Overview
- Sala VII of the Buenos Aires Criminal Appeals Court rejected defense challenges and confirmed September’s criminal processing of Matías Morla, Maximiliano Pomargo and Sergio Garmendia, with Rita Mabel and Claudia Nora Maradona and notary Sandra Iampolsky named as necessary participants.
- Judges Juan Esteban Cicciaro, Rodolfo Pociello Argerich and Ricardo Matías Pinto also kept a preventive asset embargo set at 2,000 million pesos.
- The ruling cites Inspección General de Justicia records to characterize Sattvica S.A., which held the Maradona marks, as a company façade that reported no economic activity for years.
- The panel rejected arguments that Diego Maradona intended his sisters to receive the marks, stressing that wills are strictly personal and that his children retain a non‑waivable share under Argentine inheritance law.
- The case began with a complaint from Dalma and Gianinna Maradona, whose filings include records of alleged offshore money movements tied to brand deals, and the sisters publicly welcomed the court’s confirmation.