{"id":238316,"date":"2026-04-13T21:21:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/justice-for-the-hand-of-god-new-trial-begins-for-seven-medics-accused-of-negligence-in-maradonas-death\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T21:21:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:21:47","slug":"justice-for-the-hand-of-god-new-trial-begins-for-seven-medics-accused-of-negligence-in-maradonas-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/justice-for-the-hand-of-god-new-trial-begins-for-seven-medics-accused-of-negligence-in-maradonas-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice for the &apos;Hand of God&apos;: New trial begins for seven medics accused of negligence in Maradona&apos;s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Diego Armando Maradona<\/strong>left us on <strong>November 25, 2020<\/strong> at the age of 60. Since then, <strong>the world was orphaned by possibly the best player in the history<\/strong> of the sport. His play amazed the whole planet, with goals that will always remain in the memory of all soccer fans.<\/p>\n<div class=\"citas\">\n<blockquote class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote\">\n<p>&#8220;I want the trial to be completed and the truth to be known, nothing more, nothing less&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote-author\">Jana Maradona<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Despite the fact that he ascended to Olympus six years ago, <strong>it is still unclear what happened that day<\/strong>. The decisions made about his health left much to be desired. <strong>One of them was to be treated outside the hospital<\/strong>. This was <strong>the central theme of the first trial<\/strong> held in May 2025. <strong>It sought to clarify whether his death was avoidable<\/strong>, as well as the criminal responsibilities of the professionals who treated him.<\/p>\n<p>Now, <strong>after the case was reopened, seven of the workers involved will have to appear in the dock on Tuesday<\/strong>: Maradona&#8217;s neurosurgeon and general practitioner, <strong>Lepolodo Luque<\/strong>; psychiatrist <strong>Agustina Cosachov<\/strong>; psychologist <strong>Carlos Diaz<\/strong>; doctor and coordinator of the private medical company Swiss Medical, <strong>Nancy Forlini<\/strong>; doctor <strong>Pedro Di Spagna<\/strong>; nursing coordinator <strong>Mariano Perroni<\/strong> and nurse <strong>Ricardo Almiron, according to <em>EFE<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TW<br \/>FYI: The death trial for Diego Maradona will take place on 4-14-2026. Diegos case is a little bit similar to Liams case. Lula Miranda is major connection between Diego and Liam. Diegos daughter Dalma is friends and colleagues with Lula Miranda. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/egRp3Rhdxt\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/egRp3Rhdxt<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5TEAdowyDn\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/5TEAdowyDn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>? Damita Neshay Wilson 2 (@2Damita18990) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/2Damita18990\/status\/2031996679415546196?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 12, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"ue-c-article__subheadline\">The family cries out for the truth<\/h2>\n<p>In an interview last December, <strong>Jana Maradona,<\/strong> the daughter of the legendary Argentine footballer, said she wanted to get to the bottom of the case. <strong>&#8220;I want the trial to be completed and the truth to be known, nothing more and nothing less,&#8221;<\/strong> said Diego&#8217;s daughter.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"ue-c-article__media ue-c-article__media--image ue-c-article--media-icon-m-from-tablet\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__media-img-container ue-l-article--expand-edge-right-until-tablet ue-l-article--expand-edge-left-until-tablet\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>According to the latest information and statements from the daughters of the 10, <strong>Luque, Maradona&#8217;s doctor, was the one who insisted that his patient should, as the best way, continue his recovery from his home<\/strong>. According to the testimonies, <strong>the necessary attention may not have been given to Diego<\/strong>. Thus, the new debate will be in the hands of the <strong>Tribunal en lo Criminal (TOC) No. 7 of San Isidro<\/strong>, composed of judges Alberto Gaig, Alejandro Horacio Lago and Alberto Ortolani. The hearings will be held<strong> on Tuesdays and Thursdays of each week<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/football\/2026\/04\/13\/69dd5be1e2704e64268b458c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diego Armando Maradonaleft us on November 25, 2020 at the age of 60. Since then, the world was orphaned by possibly the best player in the history of the sport. His play amazed the whole planet, with goals that will always remain in the memory of all soccer fans. &#8220;I want the trial to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":238317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6808],"tags":[326,686,147,1129,133],"class_list":{"0":"post-238316","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-argentina-national-football-team-english","9":"tag-diego-maradona-english","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-obituaries-english","12":"tag-soccer"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}