Prosecutor makes case as Argentina puts seven of Maradona’s healthcare professionals on trial

(11 Mar 2025)
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1. Various of neurosurgeon Leonardo Luque, soccer star Diego Maradona’s physician for the last four years of his life

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2. Wide of judges addressing court
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Patricio Ferrari, prosecutor:
"This is how Maradona died (showing photo to judges). Those who come to tell you, judges, that they did not realize what was happening to Diego are lying to your face. His condition was eloquent. Anyone who thinks of a relative lying in bed like this for several days is lying to you if they do not say they participated in a murder."

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4. Veronica Ojeda, ex-partner of the late soccer star Diego Maradona (left), and Maradona’s daughters (from left) Jana, Dalma, and Gianinna
Maradona, in court with their lawyer Fernando Burlando (front)
5. Ojeda and Jana Maradona seated

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6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Patricio Ferrari, Prosecutor:
"On November 25, 2020, (the defendants) deliberately and cruelly decided that he (Maradona) should die. All of this will be proven in this trial."

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7. Close of copy of World Cup trophy
8. Sergio Jimenez, Diego Maradona fan, crying and holding World Cup trophy UPSOUND Sergio Jimenez (Spanish): "Today everything will be paid. They stole him from me; they took him from me. I cry for him every day, I went to see him at the cemetery."
9. Psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov arriving at court with her lawyer, Vadim Mischanchuk
10. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Vadim Mischanchuk, lawyer of psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov:
"It has already been proven that Maradona’s unfortunate death has no connection with the actions of the eight defendants. This has already been confirmed by the last three expert reports."
11. Diego Maradona fan wearing an Argentine soccer jersey and showing tattoo reading "D10S", a play on words between Diego Maradona and God in Spanish and his number 10 jersey
12. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Vadim Mischanchuk, lawyer of psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov:
"I don’t know if (Maradona’s death) was avoidable; what I can tell you is that at that time, a cardiac event like the one he suffered was not foreseeable, and the second expert report proves us right because it says it was an acute event that lasted a matter of minutes."
13. Diego Maradona fans chant UPSOUND (Spanish) "(Diego) you are the happiness of my heart"
14. Wide of fan with flag
STORYLINE:
An Argentine court started on Tuesday its trial of seven healthcare professionals accused of negligence in the death of soccer great Diego Maradona, at age 60.

Maradona was under the care of those professionals when he had a cardiac arrest in a house outside Buenos Aires on November 25, 2020.

Three judges will decide whether those charged, including a neurosurgeon, a psychiatrist and several medical staffers, are guilty of manslaughter.

The maximum jail time for those sentenced is 25 years.

The tearful family of the 1986 World Cup winner were present at the courtroom.

Maradona’s oldest daughters, Dalma and Giannina, sat in the front row near Verónica Ojeda, former partner of the footballer, and Jana, another of his daughters.

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