Maradona Trial Suspended Over Judge Documentary Row

NEW DELHI: The trial of seven health professionals accused of negligence in the death of Diego Maradona was suspended for a week on Tuesday after one of the judges was accused of being impartial and authorising a documentary about the hearings.

Prosecutor Patricio Ferrari made the request for a suspension, and the trial will be halted until May 27 while the court reviews Judge Julieta Makintach’s role in allegedly allowing a documentary to be filmed during the trial.

Makintach is one of three judges hearing the case and has denied any wrongdoing, but Ferrari argued that “the situation compromises the prestige of the judiciary.”

The attorneys representing Maradona’s family had joined the prosecutor’s request for a suspension. The lawyer for two of the former soccer player’s daughters, Fernando Burlando, said the temporary halt would bring about “serenity, thoroughness, and the continuation of the process.”

Last week, the lawyer representing Leopoldo Luque, Maradona’s primary physician at the time of his death and one of the main defendants, had requested Makintach’s removal from the trial, arguing that the judge had demonstrated a lack of impartiality in the proceedings. Agencies

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