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Roger Nores drops defamation suit against Liam Payne's dad

Liam Payne's friend has pulled his defamation lawsuit against the late singer's father, Geoff Payne.

Roger Nores - who was acquitted of an involuntary manslaughter charge in Payne's death investigation - asked the court to voluntarily dismiss the lawsuit on Wednesday, Rolling Stone reports.

In his original filing, Nores had alleged that Geoff made false and defamatory statements about him in sworn declarations to an Argentine prosecutor investigating Liam's death, causing him damages of more than $10 million (£7.8 million).

Speaking to Rolling Stone at the time, Nores said Geoff needed "to backtrack on his statements", which led to his original charge.

Now, in an email sent to Liam's estate attorney, Nores writes that Geoff "doesn't need to apologise".

"I'll always remember when (Geoff) came to me the first night at the ranch after I had picked them up at the airport, how he asked me to promise I would never give up on Liam, no matter what," Nores wrote in the email, obtained by Rolling Stone. "I kept that promise right until the end, and it was pretty hard.

"In spite of how everything turned out and Geoff saying in his statement to the police 'this is all Roger's responsibility"," he added, "I would have done this 100 times over because I loved Liam with all my heart and I miss him every day."

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