Liam Payne's friend Roger Nores is suing the singer's dad for alleged defamation. Nores was charged with manslaughter in connection to Payne's death.

The father of late One Direction star Liam Payne, Geoff Payne, has been named in a US defamation case by the singer's friend Roger Nores. Payne died, aged 31, from "multiple trauma" and "internal and external haemorrhage", after he fell from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires.

Liam Payne 's friend Roger Nores has filed a defamation suit against the singer's father, Geoff Payne. He claimed that his late friend's father smeared him in the media in the weeks after Payne's death, referencing the man's claim of Nores being negligent in taking care of the singer.

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Liam Payne's drug use brought him "close to death" on several occasions in the months leading up to his fatal fall in October, according to his friend Roger Nores.

Liam Payne's close friend Rogelio "Roger" Nores is suing the later singer's father, Geoff Payne, for defamation after being charged with manslaughter for his death. The

Geoff Payne, the father of the late One Direction star Liam Payne, is facing a defamation lawsuit from the singer’s friend, Roger Nores, over comments made following Liam’s passing. Payne, aged 31, died from “multiple trauma” and “internal and external hemorrhage” after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires.

Rogelio "Roger" Nores, a close friend of the late singer Liam Payne, has filed a defamation lawsuit against Geoff Payne, Liam's father