Former One Direction star Liam Payne tragically fell to his death from the third floor balcony of his hotel room in Buenos Aires – and now his friend has revealed some new details
Liam Payne is alleged to have suffered drug addiction in the year before his heartbreaking death. The former One Direction star fell to his death aged 31 in October from the third floor balcony of his room in Buenos Aires, with his suite reportedly littered with drugs paraphernalia.
Now, Liam’s friend Roger Nores has shared in a long court filing obtained by Page Six that the performer was voluntarily in and out of rehab centres for nearly a year in an attempt to “overcome” his apparent battle with substance abuse.
The papers reportedly read: “I was a friend who loved him very much, who helped him selflessly in everything I could, who spent my own money to help him, and even then it was not enough.
Roger continued: “I do not consider that I deserve the accusation that is being levelled at me.”
Roger had been accused of abandoning Liam before his tragic fall but he has reportedly detailed Liam’s alleged addiction issues after a judge called for him to be questioned as part of the investigation.
The document in which he makes the claims is not a deposition, and Roger used it to defended himself against changes that could have seen him behind bars for 15 years.
Roger included in the papers that Liam’s apparent rehab stints were “not successful” and he made the claim that the singer had tried heroin. He went to allege that Liam had to be resuscitated multiple times in the year leading up to his death.
Roger claimed in September 2023 the former One Direction member “suffered from a severe intoxication that left him close to death”. He added the incident took place in Milan and left Liam hospitalised for days.
Furthermore, Roger claimed that Liam faced two more hospitalisations in London where he had to be resuscitated owing to “high levels of intoxication”.
This comes after a preliminary autopsy report has revealed the tragic circumstances surrounding the One Direction star’s untimely death. The distressing details in the preliminary autopsy report indicated that Liam died due to “multiple traumas”, resulting in “internal and external bleeding” after the 40-foot drop. Forensic experts concluded that “the 25 injuries described in the autopsy are compatible with those caused by a fall from a height.”
They further explained that Liam had no “defensive type” injuries and that the wounds were “vital and produced at the same time as each other”. As a result, it was determined that “the intervention of third parties would be ruled out,” according to reports from Argentinian news source La Nacion.