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Daily Mail
a day ago
- Health
- Daily Mail
Diego Maradona's daughters' lawyer reveals gruesome details of his 'abandonment' death 'amid the smell of urine and faeces'
Gruesome details about Diego Maradona 's 'abandonment' death have emerged with the football legend said to have passed away amid the smell of 'urine and faeces'. Maradona died at the age of 60 in November 2020 following a heart attack, just two weeks after he was released from hospital following surgery for a bleed on his brain. His family have accused the medical team who oversaw his care of negligence, a cover-up and derogatory comments - calling it a 'mafia'. Seven medical professionals are currently on trial for culpable homicide - roughly equivalent to involuntary manslaughter - but have denied the charges. They are facing prison sentences of between eight and 25 years. However, there was a shock twist when the case was declared a mistrial on Thursday, after one of the three judges overseeing proceedings stepped down following criticism surrounding her participation in an upcoming documentary. Her two fellow judges opted to restart the entire case from scratch. Morbid details on Maradona's condition before his passing were revealed during the trial. Indeed, it emerged he had suffered an agonising 12-hour death in a dark room, struggling to breathe after his heart swelled to double that of a regular size. Now, Fernando Burlando, the lawyer who represents Maradona's daughters, Dalma and Gianinna, has shed further light on the alleged negligence of his medical team. Speaking on Mirtha Legrand's show, he bluntly said: 'He died amidst the smell of urine and faeces.' Burlando then added that Maradona had been 'deeply sedated' by doctors, before claiming the medics purposefully isolated him from his loved ones. Burlando also shockingly alleged Maradona's phone number was changed constantly, and that his daughters' numbers were saved under different names so that he would not recognise them when they tried to call. He said: 'When Dalma or Gianinna arrived, Diego's face would transform, he would become a different person, his eyes would light up. 'But Diego didn't understand why they didn't call him. '"Why don't you call me?" he asked one of his daughters. They told him they did it all the time, but their calls didn't appear on his phone.' Burlando concluded: 'I doubt everything, and this deserves a serious investigation. Maradona was abandoned, isolated, and delivered to the worst possible end.' It was revealed earlier in the trial that four-and-a-half litres of fluid had accumulated in his organs due to an acute pulmonary edema brought on by heart failure. Forensic expert Carlos Mauricio Casinelli showed pictures of brain clots, a 'sign of agony', and claimed his heart weighed 503 grams - more than a football. Argentinian newspaper Clarin carried the horrifying details which became public, with Casinelli claiming that his torture would have been easy to spot for days. 'The heart was completely covered in fat and blood clots, which indicate agony,' he said. 'This is a patient who had been collecting water over the days; that's not acute. 'This was something that was foreseeable. Any doctor examining a patient would find this. The water he had in his abdomen, in both pleurae, and in his heart isn't normal. 'It doesn't form in a day or an hour. It's been forming over several days. It could have been from the time he was expelled (from hospital) until he died. 'This is likely to take at least 10 days, given the addition of cirrhosis and myocarditis.' 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 death could have been avoided. Maradona's cause of death was officially listed as 'acute pulmonary edema secondary to exacerbated chronic heart failure'.
Free Malaysia Today
3 days ago
- Politics
- Free Malaysia Today
Argentine court declares mistrial in Diego Maradona's death
Football legend Diego Maradona led Argentina to the World Cup in 1986. (EPA Images pic) BUENOS AIRES : A controversial decision by an Argentine judge paved the way for the court to declare a mistrial today in the case concerning the death of football legend Diego Maradona. One of three judges sitting on the bench, Julieta Makintach, resigned from the case on Wednesday, prompting the court to declare the mistrial. Maradona's seven-member medical team has been accused of negligence in his Nov 25, 2020 death as a result of cardiac arrest. Makintach had permitted a forthcoming documentary about the case entitled 'Divine Justice' to be filmed at the trial. Moreover, the prosecution showed clips of the judge walking through the court as part of a 90-second trailer. The trailer caused such a national outcry that Makintach said on Wednesday that she had 'no choice' but to resign from the proceedings. The judges stated that there would be a new trial, but did not indicate when that would occur. In addition, new judges will be selected via a lottery. The trial began on March 11 and dozens of witnesses had already testified. It was expected to conclude in the summer, but now that could be a new starting point. 'I trust we could have a sentence by the end of the year,' said Fernando Burlando, an attorney for Maradona's daughters Dalma and Gianinna Maradona. The family accused the medical team of failing to provide appropriate care for Maradona, 60, after his surgery for a hematoma that formed between his skull and brain. The surgery was performed in early November and he died weeks later during his recovery at a private home. The seven defendants all deny the charges and claim that Maradona fought against them during the recovery period. Maradona led Argentina to the World Cup in 1986 and the football-crazed nation did not capture it again until 2022.
RNZ News
4 days ago
- Politics
- RNZ News
Mistrial ruled in case against Diego Maradona's medical team, lawyers say
By Lucila Sigal , Reuters Dalma, left, and Gianinna Maradona, daughters of Diego Maradona, say goodbye to their lawyer Fernando Burlando after a trial hearing in San Isidro, Buenos Aires, on May 29, 2025. Photo: AFP / Tomas Cuesta The homicide case against Diego Maradona's medical team was declared a mistrial, their lawyers said on Thursday. The 2020 death of the football star who led the Argentine team to World Cup victory from heart failure while he was recovering from surgery shook the nation. Seven members of his medical team were charged with negligent homicide in a trial that began on 11 March. The defendants have denied the charges of "simple homicide with eventual intent" in Maradona's treatment. They were facing prison sentences of between eight and 25 years. The date for the new trial was not initially announced and new judges were not nominated. The Thursday decision came after one of three judges in the case, Judge Julieta Makintach, resigned on Tuesday in the face of allegations of an ethical breach. Video surfaced showing her apparently being interviewed by a camera crew as part of a documentary in the corridors of the Buenos Aires courthouse and in her office, which breached judicial rules. "This is all a great embarrassment," defence attorney Miguel Angel Pierri told media outside the courthouse. -Reuters
CTV News
20-05-2025
- CTV News
Maradona death trial suspended for a week after complaints about judge
Dalma, center, and Yanina Maradona, daughters of late soccer star Diego Maradona, sit in court on the first day of a trial for alleged homicide by negligence against the medical team that treated their father, in San Isidro on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) (Natacha Pisarenko/AP)
Daily Mail
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mail
Hunky doctor, who is on trial for Diego Maradona's death, wins a BODYBUILDING event in a break from case where football legend's daughters accuse him of medical negligence
A doctor currently on trial following the death of Argentinian footballing icon Diego Maradona has won a bodybuilding event in the South American country. Leopoldo Luque served as Maradona's neurosurgeon prior to his death aged 60 in 2020, and is one of seven medical personnel facing homicide charges amid allegations of medical negligence. Maradona suffered a fatal heart attack at home in November that year, just two weeks after he was released from hospital following surgery for a bleed on his brain. Two months after the trial commenced in Buenos Aires, Luque competed in the Rock Hard Physique Championship sanctioned by the Argentinian National Bodybuilding Committee. Stepping on the stage at the Teatro Devoto theatre in Buenos Aires on Sunday donning just posing trunks Luque wowed the judges with his musclebound physique. The 44-year-old triumphed in the True Novice, Novice and Masters +40 categories, while finishing second in Open Class B. Leaked messages published by Argentine media outlet Infobae report Luque referred to Maradona as a 'fatso', and claimed the 1986 World Cup winner 'was going to 's*** himself to death' on the day he died. 'Yeah man, it looks like the fatso went into cardio respiratory arrest and he's going to s*** himself to death. No idea what he did. I'm on my way there.' Luque is said to have told Maradona's psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov. Maradona's eldest daughter Dalma, who has reportedly claimed that she believes Luque is responsible for her father's death, wrote on social media that she was 'sick' after hearing the leaked audio. 'I just listened to the audios between Luque and the psychiatrist and I vomited!,' she wrote on X in 2021. 'The only thing I ask God is that justice is done!' Luque insisted he was 'ashamed' of his messages from the day of Maradona's passing but insisted he was not responsible for the former Napoli star's death. 'If I'm responsible for anything with Diego, it's to love him, to care for him, to extend his life, and to improve it until the very end,' Luque said. 'I did the impossible for that: I got him access to a psychologist, a psychiatrist... I achieved what no one else could.' In 2021 Maradona's daughter Dalma claimed the messages made her 'sick' in a social media post He continued: 'I'm ashamed of some of the messages I sent. I regret it and apologize to his family and the people who loved him very much. 'I'm not responsible for all of this. I'm not afraid of going to jail.' Seven of the eight medical professionals who have been charged in the case, including Maradona's brain surgeon, psychiatrist and nurses, are now standing trial for culpable homicide, a crime which roughly equates to involuntary manslaughter. They deny wrongdoing but could face up to 25 years in prison.
