A judge in Argentina ruled Tuesday that national prosecutors have the option to charge Liam Payne’s friend Roger Nores with abandonment related to the death of the pop musician. TMZ first reported the news.

Liam Payne’s friend, Rogelio ‘Roger’ Nores, could reportedly be facing abandonment charges in the singer’s death investigation

Liam Payne died on 16th October after falling from the third floor balcony of his Casa Sur hotel room. An autopsy established that Payne suffered "multiple traumas" and "internal and external haemorrhaging",