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04/21 18:26 CDT Maradona's daughter assails doctor in negligence trial over
soccer great's death
Maradona's daughter assails doctor in negligence trial over soccer great's death
By SERGIO FARELLA
The Associated Press
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) --- One of Diego Maradona's daughters lashed out
at neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, who was considered her father's primary
physician at the time of his death, during a negligence trial Tuesday.
Gianinna Maradona, in a court in the Buenos Aires town of San Isidro, testified
in the trial of seven medical professionals accused of negligence her father's
death in 2020.
"I heard on television that he said he wasn't his doctor, and it makes me very
angry that he won't take responsibility," Gianinna Maradona said.
Luque and six others are standing a new trial because last May the court
declared a mistrial after Julieta Makintach, one of the original three
presiding judges, stepped down over criticism about her participation in a
documentary on the case.
The negligence case accuses Maradona's medical team of failing to provide
adequate care in the weeks leading up to his death at a home outside Buenos
Aires. Maradona died at age 60 from cardiac arrest while recovering from
surgery for a blood clot on the brain.
The defendants, who deny all accusations, were charged with culpable homicide,
a charge similar to involuntary manslaughter in that it implies the accused
were aware of the risk caused by their alleged reckless conduct and ignored it.
Maradona's daughter said that Luque, psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov and
psychologist Carlos Daz were responsible for Maradona's health and the home
confinement where, she said, the star's health deteriorated day by day without
anyone apparently remedying it.
Luque's defense alleges that Gianinna Maradona and her sister Dalma --- the
former soccer star's eldest daughters from his relationship with Claudia
Villafae --- were responsible for not acting with the necessary speed to care
for their father during a long process of declining health.
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