US EditionMedics who treated soccer legend Maradona before his death go on trial for homicide
- Seven healthcare professionals will go on trial accused of negligence in Diego Maradona's care, facing up to 25 years in prison if convicted.
- Prosecutors allege that the medical team provided 'reckless' and 'deficient' treatment, abandoning Maradona for a 'prolonged, agonizing period' before his death.
- The prosecution will present over 120,000 messages and audio recordings to support its case against the charged medical professionals.
- The trial includes Maradona's brain surgeon and other medical professionals who are charged with culpable homicide.
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“Maradona died like this.” Trial over the death of the former soccer player kicked off with the exhibition of an unprecedented image
The prosecution argues that the former star was “abandoned” by health professionals who made him isolated at home. Lawyers for Maradona's family say hospitalization would have been vital.
Argentina starts trial over death of football icon Diego Maradona
Argentina began a long-awaited trial of the medical team for football legend Diego Maradona, more than four years after his death in 2020, in a case that has riled emotions in the South American country where the World Cup winner is still revered.Maradona's family, lawyers and his former nurses, brain surgeon and psychiatrist accused of negligent homicide arrived at the court on the outskirts of capital city Buenos Aires on Tuesday, in what prom…
“Assassin, come and face”: the tense atmosphere that marked the first day of the trial for the death of Diego Maradona - La Tercera
The morning of this Tuesday began the trial that investigates the causes of the death of Diego Armando Maradona. On the outskirts of the court, the former partner of the champion of the world with Argentina in 1986 rebuked the former psychiatrist of the footballer, who is one of the accused in the case. Specifically there are seven people who are charged in this case so bulldozed in the trans-Andean country, since the figure of the legend of Nap…
'Look, this is how Maradona died': the chilling photo of his body shown in the courtroom during the trial
Seven members of the medical team that assisted Diego Armando Maradona before his death in 2020 are on trial on suspicion of manslaughter. The proceedings began yesterday in Buenos Aires: Argentine judges will have to determine if the negligence of health professionals played a key role in the death of the Argentine champion. “Look, this is how Maradona died,” said PM Patricio Ferrari, showing in the courtroom the chilling photo of Maradona's bo…
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