JAKARTA - The seven-professional health trial accused of negligence in Diego Maradona's death on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, local time, was suspended for a week after one of the judges was accused of impartial and allowed the making of a documentary about the trial.
Attorney Patricio Ferrari has submitted a request for a suspension and the trial will be suspended until May 27, 2025. Meanwhile, the court reviewed the role of Judge Julieta Makintach, who allegedly allowed the making of documentaries during the trial.
Makintach is one of three judges to handle the case and has denied wrongdoing.
However, Ferrari argues that the situation jeopardizes the judicial prestige.
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Lawyers representing Maradona's family have joined the prosecutor's request for a suspension.
The lawyer for Maradona's two daughters, Fernando Burlando, said the temporary suspension would result in calm, accuracy, and continuation of the process.
Last week, lawyer representing Leopoldo Luque, Maradona's primary doctor at his death and one of the main defendants, had asked Makintach to be expelled from trial.
The reason, the judge has shown a lack of calm in the trial.
Luque's lawyer, Julio Rivas, said he had been contacted by the BBC requesting an interview because they were making a documentary about the trial.
Rivas added that he had received information that the production company involved in the documentary was linked to Juan Makintach, the judge's brother.
Police said last week that they saw cameras in the courtroom. An courtroom official said his whereabouts had been approved by Makintach.
Maradona, who led Argentina to the World Cup title in 1986, died on November 25, 2020 while undergoing treatment at a hospital on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, a few days after undergoing a hematoma surgery formed between his skull and brain. At that time he was 60 years old.
Seven health professionals were tried for failing to provide adequate care and could face a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison.
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