Maradona died on November 25, 2020, aged 60, while recovering at home from brain surgery for a blood clot, after decades battling cocaine and alcohol addictions.
In an opening statement, the prosecution said it intended to submit “solid” evidence that no member of the medical team “did what they were supposed to do” in the “horror theater” that was Maradona’s deathbed.
The gruesome picture brought Maradona’s three daughters, Jana, Dalma and Gianinna, who attended the start of the trial, to the verge of tears.
Fernando Burlando, lawyer for Dalma and Gianinna, described Maradona’s medical team as “diabolical.”
Outside the court, dozens of fans waved banners calling for “justice.”
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It was determined he died of heart failure and acute pulmonary edema, a condition where fluid accumulates in the lungs.
Tens of thousands of people queued to bid farewell to the former Boca Juniors and Napoli striker as his body lay in state at the presidential palace.
The hearings, adjourned until Thursday, are expected to run until July.
Prosecutors accuse his medical team of pushing for Maradona to receive home care, which proved “reckless” and “totally deficient.”
Maradona’s five children and his sisters have joined the case as plaintiffs.
A panel of 20 medical experts convened by Argentina’s public prosecutor concluded in 2021 that Maradona “would have had a better chance of survival” with adequate treatment in an appropriate medical facility.
Maradona’s family also claim that leaked audio and text messages between medical team members show the star’s health was in imminent danger.
Vadim Mischanchuk, lawyer of psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov told AFP he was “very optimistic” she would be acquitted, insisting she was in charge of Maradona’s mental health only.
In Buenos Aires’s La Paternal neighborhood where Maradona was revealed as a prodigious talent while playing for Argentinos Juniors in the 1970s, fans said they were still seeking closure over his death.
“All society needs to know... what really happened, who abandoned him... and whoever is responsible must pay the price,“ pensioner Hilda Pereira said.
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