Gianinna Maradona, one of Diego Maradona's daughters, confronted neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque during a negligence trial on Tuesday, expressing anger that he has not accepted responsibility for her father's death.
Testifying in a court in San Isidro, Buenos Aires, she said: 'I heard on television that he said he wasn't his doctor, and it makes me very angry that he won't take responsibility.'
Luque is among seven medical professionals facing trial over the death of the Argentine football legend in 2020. The case stems from a mistrial declared in May after one of the three presiding judges stepped down over criticism of her participation in a documentary about the case.
The defendants are accused of failing to provide adequate care in the weeks before Maradona died of cardiac arrest at a home outside Buenos Aires, while recovering from surgery for a blood clot on the brain. They have denied the charge of culpable homicide, which implies they were aware of the risks of their alleged reckless conduct and ignored them.
Gianinna Maradona said that Luque, psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov and psychologist Carlos Díaz were responsible for her father's health and the home confinement where his condition deteriorated. In response, Luque's legal team has argued that Gianinna and her sister Dalma, the former star's eldest daughters, failed to act with sufficient speed to care for their father during his declining health.
