Argentine football legend Diego Maradona has been killed in a new legal battle. An earlier trial was canceled due to a scandal involving a judge, but after a hiatus of almost a year, it has now resumed. About 120 people will testify in the new trial. Maradona’s medical team will be tested once more to see if they were indeed responsible for his death.
The trial of seven doctors began in March last year, accused of neglecting Maradona’s treatment and killing him. However, the accused doctors have been denying the allegations since the beginning. They felt there was no medical negligence. However, if the charges are proven in court, the members of the medical team could be jailed for 8 to 25 years.
Maradona died in November 2020 at the age he died of heart failure and fluid retention in the lungs, just two weeks after undergoing brain surgery. Maradona’s medical team accused Maradona of negligence after undergoing surgery in Tigre, Argentina. Prosecution lawyers claimed that Maradona was addicted to drugs and alcohol and died of natural causes. The main reason for the dismissal of the previous trial in May 2025 was the allegations against Judge Hulita McIntock. He violated rules inside the court and was involved in a documentary for which he was later fired. The new trial is expected to last until next July.
The death of the 1986 World Cup winner has cast a pall over the world. Despite the grim environment of the coronavirus pandemic, millions of Argentines took to the streets to bid him their last farewell. Maradona, considered one of football’s greatest players, struggled with addiction for years. He is also widely believed to have had contact with the underworld while playing in Naples, Italy. His goal against England in the 1986 World Cup sparked controversy throughout the game, later known as the Hand of God. His second goal in the same match is considered one of the most magical in football history. In 2000, FIFA named him the Player of the Century along with Brazil’s Pele.
