Future of Maradona Death Trial in Doubt as Scandal-Hit Judge Steps Down

Maradona trial scrapped after judge probed for ethics breach

A new trial will have to start from scratch in a case already long delayed into the football player's death in 2020. Judge Julieta Makintach was forced to step down from the case this week after it emerged she had been involved in a documentary miniseries about the case, potentially breaking a string of ethics rules.

A judge is said to have made a TV documentary about the case without permission. After partiality requests she resigns. That has consequences.

A judge is said to have made a TV documentary about the case without permission. After partiality requests she resigns. That has consequences.

The trial into Diego Maradona's death has been declared invalid after a judge resigned earlier this week.

The trial that judges the circumstances of the death of the entire people is suspended pending the appointment of a new panel of judges.

In the criminal case against the medical doctors of Diego Maradona there has been a turnaround. A judge is said to have made a TV documentary about the case without permission. After partiality requests she resigns now. That has consequences.