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Trial into Diego Maradona’s death given start date: April 14

Yesterday 15:20 Trial for late footballer’s 2020 death rescheduled for mid-April after collapse of first trial.

Court sets March 17 start date for new trial into Diego Maradona’s death

04-12-2025 13:11 Seven healthcare professionals who cared for the legendary footballer towards the end of his life informed they will stand trial March 17 for homicide with possible malice aforethought – pursuing a course of action despite knowing it could lead to death.

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Court to define how new trial into Maradona’s death will proceed

02-12-2025 14:31 Tuesday’s hearing is preliminary. A previous trial was cancelled in May after it emerged that one of the case’s judges had taken part in a secret documentary about the proceedings.

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Judge who caused Maradona death mistrial removed from post

18-11-2025 17:46 Judge Julieta Makintach removed from her post Tuesday after causing a mistrial in the negligence case against the medical team in whose care football legend Diego Maradona died in 2020.

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New trial over Maradona death will begin March 2026

05-11-2025 18:35 Seven medical staff to be retried for alleged negligence over football legend’s death in 2020; Previous trial was annulled in May following scandal over documentary involving one of case’s judges.

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Judges in new Maradona trial reject request to step aside

07-08-2025 16:02 The new court hearing the case into the death of Diego Maradona rejects defence request for two judges to be removed.

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False start delays new Maradona death trial, timeframe uncertain

22-07-2025 16:53 Doubts remain after a preparatory hearing between prosecutors, defence lawyers and the new judges appointed after the first trial was declared null and void.

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Maradona's physician, accused in star’s death, requests trial by jury

13-07-2025 11:38 Leopoldo Luque, Diego Maradona's personal physician, seeks trial by jury following the annulment of the trial that had begun in March.

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Scandal-hit judge responsible for scrapped Maradona trial resigns

25-06-2025 11:44 Pre-empting her likely impeachment and removal from office, Julieta Makintach sends a letter to Governor Kicillof announcing she will resign her post in order to help “rebuild institutional prestige.”

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Anger as Maradona death trial annulled due to disgraced judge

29-05-2025 17:53 The trial over Diego Maradona’s death has been annulled after a judge involved secretly participated in a documentary; Julieta Makintach has been suspended and disgraced, forcing a full restart of proceedings.

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Maradona death trial collapses in scandal as court orders restart

29-05-2025 13:04 Trial into the death of Diego Armando Maradona declared null and void by San Isidro court following the scandal involving Julieta Makintach, one of the three judges overseeing the case.

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Scandalous scenes as Maradona death trial is thrown into disarray

28-05-2025 12:33 The fate of the trial into Diego Maradona's will be decided on Thursday, following a scandal involving one of the judges over her participation in a documentary about the case.

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Future of Maradona death trial in doubt as scandal-hit judge steps down

27-05-2025 21:47 Judge Julieta Makintach forced to recuse herself following outcry; Court says it will decide Thursday if case goes to retrial.

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Maradona death trial in peril with judge under microscope

27-05-2025 09:14 The future of the trial for the death of star Diego Maradona will be defined Tuesday following questions about a judge's impartiality.

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Witness claims Maradona trial filming is for documentary about judge

25-05-2025 10:49 Judge and witness denies trial footage was for Maradona documentary; Filmmaker claims footage was part of a personal project about under-fire magistrate and not tied to the case.

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Police unsuccessfully raid firm in charge of Maradona’s care

14-05-2025 22:00 On order of the courts, police raid Medidom, the firm put in charge of Diego Maradona's home care – only to find out the company moved from address two years ago.

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Maradona trial: Daughter says doctors staged care to isolate him

13-05-2025 18:33 Gianinna Maradona, daughter of late legendary footballer, points the finger at Dr Leopoldo Luque and rest of medical team: "They convinced us that my father needed to be hospitalised at home."

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Doctor: Maradona's 'self-harming behaviour' should've ruled out home care

07-05-2025 13:24 Pablo Dimitroff, director of the Clínica Olivos, says home care was not a "valid option" for late footballer.

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Maradona death trial: Diego was not fit for home care, says doctor

30-04-2025 00:20 Fernando Villarejo, head of Clínica Olivos' intensive care unit, says he expressed his opposition to home care.

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Maradona was 'very difficult patient,' surgeon tells court during trial into death

24-04-2025 23:58 A doctor attending Diego Maradona a few weeks before his death said Thursday that the football star "was a very difficult patient."

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Maradona's daughter says doctors could have prevented star's death

16-04-2025 10:16 Dalma Maradona accuses doctors of deception and neglect as late footballer's final days come under scrutiny in emotional trial.

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‘I’m not well,’ Maradona told a doctor, weeks before death

11-04-2025 09:38 Doctor Flavio Tunessi said the late footballing icon had told him "I’m not well," a few weeks before star's death.

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Maradona's former doctor bemoans 'neglect of care' before star's death

08-04-2025 17:19 Dr Mario Schiter, Diego Maradona's former doctor, says there was a "neglect of care" in late star's medical treatment in the period leading up to his death.

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Maradona ‘sometimes resisted’ medical treatment, admits sister

03-04-2025 23:48 Diego Maradona "sometimes resisted" medical attention, admits one of his sisters at the trial into his 2020 death.

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Maradona trial: No alcohol or drugs in star's blood when he died

02-04-2025 18:10 Diego Maradona had no alcohol or recreational drugs in his blood when he died, despite his history of substance abuse, an expert witness testifies during trial.

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Maradona ‘was in agony’ before he died, says autopsy doctor

27-03-2025 18:48 Diego Maradona “was in agony” before he died and his doctors should have foreseen his condition, autopsy doctors testify before court.

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Witness arrested for false testimony at Maradona death trial

25-03-2025 17:39 Julio Coria, Diego Maradona's former bodyguard, detained for false testimony after the court in charge of trial into legendary footballer's death noted contradictions in his statements.

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Maradona trial: Star's room was ‘very dirty,’ says doctor

21-03-2025 11:47 Details of star's death emerges during trial; Doctor who saw Maradona after death says medical team was attempting to resuscitate a body that had long been dead.

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No 'medical items' around Maradona deathbed, policeman tells court

18-03-2025 22:13 Lucas Farías, an officer in the Buenos Aires Province Police Force, says he saw no "medical items" in the room where Diego Maradona received post-operative care.

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Court dismisses two defence lawyers from trial into Maradona's death

13-03-2025 23:32 San Isidro court trying seven health professionals for the death of Diego Maradona removes two lawyers of one of the defendants from the case over potential conflict of interest.

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Residents in ‘Barrio de Dios’ want justice for Maradona's death

12-03-2025 22:40 In La Paternal, the neighbourhood where Diego Maradona took his first professional steps as a footballer, residents want justice for their fallen idol.

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Maradona medics on trial for 'horror theatre' of his death

11-03-2025 17:19 Four years after Diego Maradona's death, supporters chanted outside the trial of seven health professionals Tuesday to determine their responsibilities in what the prosecutor called the "horror theatre" of the legendary football player's final days.

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'This is how Maradona died' – prosecutor shows shocking photo at trial

11-03-2025 15:22 Shocking image of Diego Maradona on his deathbed shown to court in San Isidro as trial into legendary footballer's death gets underway.

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Maradona medical team on trial four years after icon's death

11-03-2025 09:58 The multi-month trial begins Tuesday in San Isidro accusing seven of Maradona's medical caregivers for criminal negligence over the football legend's death.

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Trial of Maradona's medics begins four years after death

07-03-2025 12:00 Beginning Tuesday, more than 100 witnesses will testify in a trial against Diego Maradona's former neurosurgeon, psychologist, and medical professionals accused of "deficient" health treatment.

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Maradona medical team's negligence trial postponed to next year

12-09-2024 23:06 Court postpones until March 2025 the start of the trial of seven health professionals over alleged negligence in the death of Diego Armando Maradona.

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Trial of Maradona’s medical team postponed until October

29-05-2024 21:32 Court postpones trial into 2020 death of Diego Armando Maradona, originally scheduled for next week, until October 1.

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Court sets June date for trial into Diego Maradona’s death

19-03-2024 15:02 Oral Criminal Court N°3 of San Isidro sets June 4 start date for trial into legendary Argentine footballer’s death in November 2020; More than 200 witnesses set to be called with eight accused facing between 8 and 25 years in jail if found guilty.