Overview
- Diego Maradona died in 2020 about two weeks after a brain operation and the autopsy listed cardiac arrest and pulmonary edema as causes of death.
- A seven-member team of doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists and nurses has been on trial since April accused of gross negligence for their post‑operative care of Maradona.
- Prosecutors are seeking lengthy prison terms and specifically up to 12 years for neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, whose defense has asked for acquittal and called him a scapegoat.
- Dalma Maradona, acting as a civil plaintiff, made an emotional courtroom appeal asking judges to deliver justice for her father and to hold caregivers accountable.
- Judges said they will take time for a thorough review before issuing verdicts in late December and the current proceedings follow an earlier trial that collapsed after a judge was found biased.