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 dad sued for $10m by friend of late One Direction singer - Roger Nores alleges late star’s father made ‘false and defamatory’ claims to police

Liam Payne’s tycoon pal Roger Nores slapped the late star’s father with a defamation lawsuit Thursday for suggesting he plied the singer with drugs and had “full responsibility” for him before he plunged to his death from a hotel balcony.

Roger Nores, whose name featured prominently during the investigation into the death of the late One Direction singer, has taken legal action against the star's grieving father

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.

Two months after Liam Payne died at his Argentina hotel, one of the five people charged in connection with his death has been arrested on suspicion of supplying cocaine to the One Direction alum.

Roger Nores alleges Geoff Payne misrepresented his friendship with Liam Payne to a prosecutor, insists he “did not have a legal duty to Liam."

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, Roger Nore, has taken legal action against the late singer's father, Geoff Payne, by filing a defamation lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges that Geoff has been smearing Nore's reputation in the media.

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