Liam Payne‘s buddy shouldn’t be off the hook for allegedly leaving him simply an hour earlier than his loss of life — a choose has cleared the best way for prosecutors to proceed their investigation towards Roger Nores … TMZ has discovered.

As we reported, Nores insists he has not but been charged with abandonment of an individual adopted by loss of life — and his lawyer had filed paperwork claiming any case towards him must be dealt with by native Buenos Aires prosecutors.

Nevertheless, based on new docs obtained by TMZ, a choose now says Argentina’s nationwide prosecutors can transfer ahead with their investigation into Nores’ alleged function in Liam’s loss of life.

Keep in mind, Nores informed cops Liam was doing advantageous when he final noticed him, round 4 PM on the CasaSur Palermo Resort — a declare that flies within the face of what prosecutors say Liam was as much as on his closing day on the resort.

TMZ broke the story … prosecutors say the One Path singer spent hours consuming closely, beginning with whiskey for breakfast, employed 2 prostitutes and did cocaine — all earlier than resort staff forcibly took him to his room, only a few minutes earlier than he fell to his loss of life from his Third-floor balcony.

Our sources say authorities took Roger’s passport once they launched the investigation, so it seems he’ll have to stay in Argentina whereas this complete case performs out.