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Maradona death trial: doctor testifies ‘they did CPR on a corpse’

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17.04.2026

Thursday saw a new hearing in the trial over the death of former Argentine football superstar Diego Maradona. 

Giannina, one of Maradona’s daughters with his longtime wife Claudia Villafañe, was expected to give her testimony. However, proceedings were turned on their head when one of the main accused, the former star’s primary medical adviser, Leopoldo Luque, requested to testify instead. 

Judges Alberto Ortolani, Alberto Gaig, and Pablo Rolón allowed the intervention, despite protests from the prosecution and Giannina Maradona herself, who later posted an Instagram story with the message: “Se puede ser más cagón?” (“Can you be any more of a........

© Buenos Aires Herald