A total of five people were charged after Payne fell from his hotel balcony while under the influence of drugs and alcohol.

Roger Nores was charged with manslaughter in relation to Liam Payne’s death, but the case against him has officially been dropped. The charges against Nores — as well as two employees that worked at the hotel Payne died in — were dismissed on February 19 due to a court determining there was nothing any of them could have done to prevent Payne from

Liam Payne's friend Roger Nores is off the hook in the criminal case of the One Direction singer's drug-fueled death in Argentina, TMZ has confirmed.

A court in Argentina dropped charges of criminal negligence against three of the five people indicted in connection with the death of Liam Payne, the former One Direction singer who fell from a third-floor hotel balcony in Buenos Aires last October,

Charges have been dropped against three people arrested in connection with the death of former One Direction singer Liam Payne.

Liam Payne's friend Roger Nores, who was recently cleared of any wrongdoing around the ex One Direction star's death, has refused to drop his lawsuit against Liam's dad Geoff Payne