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Judge Julieta Makintach arrives at court for a hearing in the trial of health professionals accused of negligence in the death of soccer star Diego Maradona, in San Isidro, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
Argentine court declares a mistrial in the death of soccer star Maradona
An Argentine court has declared a mistrial in the case of seven health professionals accused of negligence in the death of soccer legend Diego Maradona.
 
Judge Julieta Makintach arrives at court for a hearing in the trial of health professionals accused of negligence in the death of soccer star Diego Maradona, in San Isidro, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
Judge steps down in Diego Maradona trial after documentary controversy
One of the three judges in the trial of seven health professionals accused of negligence in the death of soccer great Diego Maradona has stepped down from the proceedings. The judge had participated in the making of a documentary about the case.
 
Physician Leopoldo Luque, left, arrives with lawyer Julio Rivas for a court hearing in the trial charging the medical team that treated late soccer star Diego Maradona with homicide by negligence in San Isidro on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Trial of Maradona’s doctors is suspended after judge is accused of authorizing documentary
The trial of seven health professionals accused of negligence in the death of Diego Maradona has been suspended for a week after one of the judges was accused of being impartial and authorizing a documentary about the hearings.
 
Psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov arrives for a court hearing on the trial charging the medical team that treated late soccer star Diego Maradona with homicide by negligence in San Isidro, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A psychiatrist accused of negligence in Maradona’s death does not regret the treatment provided
Psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov is one of the seven healthcare professionals on trial accused of negligence in the death of soccer great Diego Maradona.
 
Gianinna Maradona, center right, daughter of the late soccer star Diego Maradona, and her mother Claudia Villafane, wait to enter the courtroom in San Isidro, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, April 15, 2025, for a trial over allegations of homicide by negligence against the medical team that treated Diego Maradona. (AP Photo/Emmanuel Fernandez)
A cardiologist testifies that Maradona was a high-risk patient and should have recovered in a clinic
A cardiologist testified that Diego Maradona was considered a “high-risk patient” and said that the authorities at the clinic where he underwent surgery days before his death recommended that the former national team captain should recover in a rehabilitation clinic rather than in a private home.
 
Signs that read in Spanish "Justice for God," cover a wall where police stand guard outside the court where the medical team that treated the late soccer star Diego Maradona is on trial facing charges of homicide by negligence, in San Isidro, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A doctor testifies that Maradona should have been admitted to a clinic instead of being sent home
Diego Maradona’s ex-wife and a doctor testified Tuesday at the trial of seven medical professionals accused of negligence in the death of the soccer great.
 
Alexis Lara strikes a soccer ball to his friend Yamil Manrique tending the goal line, backdropped by a mural dedicated to soccer legend Diego Maradona, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Experts involved in Maradona’s autopsy testify that he had an abnormally large heart
Experts involved in Diego Maradona’s autopsy testified at the trial of seven health professionals accused of negligent homicide that the Argentine soccer star had an abnormally large heart, suffered from cirrhosis, and showed no traces of alcohol or drugs at the time of is death.
 
A fan of late soccer star Diego Maradona holds his image outside the court where members of the medical team that treated Maradona go on trial for alleged homicide by negligence in San Isidro on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Autopsy expert says Diego Maradona was in agony in the hours before his death
One of the forensic experts responsible for performing Diego Maradona’s autopsy says the Argentine soccer great suffered agony for at least 12 hours before his death and noted that “any doctor” should have noticed symptoms several days earlier.
 
A fan of the late soccer star Diego Maradona sits near a flag with his image that reads in Spanish "Every day I fall more in love" outside the court where members of the medical team that treated Maradona go on trial for alleged homicide by negligence in San Isidro on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Maradona’s ex-bodyguard arrested for alleged lies in testimony at trial of late star’s medical team
A former bodyguard of the late Diego Maradona has been arrested for allegedly withholding information and telling lies during his testimony at the trial of the soccer great’s medical team.
 
A large mural of the late soccer start Diego Maradona, by artist Martin Ron, stands in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Medics who treated soccer legend Maradona before his death go on trial for homicide
Seven members of the medical team that treated Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona before his death will go on trial for homicide starting Tuesday in Buenos Aires.