A businessman friend, a hotel employee and a drug dealer are being investigated for Liam Payne’s death

According to the autopsy, Payne consumed cocaine, alcohol and an antidepressant in the three days before his death.

An Argentine businessman friend of Liam Payne, a maintenance worker at the hotel where the former One Direction singer was staying, and a drug dealer are being investigated on charges of involvement in the singer’s death. Argentine newspaper The Nation this Wednesday 6.

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Rogelio “Roger” Nores, an American businessman based in Argentina and a close friend of Payne, accompanied the musician during his stay in the country and was charged with desertion for allegedly failing to inform the artist’s family of the his relapse into drug use.

On the afternoon of Payne’s death, investigators tried to contact Nores by phone, but he did not appear. The next day, a lawyer appeared in court on behalf of the businessman, asking whether he was formally charged with any crime.

Faced with refusal, Nores voluntarily presented himself as a witness, claiming to be present at the hotel on the day of the incident, despite employees claiming they had not seen him. This disagreement led the Court to investigate possible omissions on Nores’ part, including possible liability for negligence in failing to communicate Payne’s health status to the family.

In addition to Nores, two companions are also under investigation, identified only as L. and A., since they were seen with Payne hours before he fell from the third floor balcony of the hotel. The women said they were called by the singer via the escort app and said he refused to pay the agreed upon $5,000 (almost R$30,000 at current prices), which caused an argument. According to the report, the hotel manager attempted to contact Payne’s friend to resolve the payment, but to no avail. After negotiations, the companions left the premises, and L. was subjected to a search, during which the police found marijuana in his home.

In recent days, Argentine courts have ordered searches at nine locations linked to those involved, including the Palermo hotel where Payne died, as well as homes in neighborhoods such as Tigre and Lomas de Zamora, and in other areas such as Altos de Isidro Casanova , where L lived. Marijuana, nine cell phones, three computers and storage devices were seized.

According to the autopsy, Payne consumed cocaine, alcohol and an antidepressant in the three days before his death. This data was shared with the family and revealed traces of prolonged use of these substances in the artist’s body, based on toxicological analyzes of urine, blood and vitreous humor, as communicated by the Attorney General to the The Nation.

Source: Terra

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