Buenos Aires authorities trying to charge Liam Payne’s friend Roger Nores, court docs show

New court documents show why Buenos Aires authorities want to charge Liam Payne’s millionaire friend over his death.

An Argentinian prosecutor has been denied in their bid to charge energy millionaire Rogelio “Roger” Nores with abandonment after a judge ruled they lacked jurisdiction in the case.

Court documents obtained by TMZ show national prosecutors attempted to lay the charge of abandonment but were blocked by the judge who found such a charge would need to be made by local prosecutors.

Mr Nores, 35, has denied any wrongdoing.

“I never abandoned Liam. I went to his hotel three times that day and left 40 minutes before this happened,” Mr Nores told the Daily Mail in a statement earlier this month.

Rogelio Nores. Picture: Bloomberg via Getty Images

“There were over 15 people at the hotel lobby chatting and joking with him when I left. I could have never imagined something like this would happen.”

Mr Nores was not at Payne’s funeral last week with multiple media reports suggesting the family asked him not to attend.

The court documents show the Argentinian prosecutors interviewed Payne’s dad Geoff who told them Mr Nores volunteered to take over Payne’s care in May which involved keeping him sober and out of trouble.

Supplied CCTV of Liam Payne being carried through the hotel lobby before his death.

The documents stated at 10pm the day before Payne died he ordered four bottles of whiskey to his room, followed by five more at 6.36am the morning of his death.

At 7am he texted Mr Nores about his intention to hire sex workers, followed by a 9.32am request that read “Can you get 6 grams?” the documents read.

The documents further allege Payne was drinking whiskey when Mr Nores joined him for breakfast the morning of his death and a maid at the hotel who cleaned up his room during the meal noted it had been trashed.

The parents of Liam Payne, Karen and Geoff Payne, watch as his coffin is carried into the funeral. Picture: Getty Images.

The same maid told prosecutors she saw Payne looking for something before eventually finding a “powder”.

Payne’s final hours are recapped in the new court documents – the 11.30am arrival of the sex workers, a 2pm request for “another 7 grams for today” from hotel staff, Mr Nores’ 3.45pm appearance at the hotel to pay the sex workers and his 4.04pm departure.

At 4.25pm the court papers show Mr Nores texted Payne “How are you?”.

Payne never responded to the message. He fell from the hotel balcony at 5.07pm on October 16.

BOB GELDOF REVEALS ONE OF THE LAST TRACKS RECORDED BY PAYNE

The newly revealed court documents come as Sir Bob Geldof emotionally paid tribute to Liam Payne as the new Band Aid 40 charity single was played on air for the first time.

The iconic charity track Do They Know It’s Christmas? celebrates its 40th anniversary with the 2024 Ultimate Mix – featuring the late One Direction singer.

Do They Know It’s Christmas? has been recorded on three times: Band Aid (1984), Band Aid 20 (2004) and Band Aid 30 (2014), bringing together some of music’s biggest stars for a good cause, while showing us how they have changed over the years.

Bob Geldof during 2024 Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington Racecourse on November 05, 2024. Picture: Wendell Teodoro/Getty Images

Payne, whose voice features on the 2024 version of the song, died aged 31 on October 16 after falling from the third-floor balcony of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, while under the influence of drugs and alcohol.

Geldof, who lost his ex-wife Paula Yates and his daughter Peaches to drugs, went on BBC Radio 2 to air the track for the firs time.

Geldof, 73, could be heard to choke up with emotion as he listened to Payne’s vocals during One Direction’s part of the remix.

One Direction featured in the previous version of Band Aid in 2014.

Zoe Ball, the radio host, said, “That’s made me feel all kinds of emotion Bob, what an extraordinary record.”

Liam Payne in 2018. Picture: AFP

Sinead O'Connor in 2011. Picture: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images

Geldof replied, “I mean, I think it’s a work of art – aren’t the voices incredible?”

Also featured on the song is the late Sinead O’Connor.

Ball said she and Geldof “both had a cry.”

“Liam, I mean, I was thinking about it at the funeral and I just thought well he’s here, he’s here with his mates, he’s alive with us. He’s doing it for others,” said the Irish singer-songwriter.

#OnThisDay 1984: Some of the crème de la crème of the British music scene came together for Band Aid, recording Sir Bob Geldof and Midge Ure's Do They Know It's Christmas?#bandaid#dotheyknowitschristmas#bobgeldof#midgeurepic.twitter.com/ouTqz2es6Z

— BBC Archive (@BBCArchive) November 25, 2024

Out now, Band Aid – 2024 Ultimate Mix video sees a young Sting sing alongside a young Ed Sheeran, a young Boy George with a young Sam Smith, a young George Michael beside a young Harry Styles.

The young Bono with an older Bono, Chris Martin with Guy Garvey, the Sugababes and Bananarama, Seal and Sinead O’Connor, Rita Ora and Robbie Williams, Kool and the Gang and Underworld.

Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, Paul Weller, Midge Ure, Gary Kemp and more also feature.

A written tribute to Liam Payne appears on screen during Zayn's performance at O2 Academy Leeds on November 23, 2024 in Leeds, England. Picture: Andrew Benge/Getty Images for ABA

It comes as Payne’s One Direction bandmate Zayn Malik was the most recent star to pay tribute to Payne at his first show since the former bandmate’s tragic death.

The homage came in the form of a giant slide projection which said ‘Love You, Bro’ with a heart emoji on stage at the O2 Academy Leeds in West Yorkshire on the weekend.

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