US EditionArgentina Opens Retrial Over Diego Maradona’s Death After Trial Collapse
The new trial will hear about 120 witnesses as prosecutors again argue Maradona’s medical team was grossly negligent, while the defence cites his health history.
- On Tuesday, a new trial over the death of Argentine football legend Diego Maradona begins, resuming legal proceedings after the first attempt collapsed due to a scandal involving a judge.
- Judge Julieta Makintach faced impeachment after the initial trial was annulled in May 2025, when ethical rules were potentially broken by her participation in a documentary about the case.
- Seven medical professionals, including doctors and nurses, face homicide charges with possible intent; prosecutors describe their care in Tigre as grossly negligent, with potential prison terms of eight to 25 years if convicted.
- The new trial will hear from 120 witnesses to determine liability, while Vadim Mischanchuk, lawyer for psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov, told Radio Con Vos on Sunday that maintaining criminal intent claims is cruel to the accused.
- Maradona, the 1986 World Cup champion, died in November 2020 at age 60 following brain surgery, and while the defense maintains he died of natural causes, proceedings are expected to last until July.
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The second trial for the death of Diego Armando Maradona starts with a strange feeling: it is not the second surrender of a judicial reality, but a reboot. As if judicial time had erased all the proceedings and re-started with the same names, the same accusations and an intact doubt: what were the exact circumstances of Diego's death?The first trial began in March 2025 and after several weeks of sessions and statements by both the medical team t…
Will "Divine justice" finally follow? In Argentina, the trial regarding the death of Diego Armando Maradona resumes today. Seven members of his medical entourage are standing trial for manslaughter. The trial began last year but was dismissed following a striking discovery. Everything you need to know about the Maradona case.
The new trial for the death of Diego Armando Maradona begins this Tuesday in the San Isidro courts. The case investigates the criminal responsibilities in the death of the former footballer in November 2020 and has seven members of his medical team as accused. The debate will be in charge of the Oral Criminal Court (TOC) No. 7 and all the actions previously taken will have no effect after the nullity of the previous trial.The file returns to the…
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