Overview
- A preparatory hearing is scheduled for November 12, 2025 to set arguments and trial procedures.
- Seven health professionals will be retried on charges of homicide with eventual intent, which carry potential sentences of 8 to 25 years.
- One nurse, Gisela Madrid, will face a separate trial after securing assurance to be judged apart.
- The original proceedings were voided in late May after Judge Julieta Makintach was recused for participating in a planned documentary and later resigned.
- The defendants deny responsibility for Diego Maradona’s 2020 death, which occurred at age 60 from cardiorespiratory arrest and pulmonary edema during recovery from neurosurgery.