Overview
- The cook, Milagros “Monona” Rodríguez, testified on Thursday and repeatedly answered “no me acuerdo,” prompting Judge Alberto Gaig to warn that her evasions were unacceptable under oath and to demand more precise answers.
- Rodríguez said she was in Maradona’s home during his last hours and that she participated in resuscitation efforts, performing mouth-to-mouth and taking turns doing CPR with the psychiatrist, the head of security and the nurse before a neighbor doctor and ambulances arrived.
- In court the cook described the household routine: nurses handled medication, a physiotherapist attended periodically, and the treating physician Leopoldo Luque and psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov were part of the care team.
- Defense lawyers introduced message exchanges and an audio clip during the hearing; Luque asked to testify and told the tribunal the messages were meant as jokes as he sought to reframe their meaning for the jury.
- Judges and prosecutors told witnesses to be specific because the trial hinges on witness credibility and on contemporaneous communications to establish whether medical supervision or care-team failures contributed to the death, and the court will continue hearing evidence and testimony in the coming sessions.