Liam Payne‘s good friend Roger Nores — who was with him in his remaining chaotic days alive in Buenos Aires — is suing Liam’s father for allegedly smearing him within the media within the weeks after Liam died.
Roger filed the defamation lawsuit Thursday in opposition to Geoff Payne for saying Roger was purported to care for Liam on the time of his loss of life. In accordance with the docs, obtained by TMZ, Roger says Geoff submitted sworn declaration to Buenos Aires police stating Roger had “full responsibility for Liam’s care during this last period when I was not there.”
However, Roger sternly denies that saying within the lawsuit, he “never agreed to be and was never the caretaker of Liam.” He acknowledges they had been “dear friends” and supported one another, however says it was by no means a paid job for him.
Bear in mind, Buenos Aires prosecutors have charged Roger in Liam’s loss of life … accusing him of abandoning Liam simply previous to his loss of life.
In his lawsuit, Roger calls out Geoff for failing to share a number of emails between himself and Roger — in a single dated August 2024, Roger says he instructed Geoff he “could not further as a friend devote the same time to support Liam” and that Geoff wanted to take motion concerning Liam’s situation … a reference to the One Course singer’s battles with habit.
Roger says he and Geoff truly spoke in September 2024, and he urged Liam’s dad to return to Wellington, FL — the place Liam lived — and care for his son. He says, to the very best of his data, Geoff by no means got here.
In his lawsuit, Roger factors out Geoff’s allegedly false statements unfold around the globe when TMZ obtained police paperwork containing his claims about Roger. These paperwork had been featured in our documentary “Liam Payne: Who’s to Blame?” … wherein we additionally interviewed Roger.
In accordance with the go well with, Roger stands by one thing he instructed us — that he wasn’t lacing Liam with narcotics. He says he “never provided Liam with any recreational drugs and never controlled any prescribed medications taken by Liam.”
As for who truly was purported to look after Liam … effectively, Roger’s pointing fingers at a few folks. In accordance with the docs, he says Geoff trusted one in all Liam’s bodyguards, Bledar Vata, to be a “paid caretaker” — however, when Liam fired Vata, “Geoff as self declared caretaker of Liam never provided for a temporary or new bodyguard caretaker.”
He additionally factors out Liam was residing together with his gf Kate Cassidy in Florida, and at a pair motels in Argentina, within the months of September and October 2024. Whereas he does not lay direct blame on her, Roger says she had “a unique capacity, opportunity and superior knowledge of Liam’s activities and needs.”
Roger says he’ll donate any cash he is awarded from the lawsuit to Liam’s son, Bear.
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