Gianinna Maradonadaughter of Diego Armando Maradonatestified at the trial for the death of the former soccer player and launched strong accusations against the medical team that treated him before his death. In a key hearing, he rejected the allegations against him and assured that he was a victim of manipulation.
His testimony was given on the third day of the new judicial process, after the previous trial was annulled in May 2025.
🚨TRIAL FOR THE DEATH OF MARADONA: GIANINNA STATED AND POINTED AGAINST THE DOCTORS
Today it was the turn of one of Diego Armando Maradona’s daughters to testify in the context of the second trial for the death of her father. pic.twitter.com/qgSJZKceSm
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Gianinna Maradona responds to Leonardo Luque and denies responsibility
The declaration of Gianinna Maradona36, was initially postponed due to neurosurgeon intervention Leonardo Luquecritical defendant and family doctor Diego Maradona.
During a prior hearing, Luke He stated that he was not in charge of the former soccer player’s care and blamed the star’s daughter for not having found a clinical doctor.
“I responded that I was going to take care of it, not that I had a doctor or that I am a doctor. I simply said that I was going to investigate. From no point of view am I going to take charge of that situation. I trusted, unfortunately, blindly in these beings, “that the only thing they did was leave my son without a grandfather and me without a father,” he declared. Gianinna Maradonarejecting any involvement in his father’s death.
Tension in the trial: defense tries to stop the testimony
Before her statement, the psychiatrist’s defense Agustina Cosachov requested to suspend her testimony, alleging possible criminal liability of the idol’s daughter for failure to fulfill family duties.
However, the judges rejected the request, allowing Gianinna Maradona will provide his version of the events.
“Nothing so aggressive was ever suggested to the dignity of a person, something so aggressive was never suggested to the dignity of a victim,” said the lawyer. Fernando Burlando.
The state of Diego Maradona before his death
During his testimony, Gianinna Maradona He recalled an episode that occurred on October 30, 2020, when he visited his father on his birthday and found him disoriented and “with a lost look.”
According to her, the former soccer player agreed to go with her, but the medical team and the police intervened before she could transport him.
Home confinement: the key point of the case
One of the most sensitive moments of the trial revolves around the decision that Diego Armando Maradona continue his recovery in a home after an operation, instead of being admitted to a clinic.
“It seemed to us that interning him was the best, because of the experience when he had recovered from cocaine, but (at the same time) that we were sons of bitches if we admitted him,” she said through tears. Gianinna Maradonaand added: “Luque told us that it was not an option for my father to admit him to a clinic.. Let’s first try a home confinement. At that moment I couldn’t even imagine that they were planning other things.”
“A lot of anger”: criticism of the health care system
After playing an audio Leonardo Luquein which he proposed home confinement with adequate medical equipment, Gianinna Maradona He harshly questioned the real conditions in which his father was.
“The manipulation was absolute and inferior, I feel stupid“, she expressed, visibly affected.
In addition, he reported that in the home where he died on November 25, 2020, there was no observatory, defibrillator or ambulance, despite the promises of the medical team.
Who are the accused in the trial for Maradona’s death?
In addition to Leonardo Luque and Agustina Cosachovthe psychologist faces the judicial process Carlos Diazthe doctor Nancy Forlinithe doctor Pedro Di Spagnathe nursing coordinator Mariano Perroni and the nurse Ricardo Almiron.
They are all accused of simple homicide with possible intentin one of the most shocking cases in world sport.
Keep reading:
· New trial for Maradona’s death is postponed and will begin until April
· Judge in the Maradona case who starred in the documentary resigns after the start of the trial against her
· Maradona’s trial is suspended for a week due to an investigation into a judge
· The trial for Maradona’s death is left without a judge: she is accused of participating in a documentary about the case
