Rogelio “Roger” Nors, a close friend of Liam Payne and one of the last people to see the former UNE Direction with life believes Payne’s death was the result of a Extremely Unfortunate Event Series .
Payne fell from the third floor of a hotel where he was staying in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in October, according to local police CNN at the time. He was 31 years old.
Five people were accused in connection with Payne’s death in January, according to local prosecutors. Nights was one of those individuals, but their accusations and those of two were later removed. An employee of the hotel and a local waiter were arrested on accusations related to the supply of cocaine to Payne during his stay at the hotel.
Nors said to CNN Spanish, in an interview with Cecilia Dominguez last Tuesday (11), that when he left Payne about an hour before his fall, “he was fine, he was being Liam.”
The friend could never have imagined that Payne would die that day. “It was very difficult to predict this,” he said.
Nides and Payne had traveled together to Buenos Aires to what he described as a personal trip and so that former One Direction member could see the show of his former bandmate Niall Horan.
“He was just a guy who enjoyed life and liked to travel to places and meet people, and honestly he was happy. It’s not like he’s sad or depressed, ”said the artist’s friend. “What happened was extremely unhappy.”
The two, along with Payne’s girlfriend Kate Cassidy, spent time together having fun and doing “normal” activities like bowling and watching movies, said Nides. The artist “had remained sober” during the trip, according to Nues. Days before the singer’s fall, she left Buenos Aires to return home.
Prior to Payne’s death, someone gave him drugs, the interviewee said. Subsequently, it was determined that the singer had alcohol, cocaine and an antidepressant prescribed on his system before his death, according to Argentine prosecutors.
“I don’t think drugs killed him,” said his friend. “I think this was really a misfortune and a real accident.”
The two met in 2020 and quickly developed a close friendship. Now he says he is focused on moving on in the mourning by the singer, who described as “one of the best friends I’ve had in my life.”
Investigation ongoing
An investigation into Payne’s death began in October.
Along with the hotel manager where the incident occurred and the chief of reception, they had their accusations withdrawn after being investigated for manslaughter, according to judicial documents revised by CNN Spanish.
The hotel employee and the local waiter who remain detained may face up to 15 years in prison, according to court documents. The local waiter’s lawyer said in December that his client was not guilty and would appeal the prosecution, according to the New York Times.
Payne spoke openly about her struggles with substance abuse and her mental health. The singer completed six months of sobriety in summer of 2023 after completing treatment at a US clinic.
He was preparing to start a new South American tour in September of that year, but postponed the scheduled dates after suffering a kidney infection.
“He was smart enough to surround himself with a really healthy environment, and the family and the people around him, they tried their best,” said Nores. “They tried a lot to help, but in the end, this was Liam’s decision.”
Before his death, Payne had already filmed his participation in Netflix’s “Building the Band, according to the Hollywood Reportera corner competition program in which he acted as a judge alongside Nicole Scherzinger and Kelly Rowland.
Although the streaming service has not yet announced a release date for next season of the program, Netflix plans to move on with its broadcast.
Payne’s death shocked the music industry and its millions of fans around the world, causing a global wave of mourning by the singer who brought joy to many through his music. He reached the global star as part of One Direction, one of the largest British boybands, which was created in the British X Factor in 2010.
The group announced an “indefinite hiatus” in 2016.
Payne was buried during a funeral in England, to which her former bandmaters-Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Horan and Louis Tomlinson-attended.
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