“They killed a mythological hero like Maradona, a warrior capable of going and returning from oblivion and death whenever he wanted. And they did it in a very cowardly way”
The lawyers of Dalma and Gianinna Maradonadaughters of Diego Armando Maradonarequested this Wednesday in their closing arguments of the trial for the death of the former soccer player, sentences of between ten and fifteen years in prison for three of the accused doctors and included in their accusation the psychologist Carlos Díaz, for whom other complaints requested acquittal.
The lawyers of the eldest daughters of the ‘Diez’ spoke for five hours, in what has been the longest argument of the trial so far and the fifth and last of the complaining parties.
Fernando Burlandoone of the daughters’ lawyers, referred to the trial as “a great date with history.”
He told the court: “What you will decide in this trial will be marked without any doubt in the collective memory of this and several more generations.”
“They killed a mythological hero, a warrior capable of going and returning from oblivion and death whenever he wanted. And they obviously did it in a very cowardly way. Taking advantage above all of the vulnerability of his health, aggravating it to the limit of death itself,” he added.
The lawyers requested, for the crime of simple homicide with possible intent, fifteen years in prison for the family doctor Leopoldo Luquetwelve years for the home care coordinator of Swiss Medical, Nancy Forliniand ten years for the psychiatrist Agustina Cosachovhigher penalties than those requested by the Prosecutor’s Office.
They also requested professional disqualification for all of them for ten years.
For the head nurse Mariano Perroni and the nurse Ricardo Almiron They asked for four and six months in prison and nine years of disqualification, for the crime of manslaughter.
Just like the Prosecutor’s Office and the rest of the complaints, requested the acquittal of the clinical doctor Pedro Di Spagnawhile they marked their difference with respect to the position of two of the complaints by requesting that the psychologist be condemned Carlos Diaz to five years in prison and ten years of disqualification for manslaughter.
“For us there is no doubt that Carlos Díaz is responsible,” he said. Fabián Amendolaone of the representatives of Dalma and Gianinna Maradona.
The accusation, as the lawyer explained, is based on the influence he exerted on medical decisions, which “were crucial for the control system to fail.”
Specifically, the lawyer referred to the participation of Diaz in the decision to exclude from home treatment during which he died Maradona to therapeutic companions, in addition to the suggestion of limiting nursing controls to the administration of medication and the suggestion that ‘Ten’ not receive visits from his family in the last days of his life.
Loving her considered that this increased risks by reducing information resources and requiring distance guidelines when alerts about the patient’s health already existed. He emphasized: “Diego died alone in that house.”
The lawyers also referred to Luque’s role in the decision that, after his last intervention, Maradona He did not undergo his recovery in a clinic but in a home, the conditions of which have been the subject of cross accusations in the trial.
“While the family was hearing about a serious home confinement, all the witnesses who passed by here described something diametrically opposite,” Burlando remarked.
They also read a series of messages that the defendants sent to each other during treatment, including one from Díaz to the psychiatrist. Cossachov that, in reference to the treatment of Maradonasaid: “Either we lose our registration and go to prison, or we are demigods.” “Dear judges, there are no demigods in this room,” he said. Loving her and concluded: “What we ask is that this prophecy be fulfilled.”
