Maradona death trial upended by bizarre error: Experts analyzed his father’s clinical records

The trial to determine responsibility for Diego Maradona's death in November 2020 has been thrown into doubt due to a bizarre error. According to El Pais English, some clinical analyses examined by the medical panel did not belong to Maradona but to his father, also named Diego Maradona. This discrepancy was discovered when a defense attorney cross-checked the data in the medical board's report.

The medical board's report, which plays a central role in the prosecution's case, had included medical tests belonging to Maradona's father, who received treatment from the same healthcare provider as his son in 2015. The Buenos Aires Herald reported that the results of those tests were later included among the documents reviewed by the specialists investigating Maradona's death. This has raised fresh questions about the medical board's findings regarding Maradona's health and the circumstances of his death.

Eight people are accused of failing to provide proper medical care to Maradona, including his main medical adviser, Leopoldo Luque, psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov, and psychologist Carlos Díaz, as per the Buenos Aires Herald. The discovery of the error has cast doubt over the process, and a central part of the evidence will have to be reviewed, potentially rendering it null and void.

Brief written by urgent.news from El Pais English, Buenos Aires Herald, El Pais — 3 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.