Overview
- This week the prosecution and multiple family querellas finished their closing arguments in the oral trial over Diego Maradona’s 2020 death and asked the court for multi‑year sentences against key members of his medical team.
- High‑profile lawyer Fernando Burlando requested the harshest penalties, asking for 15 years for neurocirurgeon Leopoldo Luque, 12 years for Swiss Medical coordinator Nancy Forlini and 10 years for psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov while urging immediate detention if the court imposes those terms.
- The main accusations presented to the Tribunal Oral N°7 in San Isidro are homicidio simple with dolo eventual for Luque, Forlini and Cosachov, while other staff face lesser charges such as homicidio culposo or acquittal requests were made for some defendants.
- Parallel forensic work is reshaping related cases: digital forensics recovered hundreds of deleted files from Claudio Barrelier’s phone, prompting a new sexual‑abuse evidence probe, and judges extended preventive detention or reclassified charges in separate child‑death and homicide investigations.
- What happens next is the start of defense closings on Oct. 20, followed by judges’ deliberations that could include prison terms, medical‑practice disqualifications and immediate detentions while appeals or further expert reports proceed.