- Title: Maradona's family, friends seek a guilty verdict in the legend's death trial
- Date: 11th March 2025
- Summary: SAN ISIDRO, ARGENTINA (MARCH 11, 2025) (REUTERS) DIEGO MARADONA’S DAUGHTER GIANNINA MARADONA ARRIVING AT COURT AFTER BREAK VARIOUS OF MARADONA’S DAUGHTER DALMA ARRIVING MARADONA AT COURT AFTER BREAK VARIOUS OF MARADONA’S FORMER PARTNER VERONICA OJEDA ARRIVING AT COURTHOUSE PARTIES WAITING AT HALL FOR TRIAL TO RESUME PARTIES WALKING TO COURTROOM VARIOUS OF LAWYER OF MARADON
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- Keywords: Argentina Diego Maradona Maradona court defendant homicide trial
- Location: SAN ISIDRO, ARGENTINA
- City: SAN ISIDRO, ARGENTINA
- Country: Argentina
- Topics: South America / Central America,Soccer,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA001804811032025RP1
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- Story Text:Relatives and friends of the late Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona left the courthouse on Tuesday (March 11) hopeful that justice will hold the defendants accountable for the former soccer player’s death.
The lawyer for Maradona’s daughters, Giannina and Dalma, stated outside the courtroom that he is convinced all defendants will face a sentence at the end of the trial. However, personal friends of the Boca Juniors player expressed concern about whether Argentine justice will respond with honesty.
Argentina began a long-awaited trial on Tuesday of the medical team for soccer star Diego Maradona, over 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.
Seven members of the medical team are due in court in a trial expected to last several months. An eighth member faces a trial by jury in July.
Maradona died at home in November 2020 from heart failure at age 60 while recovering from surgery to remove a blood clot days earlier. His medical team reject the charges of "simple homicide with eventual intent" in the treatment of the former Napoli player.
Those standing trial include psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov, neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, psychologist Carlos Ángel Díaz, doctor Nancy Edith Forlini, nurse Ricardo Almirón, the chief nurse Mariano Ariel Perroni and clinical physician Pedro Pablo Di Spagna.
If convicted, those accused could face prison sentences of between eight and 25 years.
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