BUENOS AIRES.- One of the daughters of Diego Maradona He said this Wednesday that the judge removed from the trial for the death of “Ten” swore to him that she was not making a documentary about the case, before it was discovered that she did participate in one.
“He swore on his children that there was no documentary and I believed him,” he said through tears. Gianinna Maradonawho testified as a witness in the impeachment trial of the judge Juliet Makintach48 years old, according to local media Infobae.
In May, a scandal broke out when images of the judge as the protagonist of a clandestine documentary about the process that sought to determine the responsibilities of Maradona’s medical team in his death in 2020 were released.
For the incident, Makintach was removed and the trial vacated. The process that will judge the judge’s conduct began on Thursday and may lead to her dismissal.
According to the prosecutor’s accusation Analia Duartethe judge participated in this audiovisual production “in order to commercially exploit” the Maradona case and her actions affected the image of the judiciary “in front of the world.”
“I couldn’t stop crying, I couldn’t believe it,” said Gianinna Maradona when remembering when she saw the images of the documentary in the hearing, where they were shown, she added in her testimonial statement that lasted about 10 minutes, according to Infobae. His sister Dalma was going to testify, but she gave up in court.
Makintach defended herself by saying that the project was a proposal “from a friend” and that “the idea of a documentary did not exist.”
“It was a stone that I stumbled over without considering the consequences (…). I wish someone had come to me and told me ‘you are putting the debate at risk,'” he said last Thursday.
The process is expected to end this Thursday and then there will be six business days for the jury to make its determination.
Hearings and lost testimonies
The annulment of the trial for Maradona’s death threw away 21 hearings and 44 testimonial statements, among them those of the soccer star’s daughters, Dalma, Gianinna and Jana, who relived the moment of their father’s death in tears.
On Wednesday of last week it was announced that the new trial for Maradona’s death will begin on March 17, 2026.
The seven health professionals accused of homicide with possible intent will be tried again, a figure that implies that they were aware that their actions could cause the death of the patient. A nurse will face a separate trial.
