Seven members of the medical team that treated Diego Maradona before his de.ath will go on trial for homicide, starting on Tuesday in Buenos Aires
The case revolves around allegations that their negligence contributed to the World Cup winner’s de.ath aged 60 in 2020.
His family alleged negligence, a cover-up, and derogatory comments from the medical team who oversaw his care – calling it a ‘mafia’.
Maradona had struggled with drug addiction, obesity and alcoholism for decades, and reportedly came close to death in 2000 and 2004.
But prosecutors suspect that – were it not for the negligence of his doctors – his de.ath could have been avoided.
Dalma Maradona, the legend’s eldest daughter, shared a video containing audio she claims proves serious irregularities in her father’s care. And she revealed that her mother is in fear of the ‘mafia’ who ‘control everything’.
‘My mother is worried because she is afraid,’ she said on the Angel Responde show on Bondi Live.
‘Afraid of the mafia, of those who control everything, have money and power. But I don’t care. I know who I am up against, but I cannot remain silent. We need people to know the truth. My mother tells me all the time “shut up, don’t say anything, I’m scared,” but I can’t. I owe it to him.’
Maradona’s psychiatrist Augustina Cosachov is one of the eight people set to face trial over the star’s death.
His lawyer told The Sun: ‘There could have been two causes: one natural and the other, a product of the ingestion of a toxic substance.’
The prosecutor’s office criticised the expert’s report as hastily cobbled together in 72 hours and accused Ferrari of neglecting four years of evidence in favour of ‘a minimal slice of evidence offered by the defence.’
‘There is no twist in the case,’ prosecutors said.
Maradona’s cause of de,ath was officially listed as ‘acute pulmonary edema secondary to exacerbated chronic heart failure’.
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