He judgement for the death of Diego Armando Maradona is postponed again. It was scheduled to start on June 4, 2024, then it was postponed to October 1 of this year and now it has been extended again for the second time in a row. The new date set for the trial of the former Argentine footballer is March 11, 2025according to judicial sources in the South American country.
This was decided last Thursday by the Oral Criminal Court No. 3 of San Isidro (province of Buenos Aires), where Investigation into alleged medical negligence continues in the death of one of the greatest idols of world football. For the case Eight people are chargedall related to the care given to the former international and former Argentine coach during his final days at his home on the outskirts of the Argentine capital.
According to the court’s decision, published in local media, the neurosurgeon’s defense request was granted “without opposition from other parties to this process.” Leopoldo Luquethe psychiatrist Agustina Cosachev and the psychologist Carlos Diazaccused of simple homicide with possible intent, who requested to postpone the start of the trial until next March.
The five other defendants in the case, also linked to health care, Maradona should receive, is the doctor who coordinated the former footballer’s home care, Nancy Forlini; the coordinating nurse, Mariano Perroni; the nurse Ricardo Omar Almiron; the nurse Dahiana Gisela Madrid; and the clinical physician Stone of Spain.
The down passed away on November 25, 202025 days after reaching the age of 60, following “acute pulmonary edema secondary to exacerbated chronic heart failure,” according to the autopsy. A “dilated cardiomyopathy“.
Cause of death
In light of the investigation, The final cause of death was said to be “cardiopulmonary arrest.”secondary to acute pulmonary edema, produced by acute left ventricular failure (acute heart failure), in a distressing state of short duration, estimated in minutes or at most in a few hours.
The 1986 Mexico world champion suffered from alcoholism problems. admitted to a clinic in La Plata –where he was the coach of Gimnasia y Esgrima– November 2, 2020 due to anemia and dehydration and, a day later, he was transferred to a sanatorium in the city of Olivos, Buenos Aires, where he underwent surgery for a subdural hematoma.
On November 11, 2020, he was released from the hospital and transferred to a house in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, where he died. The casewhose trial will take place amid great international anticipation, suffered from many complications such as the collection of expert evidence or the request of certain defendants to be judged differently from others, such as Madrid, who requested a hearing with a jury.
Originally scheduled for June 4, suffered a first postponement to October 1st even though at that time Justice had already clearly indicated that it was not realistic to consider this date and had announced that, almost certainly, it would be postponed again, as announced this Thursday.
