Liam Payne’s Friend Blasts The Singer’s Father In Defamation Suit

Liam Payne‘s good friend Roger Nores has filed a defamation go well with in opposition to the singer’s father, Geoff Payne.

He claimed that his late good friend’s father smeared him within the media within the weeks after Payne’s loss of life, referencing the person’s declare of Nores being negligent in taking good care of the singer.

Roger Nores additionally stated within the go well with that he “by no means agreed to be and was by no means the caretaker” of the late Liam Payne.

TMZ obtained paperwork displaying that Roger Nores, Payne’s good friend, has filed a lawsuit in opposition to the singer’s father, Geoff.

Within the lawsuit, Nores, who had been with the late singer simply hours earlier than his loss of life, accused his good friend’s father of smearing his title after Payne’s passing. He appeared to reference Geoff’s public claims that he was accountable for caring for Payne.

Nores additionally recommended that Geoff had made him a goal of the Buenos Aires police by submitting a sworn declaration which claimed that Nores had “full duty for Liam’s care throughout this final interval.”

In line with the 35-year-old, Geoff’s claims had been false as he had “by no means agreed to be and was by no means the caretaker of Liam.”

He went on to say that he shared a robust bond with the late singer and that they supported one another, nevertheless it was solely as a result of they had been “expensive pals” and never resulting from any paid association.

Elsewhere within the go well with, Nores additional declared his innocence concerning any involvement in Payne’s loss of life, claiming he by no means offered the singer with “any leisure medicine and by no means managed any prescribed medicines taken” by him.

He additionally talked about that he had spoken to the late singer’s father about being unable to “commit the identical time to assist” the previous One Route star. This reported dialog passed off by way of electronic mail between himself and Geoff in August 2024, which Nores alleges Geoff didn’t open up to the authorities.

Nores additionally said that he had urged Geoff to take speedy motion in addressing Payne’s struggles with dependancy.

After they spoke the next month, Nores reportedly urged Geoff to go to Payne’s Wellington, FL, residence to look after his son. Nevertheless, regardless of his emphasis on Payne’s situation, he claimed that Geoff by no means made the journey.

In his go well with, Nores claimed that Geoff had “by no means offered for a brief or new bodyguard caretaker” for Payne after the late singer fired his “paid caretaker” and bodyguard, Bledar Vata.

Not solely did he blame Geoff, however Nores additionally identified that folks like Payne’s girlfriend had “a novel capability, alternative, and superior data of his actions and wishes.”

He then referred to as for the singer’s late father to recant his sworn assertion to the police.

“Geoff must backtrack on his sworn assertion as he very nicely is aware of I wasn’t Liam’s nurse or caretaker,” Nores advised TMZ.

He added, “Liam, who I miss each day, was my expensive good friend and an impartial, good, respectful, free man who did no matter he wished at any time when he wished.”

If the lawsuit ends in his favor, Nores intends to donate any cash he’s awarded to his late good friend’s son, Bear.

Nores is likely one of the 5 suspects charged within the investigation into Payne’s loss of life following the singer’s deadly fall from a lodge balcony.

He’s accused of negligent murder, linked to claims that he deserted Payne regardless of realizing the One Route star was not in the perfect state when he left the lodge on the day of his loss of life.

Though Nores is but to be remanded, he has been banned from leaving Argentina till the case is concluded.

He has additionally denied abandoning the late singer, including that he left him in good well being on the day of his loss of life.

“I by no means deserted Liam, I went to his lodge 3 times that day and left 40 minutes earlier than this occurred,” he stated in an announcement, per the Day by day Mail.

“There have been over 15 individuals on the lodge foyer chatting and joking with him once I left. I may have by no means imagined one thing like this could occur.”