With great power comes great responsibility. So, when you’re put in charge of world-famous footballer Diego Maradona’s health, people expect only the best. As a result, the medical team at the time of Maradona’s death in 2020 will be tried for homicide by criminal negligence.
Maradona came to fame in the 1986 World Cup, where he captained Argentina to victory. Maradona scored two famous goals in a 2-1 game against England in the quarter-finals. He struggled with a cocaine addiction afterward, being banned from the game for 15 months in 1991. Even after his later retirement in 1997, he was revered as one of the greatest players to have lived.
That’s why everyone was shocked when he died of a heart attack in November 2020. He was recovering that month from a brain clot surgery. Since he died early at the age of 60, an investigation into his medical team was launched. The investigation found that the team handled Maradona in an “inappropriate, deficient, and reckless manner.” Investigators concluded that the footballer would have had a much higher chance of living in the hands of other doctors.
Maradona’s medical team denies this. Even so, the eight members will be tried for homicide based on their negligence. Maradona’s personal doctor, Leopoldo Luque, says that he was only responsible for “having loved him, having taken care of him, for having extended his life, for having improved it to the end.”
Maradona’s family thought otherwise, and the issue of negligence was first raised by Maradona’s two daughters.
Maradona’s lawyers agree. “As soon as I saw the cause, I knew it was homicide,” says Mario Baudry, a lawyer for one of Maradona’s sons. “I fought for a long time, and here we are, with this stage completed.” The trial will act as closure for many of Maradona’s family, close friends, and millions of fans.
Maradona came to fame in the 1986 World Cup, where he captained Argentina to victory. Maradona scored two famous goals in a 2-1 game against England in the quarter-finals. He struggled with a cocaine addiction afterward, being banned from the game for 15 months in 1991. Even after his later retirement in 1997, he was revered as one of the greatest players to have lived.
That’s why everyone was shocked when he died of a heart attack in November 2020. He was recovering that month from a brain clot surgery. Since he died early at the age of 60, an investigation into his medical team was launched. The investigation found that the team handled Maradona in an “inappropriate, deficient, and reckless manner.” Investigators concluded that the footballer would have had a much higher chance of living in the hands of other doctors.
Maradona’s medical team denies this. Even so, the eight members will be tried for homicide based on their negligence. Maradona’s personal doctor, Leopoldo Luque, says that he was only responsible for “having loved him, having taken care of him, for having extended his life, for having improved it to the end.”
Maradona’s family thought otherwise, and the issue of negligence was first raised by Maradona’s two daughters.
Maradona’s lawyers agree. “As soon as I saw the cause, I knew it was homicide,” says Mario Baudry, a lawyer for one of Maradona’s sons. “I fought for a long time, and here we are, with this stage completed.” The trial will act as closure for many of Maradona’s family, close friends, and millions of fans.
