US EditionArgentine Judge Fired After Causing Mistrial of Maradona Medical Team
Judge Julieta Makintach was disqualified for ethics breaches after filming a documentary interview, prompting a mistrial in the negligence case against Maradona's medical team.
- On Tuesday, November 18, 2025, Judge Julieta Makintach was relieved of her post, causing a mistrial in the negligence case against Diego Maradona's medical team in San Isidro, Argentina.
- Footage published in Argentine media showed Judge Julieta Makintach interviewed by a film crew on the eve of the trial, prompting her recusal; earlier this year prosecutor Patricio Ferrari said she behaved `like an actress and not a judge`.
- The trial has centered on the medical decision to let Maradona recover at home, with the defendants including a neurosurgeon, a doctor and a night nurse facing `homicide with possible intent` charges.
- A special panel of judges, lawyers and provincial legislators dismissed Makintach and disqualified her from holding any judicial position, and she faced impeachment proceedings over her documentary participation.
- Defence teams contend Diego Maradona, soccer legend , refused further treatment and should have stayed home longer after his operation, while his death on November 25, 2020 keeps the case high-profile.
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The trial was declared null and void in May after it emerged that Makintach had cooperated in a documentary about Maradona's death.
The Argentine judge who decided in May to cancel the trial on Diego Maradona's death for secretly collaborating on a television series on the state trial...
Julieta Makintach had been appointed judge for the trial on the causes of the death of the late football star Maradona a few months ago. A special jury removed her from office. Her appearance in the miniseries "Divine Justice" will be a disaster for her.
The judge who starred in a film while she was supposed to deliver justice for the death of Diego Armando Maradona was dismissed from office on Tuesday. Unanimously, a jury in Buenos Aires also ordered that Julieta Makintach, 49, be disqualified for life from holding judicial office. The oral trial that was taking place for the alleged simple murder of the former Argentine footballer and coach, with his doctors and nurses as defendants, was overt…
Argentine judge fired after causing mistrial of Maradona medical team
An Argentine judge was relieved of her post on Tuesday after causing a mistrial in the negligence case against late football legend Diego Maradona’s medical team due to her involvement in a documentary about it.
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El EconomistaLa Plata, Argentina. Argentine justice dismissed Judge Julieta Makintach this Tuesday for having participated in a clandestine documentary about Diego Maradona's death trial when he was part of the court, in a scandal that led to the annulment of the trial.A court composed of judges, lawyers and legislators from the province of Buenos Aires also disqualified her from occupying any other position in the justice system, in a unanimous decision.Mak…
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