Charges against Liam Payne's friend Roger Nores and two hotel employees have been dropped, after they were linked to the One Direction singer's death.

A total of five people were charged after Payne fell from his hotel balcony while under the influence of drugs and alcohol.

The ruling, obtained by The Associated Press, drops charges against three key defendants: Rogelio Nores, an Argentine businessman with US citizenship who had accompanied Payne during his trip to Buenos Aires; Gilda Martin, the manager of the CasaSur Palermo Hotel where Payne died, and Esteban Grassi, the hotel’s main receptionist.

Manslaughter charges over the death of One Direction star Liam Payne have been dropped against his friend Roger Nores and two hotel workers.

The manslaughter charges filed against a friend of One Direction singer Liam Payne and two hotel employees have been dropped. Roger Nores and the two employees had been charged in connection to the death of the singer, who plunged from a balcony at a Buenos Aires, Argentina hotel in October.

An Argentine court has cleared three of the five people accused of their alleged involvement in singer Liam Payne's death, local media reported on Thursday. The court dismissed charges against businessman Rogelio Nores,

A court in Argentina has dropped charges of criminal negligence against three of the five people indicted in connection with the death of Liam Payne, the former One Direction singer who fell from a th

Three appeals court judges in Buenos Aires ruled Wednesday that Liam Payne's friend Rogelio Nores will no longer be criminally charged in the One Direction star's death.

Roger Nores said he left the hotel 40 minutes before Liam Payne died Manslaughter charges against a friend of Liam Payne and two members of staff at the hotel where the singer died have been dropped.