(FILES) Gimnasia y Esgrima team coach Diego Armando Maradona gestures to supporters as he leaves the field after an Argentina First Division Superliga football match against Estudiantes, at El Bosque stadium, in La Plata, Buenos Aires province, Argentina, on November 2, 2019. The trial over the death of football legend Diego Maradona has been postponed for a week, until August 27, to verify whether incorrect medical tests were used in the expert reports, the court announced on August 20, 2026. (Photo by ALEJANDRO PAGNI / AFP)
The latest trial over the death of Argentine football legend Diego Maradona was suspended Thursday following claims that kidney tests presented to the court belonged to the player’s father.
Seven health care workers are accused of criminal negligence over the care Maradona received before his death at age 60 in November 2020, while he was recuperating from surgery.
The first trial was dramatically annulled last year after two-and-a-half months of hearings, following revelations that one of the judges took part in a clandestine documentary about the case.
A new trial began in April.
