Overview
- Rita Maradona spoke on DDM (América TV) in an interview aired May 21–22, saying the distance with Dalma and Gianinna has been longstanding and mutual.
- She said the last deep conversation with her brother was during the pandemic and that recalling him at her court testimony made her cry.
- Rita confirmed she has little or no contact with other children and grandchildren of Diego, including Jana and Diego Maradona Jr., and said the estrangement does not trouble her sleep.
- She said the family largely did not know details of Diego’s drug problems and that she would have wanted to know to offer advice, and she criticized certain judicially released audio recordings tied to medical staff.
- Rita declined to assign blame publicly and urged that judges and the conscience of the doctors handling the ongoing trial decide what happened in Diego’s final days.