Gianinna Maradona lashed out at neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, who was considered her father’s primary physician at the time of his death, while testifying Tuesday in a negligence trial.
Gianinna appeared in a court in the Buenos Aires suburb of San Isidro as seven medical professionals stand trial accused of negligence in Diego Maradona’s 2020 death.
“I heard on television that he said he wasn’t his doctor, and it makes me very angry that he won’t take responsibility,” Gianinna said in court.
The case returned to trial after a mistrial was declared last May when Julieta Makintach, one of the original three presiding judges, stepped down following criticism about her participation in a documentary on the matter.
Prosecutors say Maradona’s medical team failed to provide adequate care in the weeks before his death. Maradona, 60, died of cardiac arrest while recovering at home from surgery for a blood clot on the brain.
The defendants deny the accusations. They were charged with culpable homicide, a charge akin to involuntary manslaughter that alleges the accused were aware of risks their alleged reckless conduct created and ignored them.
Gianinna said Luque, psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov and psychologist Carlos Diaz were responsible for overseeing Maradona’s health and for the home confinement where she says his condition worsened day by day without effective intervention.
Luque’s defense has alleged that Gianinna and her sister Dalma — Maradona’s eldest daughters from his relationship with Claudia Villafane — failed to act quickly enough to care for their father during a prolonged decline in his health.
AP
Buenos Aires, Updated At: 10:04 AM Apr 22, 2026 IST
