There are eight defendants for the crime “simple homicide with eventual intent” after the death of the former footballer in November 2020.
The beginning of the trial for the Death of Diego Armando Maradona It was postponed by the Justice until March 2025. The neurosurgeon is accused of the fact Leopoldo Luquethe psychiatrist Agustina Cosachovthe psychologist Carlos Angel Diaz and five other health professionals.
The original start date was set for June 4, and was postponed to October 1. But this Thursday the news of the new change of date for the eight defendants for the crime became known. “simple homicide with eventual intent”in the context of the death of the football legend, which occurred on November 25, 2020.
In addition, during the pre-debate stage there were various complaints, including one that occurred in May when the neurosurgeon’s lawyers Leopoldo Luquethe one of the psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov and psychologist Carlos Díaz They opposed the request of the daughters of Diego Maradona to move his body from the cemetery Saint Michael to a Mausoleum located in Puerto Madero.
The defendants could face up to 25 years in prison.
Those involved are accused of placing Maradona in a “situation of helplessness and abandoning him to his fate”according to the determination of prosecutors Pablo Ferrari, Cosme Iribarren and Laura Capra. If found guilty, they could be sentenced to a prison sentence of between 8 and 25 years.
In addition to Luque, Cosachov and Díaz, the rest of those involved are the nurses Gisella Dahiana Madrid and Ricardo Omar Almironhis boss, Mariano Perroni and the clinical doctor Peter Paul of Spain and the coordinating physician of a prepaid health insurance, Nancy Edith Forlini.
At the same time, the resolution indicates that the hearings will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. More than 200 witnesses will be present. Maradona’s children, his ex-partners, Claudia Villafañe, Verónica Ojeda and Rocío Oliva and his siblings Claudia, Ana, Rita, Raúl and Elsa, are part of the list. The lawyers Matías Morla, the former player’s representative, and Víctor Stinfale, his partner, will also have to testify.
Source: Ambito
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