s “been missing … every day.”
“I’m really heartbroken with this tragedy,” Nores added, urging the outlet to “refer to the email [he] sent to Liam and his team on Aug.
