The trial for the death of former Argentine footballer Diego Armando Maradonawhich was scheduled to start on June 4 and then on October 1, was postponed for the second consecutive time and it was scheduled for the March 11, 2025judicial sources reported on Thursday.
This was decided on Thursday by the Third Criminal Court of San Isidro (Buenos Aires province), which is investigating the alleged medical negligence in the death of one of the biggest idols of world football.
For the case Eight people are chargedall of them linked to the care provided to the former international player and former Argentine coach in his last days at his home on the outskirts of the Argentine capital.
According to the court’s decision, which was published in local media, the request of the defense attorneys of neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov and psychologist Carlos Díaz was granted “without opposition from the other parties in this process.” accused of simple homicide due to eventual intentwho asked to postpone the start of the trial until next March.
The other five defendants in the case, also linked to the health care that Maradona was to receive, are the doctor who coordinated the former footballer’s home careNancy Forlini; the coordinator of the nurses, Mariano Perroni; the nurse Ricardo Omar Almirn; the nurse Dahiana Gisela Madrid; and the clinical doctor Pedro Di Spagna.
‘Pelusa’ passed away on November 25, 202025 days after turning 60, as a result of “acute pulmonary edema secondary to exacerbated chronic heart failure,” according to the autopsy.
A “was also discovered in his heartdilated cardiomyopathy“.
In light of the investigation, heThe final cause of death will be “cardiorespiratory arrest”secondary to acute pulmonary edema, caused by acute left ventricular failure (acute heart failure), in a short-term agonizing condition, estimated in minutes or at most a few hours.”
The world champion in Mexico 1986 suffered alcohol addiction problemshad been admitted to a clinic in La Plata – where he was the coach of Gimnasia y Esgrima – on November 2, 2020 due to anemia and dehydration and, a day later, he was transferred to a sanatorium in the Buenos Aires town of Olivos, where he underwent surgery for a subdural hematoma.
On November 11, 2020, I was discharged from the hospital. and was taken to a house on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, where he died.
The case, whose trial will take place amid great international expectation, has suffered numerous complications such as the collection of expert evidence or the request by some of the accused to be tried differently than the rest, such as Madrid, which requested a jury hearing.
Initially scheduled for June 4thwas first postponed until October 1, although at that time the courts had already made it clear that it was unrealistic to consider that date and announced that it would almost certainly be postponed again, as confirmed today.
