Overview

• Judge Julieta Makintach stepped down from the Tribunal de San Isidro after it emerged she took part in an unauthorized documentary filmed inside the courtroom.
• Her participation in the film led a fellow judge to declare the trial records null and trigger the annulment of proceedings that began on March 11, 2025.
• A new jury was appointed during the week of June 17, 2025, allowing the case to be reopened under a different panel.
• The retrial centers on claims that seven members of Maradona’s medical team mishandled his post-surgery care prior to his November 25, 2020 death from acute pulmonary edema.
• Those on trial face potential sentences of eight to 25 years and the case has drawn intense domestic and international scrutiny.