Liam Payne’s Father Reportedly Tried To Have Him Committed Before His Tragic Death

Liam Payne’s father, Geoff, reportedly made a desperate attempt to have his son committed to a psychiatric treatment center in the months leading up to his tragic passing at the age of 31.

Geoff took action after the former One Direction star was hospitalized in a "serious condition" in April 2024, doing everything he could to safeguard Liam Payne.

According to Rolling Stone, sources claim that Liam started the year in a “fragile state” and checked into a rehab facility in Spain around the same time he released what would become his final single, "Teardrops."

However, he allegedly left treatment before completing the program. In the weeks that followed, he relapsed, prompting his father to intervene. Despite Geoff’s attempts to have Liam admitted to a psychiatric treatment center, the singer reportedly refused to go.

Concerns over Liam’s well-being extended beyond his family. According to the report, his team expressed serious doubts about his ability to handle a planned tour in South America, believing he was “in no shape to be on the road.” Liam also missed multiple key promotional opportunities for "Teardrops," including scheduled interviews, performances, and events.

By September 2024, just one month before his passing, Liam was dropped by his U.S. label, Universal Republic. A source told Rolling Stone, “It was decided by the label, given these factors combined with concerns for his health, to terminate the working relationship rather than further release music.”

Despite these setbacks, those close to Liam reportedly believed he was in a better place around that time. He had been living at a polo club in Wellington, Florida, where he spent his days songwriting, drawing, horseback riding, and playing polo.

“Liam was playing polo and looked good,” Geoff recalled in a witness statement provided to Argentine prosecutors.

In a shocking turn of events, Geoff now faces a $10 million defamation lawsuit filed by his late son’s friend, Rogelio “Roger” Nores, who claims he has been made a scapegoat for Liam’s death.

Nores was among the last people to see Liam alive on October 16, 2024, in Buenos Aires, where the singer tragically fell from a third-floor hotel balcony at the CasaSur Palmero hotel. Last month, Nores was charged with manslaughter for allegedly having “abandoned him [Liam] to his luck knowing that he was incapable of fending for himself and knowing that he [Liam] suffered from multiple addictions.”

Judge Laura Bruniard ruled that Nores “failed to fulfill his duties of care, assistance, and help” toward Liam. In addition to Nores, four others—including the hotel manager, a hotel worker, a receptionist, and a waiter—have also been charged in connection to the singer’s death.

Now, Nores is fighting back, alleging that Geoff’s statements to Argentine authorities caused “irreparable damage” to his reputation. The lawsuit, filed in Palm Beach, Florida, accuses Geoff of making “misleading, false, and defamatory” claims in sworn statements to Buenos Aires police, which Nores says led directly to his arrest.

Geoff allegedly told police that Nores and Liam’s girlfriend, Kate Cassidy, acted as the singer’s nurses and were responsible for his care. Nores insists he was simply a friend and never agreed to be Liam’s caretaker.

Geoff claimed that Nores took Liam to a new psychiatrist in Florida after his previous doctor, Dr. Rhaidy, resigned. According to Geoff, Nores allegedly misled the new doctor about Liam’s struggles with alcohol and drugs to obtain psychiatric medication. Nores, however, denies this, stating that no such doctor existed and that Geoff’s statement is “100 percent fiction.”

Geoff reportedly stated that Liam could not be left alone, did not have his own phone, and could only be contacted through Kate or Nores. Nores refutes this, saying Liam was frequently alone and always had access to his phone, except for a few days after it was broken during an argument with Kate.

Nores’ legal team is now demanding that Geoff retract and correct his statements to Argentine authorities, arguing that his “false” declarations directly resulted in the manslaughter charge against him.

According to the lawsuit, “Defendant Geoff’s false Relevant Contents of the Two Sworn Declarations were and are the proximate cause of the Plaintiff’s injury and damages including damage to Plaintiff’s reputation.” The writ further claims that Geoff “knew or should have known” that his statements would cause harm to Nores’ reputation, not only in Palm Beach but “globally in all respects.”

In a surprising twist, Nores has stated that all “net financial proceeds” from the lawsuit will be donated to Liam’s son, Bear.

As the legal battle unfolds, questions continue to swirl around Liam’s final months, his struggles with addiction, and the circumstances leading up to his tragic passing.