Maradona’s trial continues on Tuesday with key testimony
The trial for the death of Diego Armando Maradona will continue this Tuesday with the statement of the official expert Pablo Ferrariwho participated in a 2025 expert report requested by the defense of the main accused, Leopoldo Luque, and concluded that the star had a “sudden death.”
Ferrari is a medical examiner and official expert of the Justice of San Isidro which concluded that Maradona had a “sudden death from acute heart failure.” His vision, which he will elaborate on this Tuesday, contradicts that of other official experts who testified before and assured that the star went through prolonged agony.
The scenario of an agonizing death presented at the beginning of the trial reinforces the hypothesis of Prosecutor’s Office that the former soccer player spent his last hours without medical checks, while the version of sudden death supports the theory that death was inevitable, more favorable to the accused.
Experts summoned by the defense recently declared that Maradona’s death had been sudden, but Ferrari is the only official expert to support this view of the events, making him a key witness for Maradona’s defense. Lukeidentified throughout the trial as the doctor in charge of the former soccer player’s health.
‘El Pelusa’ died on November 25, 2020 while he was undergoing home treatment in a house on the outskirts of Buenos Aires after undergoing head surgery for a subdural hematoma.
The expertise in which he participated Ferrari It was carried out at the request of Luque’s defense during the first trial for the star’s death, which was annulled in May that year due to the poor performance of one of the judges and started from scratch on April 14, 2026.
After 43 hearingsin which they were heard 75 testimonialsthe trial is in its final stretch, with the testimony of the witnesses summoned by the defense of the seven accused, the last.
The arguments of the six complaints and the seven defenses are scheduled to begin on October 6.
In addition to Lukethe psychiatrist is tried Agustina Cosachovthe home care coordinator at Swiss Medical, Nancy Forlini; the psychologist Carlos Diazthe nursing coordinator Mariano Perronithe nurse Ricardo Almiron and the clinical doctor Pedro Di Spagnaall accused of simple homicide with possible intent.
