Europe EditionArgentine court declares a mistrial in the case over the death of soccer star Maradona
- The Argentine court suspended for a week the two-month-old trial of Diego Maradona's medical team in San Isidro on May 20, 2025.
- The suspension followed defense claims that Judge Julieta Makintach breached impartiality by appearing in a case documentary and possible bribery allegations.
- The trial involves seven doctors accused of negligence during Maradona's convalescence at a private Tigre home after his November 2020 brain surgery.
- Defendants face prison sentences ranging from eight to 25 years on charges of "homicide with possible intent," describing knowingly risky actions, according to prosecutors.
- The trial will resume on May 27, 2025, amid ongoing investigations into courtroom filming and the judge's conduct, underscoring institutional concerns.
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CNN Radio Argentina Julio Rivas, lawyer for Leopoldo Luque, one of the doctors accused in the death of Diego Maradona, spoke on CNN Radio this Friday after the trial was suspended, saying that "Luque was going to be taken away in handcuffs because of a script, not because of a trial." "I'm still sad and distressed by what happened," the lawyer said in an interview with Pía Shaw on Los Primero de la Tarde (The First of the Afternoon), adding that…
An Argentine court on Thursday annulled the trial of the medical team of late soccer legend Diego Maradona after one judge recused herself over her role in an unauthorized documentary about the case.
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Since mid-March, a trial has been held against health professionals accused of negligence that resulted in the death of the footballer, but the recusal of a magistrate has led to his nullite.
After more than two months of hearing, the judges had to divest themselves of the case: one of the magistrates was participating in an unauthorized documentary on the procedure to shed light on the last days of the idol.
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