Overview
- On Thursday the lawyer for Dalma and Gianinna Maradona, Fernando Burlando, asked judges to order the arrest of Nelsa Marilyn Pérez for alleged false testimony and the court declined the request.
- Pérez is a retired Medidom coordinator who took part in a WhatsApp group called 'Tigre' where Swiss Medical and Medidom staff coordinated logistics for Maradona’s home care.
- Prosecutor Patricio Ferrari and several lawyers accused Pérez of contradictions about whether Maradona received formal home hospitalization or basic home care and about who directed the treatment team.
- The witness was briefly removed from the courtroom after complaints that she was lying, and the judges warned attorneys not to rely on the earlier trial that was later nullified.
- After the denial of the detention request Pérez resumed testimony and the court scheduled Swiss Medical adviser Ricardo Espeche to testify next, a development that could shape how the panel assesses institutional coordination and witness credibility.