Overview
- The trial that began in April against seven members of Diego Maradona’s care team was suspended after defense lawyers said kidney test results shown at court belonged to Maradona’s father and not to the footballer.
- The San Isidro court instructed an unnamed clinic and a health service provider to hand over new documents for the contested tests so forensic examiners can re-check the samples and records.
- Prosecutors accuse the seven medical staff—doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists and nurses—of gross negligence over Maradona’s care at his rented home before his death in November 2020.
- This is the second major procedural disruption in the case after a previous trial collapsed when a judge was found biased for secretly helping prepare a documentary about the matter.
- The dispute over sample identity raises fresh doubts about record keeping and lab procedures in the case and could delay a final verdict while experts and courts sort the chain of custody for key evidence.