Argentine Court Confirms 8 to Face Trial Over Diego Maradona’s Death

Argentine Court Confirms 8 to Face Trial Over Diego Maradona’s Death

by Agence France-Presse
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An Argentine appeals court on Tuesday confirmed that eight medical professionals accused of responsibility in the death of football legend Diego Maradona will indeed stand trial.

Neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov and six others had appealed a 2022 decision to put them on trial for homicide with potential aggravating circumstances.

Maradona died in November 2020 aged 60 while recovering from brain surgery for a blood clot, and after decades of battles with cocaine and alcohol addictions.

He was found dead in bed two weeks after going under the knife, in a rented house in an exclusive Buenos Aires neighborhood where he was brought after being discharged from hospital.

He was found to have died of a heart attack.

The eight defendants had appealed to the court in San Isidro, northwest of Buenos Aires, against the severity of the charges, arguing that they should be accused of involuntary homicide.

The initial accusation of homicide with โ€œdolus eventualisโ€ holds a person responsible for negligence while knowing that such conduct could lead to death.

Prosecutors accused the medical professionals of being involved in โ€œrecklessโ€ and โ€œdeficientโ€ home treatment of a patient.

A panel of 20 medical experts convened by Argentinaโ€™s public prosecutor concluded in 2021 that Maradona โ€œwould have had a better chance of survivalโ€ with adequate treatment in an appropriate medical facility.

No trial date has yet been set.

Among those accused are a psychologist, a clinical doctor, a medical coordinator, nursing coordinator and nurses.

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