Liam Payne: The date of the funeral service has been set

Liam Payne (1993-2024) will reportedly be buried this week. This is reported by the . The funeral service will take place in his English hometown of Wolverhampton. The singer of the boy band One Direction died on October 16, 2024 after falling from the third floor of a hotel in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires. He was only 31 years old.

According to The Sun, one person is unwelcome at the funeral: Rogelio “Roger” Nores. The Argentine businessman was a close acquaintance of Liam Payne. In some sources, Nores was referred to as his manager after the singer’s death. According to Nores, he was just a good friend.

Roger Nores is said to be among three people charged by Argentine authorities in Payne’s death. They are accused of “neglect of a person resulting in death as well as the supply and distribution of narcotics.” Traces of alcohol and drugs were found in Payne’s body.

Roger Nores is accused of “neglect”. He denied this to the British newspaper Daily Mail. “I didn’t abandon Liam. I drove to his hotel three times that day and left 40 minutes before it happened,” he insisted. “There were more than 15 people in the hotel lobby talking and joking with him when I left,” he also said.

Liam Payne’s family wants his funeral to go smoothly, according to a source quoting The Sun. Opinions about Roger Nores are therefore “divided”. “It’s true that he and Liam had a connection, but he was never popular when it came to Liam’s wider circle,” the insider continued.