Overview
- The six-month trial of seven healthcare professionals ended on Oct 22 with closing statements and the judge scheduled verdicts for Dec 22.
- Prosecutors asked for prison terms of four to 12 years for six defendants and sought a 12-year sentence for Leopoldo Luque, identified as Maradona’s main doctor.
- Leopoldo Luque asserted his innocence in court while his lawyers argued the death was not foreseeable and that he was being treated as a scapegoat.
- Dalma Maradona made an emotional plea for justice on behalf of the family as hearings closed and the court reviewed testimony from more than 70 witnesses.
- The case centers on decisions to let Maradona convalesce at a private home without hospital equipment such as a hospital bed or defibrillator and its outcome could prompt changes in medical oversight and legal standards for patient care.