A panel of judges inLiam Paynesdeathinvestigation has denied an appeal tooverturn the acquittalof the three people initially charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the singers death.
In a March 12 ruling, obtained by Rolling Stone Thursday, a panel of judges maintained the original decision that cleared Paynes friend Roger Nores and hotel workers Gilda Martin and Esteban Grassi in the case.
The prosecutors original appeal, filed on March 5, claimed that the judges decision was flawed in its reasoning and that some hard drives from Paynes computer, cell phones for Nores and his partner, and one from the CasaSur reception desk and other information had not been reviewed as evidence before the final decision was made.
Liam Payne attends the British Vogue And Tiffany & Co. Celebrate Fashion And Film Party 2023 at Annabel’s on February 19, 2023 in London, England.David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images
In its response, the court wrote that while the appeal was validly submitted, it lacked the necessary merit to proceed and did not provide sufficient reasoning to prove that the decision to acquit the three people was legally wrong.
Rather than providing a specific and detailed critique of the Courts reasoning, the appeal merely expresses disagreement with the evaluation of the collected evidence, repeatedly stating the need for further actions, which the Court had dismissed by noting that Neither the parties suggested any relevant actions in this regard,' read the ruling in Spanish, adding that the mere disagreement did not reach the level of needing further processing.
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A panel of judges from Argentinas Court of Appeals originally announced the dropped charges against Nores, Martin, and Grassi in mid-February.
Ezequiel Pereyra and Braian Paiz the two men accused of selling Payne drugs will remain behind bars as they await trial.
The new court update comes about a month afterRolling Stonepublished an extensive investigationinto the tragedy of Payne, including a statement from his ex-fiancee, Maya Henry, breaking her silence on his death.Payne died in mid-October afterfalling from the third-floor balconyof the CasaSur Palermo hotel.
