Overview
- Gianinna Maradona, who testified Tuesday, broke down as the court played voice notes in which neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque urged the family to accept home care.
- She told judges that she and her sister Dalma pushed for hospital admission, even by court order, and said Luque “manipulated” them with promises of proper equipment at his house.
- Prosecutor Patricio Ferrari has called the case a “foretold death,” saying warning signs appeared hours before Maradona died and that a quick transfer to a clinic could have helped.
- Autopsy records state he died of acute pulmonary edema caused by heart failure, and his heart weighed about 503 grams with dilated cardiomyopathy and severe fluid buildup.
- The restarted trial in San Isidro targets seven health workers, with Luque the principal defendant, after a prior case was voided over a judge’s documentary scandal, and a conviction could carry up to 25 years in prison.