This is so fucking disturbing. I know fans have had a bad feeling about Roger for a while. It sounds like they werenât wrong.
Today, Nores is charged with abandoning Liam Payne and killing him , as well as supplying and facilitating him with drugs, in a relationship that sources in the case describe as âalmost Maradona-esque, a friend of the champion , like those who surrounded Diego at his worst .â To charge him, Madrea and his team analyzed 800 hours of footage from the CasaSur hotel and opened Liamâs phone. In addition, they took a large number of testimonies, including that of Liamâs father, Geoff Payne.
Liamâs father said the same thing that the courts were able to confirm through the analysis of communications and the comparison of other testimonies: that Nores, after meeting Payne in Miami at the beginning of this year, became the force that dominated his life. If the Payne family wanted to know how the singer was, then they should contact Rogelio. He was not just another friend of Liamâs, under any circumstances. Geoff Payne himself said it: âRogerâ was always the intermediary. âHe is better than ever,â he would have told the family when asked.
And this explains the charge of abandonment of a person. It is not about the fact that the businessman did not come to the singerâs aid, but about the long road that led to the CasaSur hotel.
The businessman would have become a sort of de facto manager . Although they did not have a specific contract in this regard, sources in the case say that Nores operated as an âinvestment advisorâ and that they had business in common in view of Payneâs possible return to the world stage. For this, the singerâs recovery from his addiction to drugs and alcohol was key. He just had to be detoxified.
Nores accompanied Payne in a deep detoxification treatment in the United States. There, a psychiatrist prescribed sertraline, the antidepressant that was found in the toxicology test on the singerâs body. The specialist said it clearly: if you mix alcohol and cocaine with sertraline, the result can be lethal.
Then, another treatment in Spain was carried out, which also failed. So they ended up in Argentina. Payne was put up in a prestigious five-star hotel that was used to hosting big rock stars. They kicked him out of there. They even visited a local psychiatrist, who testified in the file. After the five-star hotel, they both went to the Patagones polo club with the singerâs last girlfriend, Kate Cassidy, where the singer was photographed wearing a helmet and heels on a horse. They spent a few days there. However, Payne quickly became nervous and left the place.
Thus, they arrived at the CasaSur hotel in Palermo on the Sunday before the death. Liam did not even have a bag. There, according to the testimonies and analysis that are part of the case of the prosecutor Madrea, Noresâ control would have been much more evident, with alleged orders to the hotel staff to report each expense. Nores, this time, managed Payneâs expenses , while receiving calls for each whiskey, champagne or tequila that the former One Direction member ordered, with physical money delivered at the reception. The evidence also speaks of âfree daysâ when Liam could consume cocaine.
The day he died, precisely, was a âday off.â
Thus, Nores frequently returned to the hotel to top up the bill. Payne, meanwhile, insisted on the phone, asking for Argentine pesos to pay the dealers who offered him cocaine, with photos of the bags they offered him and the corresponding prices. The prosecution suspects that Nores had obtained cocaine for him himself, which led to the second charge against him.
Meanwhile, hotel cameras filmed Liam as he wandered the halls , drunk and with a distant look.
For the time being, Nores is free, with his passport handed over to the courts and a ban on leaving the country, while he awaits being summoned for questioning by Judge Laura Bruniard. Article 106 of the Criminal Code, which defines the crime of abandonment followed by death, speaks of âanyone who endangers the life or health of another, either by placing him or her in a situation of helplessness, or by abandoning to their fate a person who is incapable of taking care of himself or who must be maintained or cared for, or who the author himself has incapacitated .â Here, the alleged supply of narcotics plays a key role.
If convicted, he could face up to 15 years in prison. Given the amount of the sentence, the crime is not bailable.
Thank you so much for all the reblogs and the kind words in the tags. I wanted to take a moment to answer some questions I’ve seen come up in the tags or received in messages.
Why not set a time zone?
Since there are people from all over the world in the fandom who want to participate, setting a specific time zone could make it challenging for those with work, college, or other responsibilities. This way, everyone can join in when it’s October 29th for them.
Can we do a Zoom call or a group chat?
I’d love to do that, but with everyone being in different time zones, organizing that would be tricky. So, I encourage you to talk to your mutuals or even people in the fandom you haven’t spoken to before. Even an anon ask saying “sending love 💕” can really mean a lot. I know we’ll miss that in-person connection, but this way, we’re still together.
Can I create (add here an idea)?
Yes, absolutely! You can express yourself however feels right to you—whether it’s fan art, edits, poems, letters, songs, favorite memories of him, photos of him, or even photos of flowers you got for him or of the sky.
And if you want to participate but don’t feel comfortable expressing your thoughts or feelings here, you can simply reblog the posts and do a private memorial at home. For example, you might write a note just for him and light a candle. It’s all about honoring him in your own way!
Just after sunset during the Minneapolis memorial for Liam, someone released five red heart balloons. As they rose up together, one balloon rose higher and faster while the other four seemed to hang back sending it off. To me, the moment felt like these lyrics
You will find me In places that weâve never been For reasons we donât understand Walking in the wind
Liam may be gone, but we will continue to find him in many ways as we carry on his memory.
to my friends who I am still in contact with, those who I lost contact with, those who were still around and those who, like me, have emerged from the woodwork due to tragedy - I love you I see you I’m thinking of you
