Overview
- The Cámara Nacional de Casación confirmed Nores' sobreseimiento on Monday, July 20, 2026, saying the evidence does not show he supplied or facilitated drugs for Liam Payne.
- Judges noted that the only deliveries proven so far were made by Brian Nahuel Paiz and Ezequiel David Pereyra, who remain formally accused and are due to face an oral trial.
- Liam Payne died after falling from a third-floor Palermo hotel room on October 16, 2024, and his autopsy recorded high alcohol levels plus cocaine and related metabolites, which prompted the supply-focused probes.
- Nores' lawyer said the ruling confirms he never supplied drugs and described Nores as a friend who did not live at the hotel or take part in the deliveries that investigators credited to others.
- With Nores legally detached from the supply allegations, the case now centers on the forthcoming trial of Paiz and Pereyra and on any further forensic or witness evidence the prosecutor can produce.