 |
| Diego Maradona, head coach of Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, gestures before a match between Aldosivi and Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata as part of Superliga 2019/20 at Estadio Jose Maria Minella on November 10, 2019 in Mar del Plata, Argentina. |
An Argentinian judge has ruled the eight medical
personnel involved in the care of late football legend Diego Maradona will face
a public trial for criminal negligence.
Brain surgeon Leopoldo Luque and psychiatrist
Agustina Cosachov are among those who will stand trial for homicide, the judge
ruled.
The trial is not expected to begin until the end of
2023 or early 2024.
The defendants are accused of failing to take proper
care of Maradona when he was recovering from surgery, which led to his death.
Maradona died aged 60 on November 25, 2020 due to a
cardio-respiratory arrest while recovering at a house outside Buenos Aires from
surgery for a blood clot on his brain.
Prosecutors requested in April that Judge Orlando
Diaz put those under investigation on public trial.
Maradona's autopsy said he died of natural causes,
but Argentina's judiciary started investigating the case after pressure from
Maradona's family.
A medical panel said the performance of the staff
that took care of the 1986 World Cup winner was inadequate.
