Overview
- The trial called psychiatrist José Luis Covelli and clinician Ramiro Larrea to testify, with both giving evidence at the Tribunales de San Isidro as the case moves into its final phase.
- Covelli told the court the former player showed a confusional syndrome tied to alcohol withdrawal and said Maradona should have been treated in an institutional setting rather than at home.
- Defense lawyers argued Covelli’s remarks support Agustina Cosachov because the 2021 junta and a toxicologist concluded the medications and doses used were appropriate for Maradona’s condition.
- The 2021 interdisciplinary Junta Médica report, which labeled the care 'inadequate, deficient and reckless' and said life‑threat signs were ignored, remains a central piece of prosecution evidence against several health professionals.
- Separately, justice authorities opened a probe after Swiss Medical acknowledged that medical studies belonging to Maradona’s father were mistakenly included in the dossier, and the trial is expected to conclude around October.