Liam Payne's Friend Roger Nores Cleared of Manslaughter Charges | TMZ TV - video Dailymotion

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.

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00:00Obviously, once everything is over, you feel relieved and you feel like you're a person

00:08again.

00:09That's Liam Payne's friend Roger Norris on TMZ Live discussing his relief in being

00:13off the hook in the criminal case where it was asserted that he could have somehow prevented

00:17the singer's death.

00:18He was charged with manslaughter, but initially they were talking about this abandonment charge.

00:22The argument, which I never understood at all, is that Roger somehow had a duty to keep

00:28Liam safe and by not being around him all the time that he was responsible for his death.

00:35But an Argentinian judge ruled that ultimately there was nothing Roger could have done to

00:39save Liam.

00:40The judge said that Norris had no role in Liam, quote, obtaining and consuming alcohol

00:47and could not have stopped him.

00:48What was he supposed to do?

00:49The judge said that he would have found drugs no matter if Roger stayed with him 24 hours

00:53a day.

00:54Suppose he stayed with him 24 hours a day and Liam says, I'm going to drink a bottle

00:59of whiskey.

01:00What is Roger doing then?

01:01No, man, that's not cool.

01:02Let's go.

01:03Let's go.

01:04Oh, God.

01:05No, man.

01:06Oh, God.

01:07That's not cool.

01:08As for Roger, he's clearly ready to put this all behind him and start dealing with the

01:11loss of his friend.

01:12But yeah, I'm looking forward to like trying to understand and process my feelings without

01:16this whole thing around me.

01:19Justice was served here.

01:20It was.

01:21This was an addict who was going to get his hands on drugs and alcohol to do what he's

01:24going to do.

01:25Liam would have went out and like turned the corner, went by the bridge by the park and

01:28got it from like a dealer on there.

01:30Very accurate and also oddly specific.

01:33Congrats on being off the hook, Roger.

01:35Honestly, this is like, um, this is great news.