Overview
- Seven members of Diego Maradona’s medical team went on trial again in San Isidro on Tuesday, facing homicide charges in a months‑long retrial with two hearings a week and up to about 120 witnesses.
- In opening remarks, prosecutor Patricio Ferrari called the care team a “bunch of amateurs,” argued that earlier detection of warning signs and a hospital transfer might have saved Maradona, and a lawyer for his daughters held up a stethoscope to claim it was never used.
- Defense lawyers said Maradona died of natural causes tied to long‑term alcohol and cocaine use and rejected any notion of a criminal plan, with attorney Vadim Mischanchuk saying it was cruel to claim otherwise.
- Investigations and chat logs published by Argentine media describe repeated lapses in home care after his brain surgery, including vomiting after a heavy meal, a fall in his room, his refusal of 24/7 nursing, doctors brushing off warnings, and a decision to avoid rehospitalization to protect his image.
- The new proceeding follows the collapse of the first trial in May 2025 after Judge Julieta Makintach was removed over her role in an unauthorized documentary, and the court now expects testimony through July with possible prison terms of up to 25 years if the accused are convicted.