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1. Police outside the court building
2. Accused Maradona doctor, Leopoldo Luque, hit by Maradona supporters while entering the court building
3. Reporters crowding around Verónica Ojeda, former partner of Maradona, left, and her lawyer and current partner Mario Baudry, right
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Mario Baudry, Verónica Ojeda’s lawyer:
"For us, it is very painful. I believe it is the biggest scandal in the justice system that we are aware of. I think it is an institutional disgrace."
5. Baudry
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Mario Baudry, Verónica Ojeda’s lawyer:
"If they did this to Maradona, imagine what they can do to any ordinary citizen. So I hope that the politicians step up and take action, suspend the judge next week at the very least. Dr. Makintach should not be allowed to judge anyone else. I think what happened is disrespectful. What was done is disgraceful."
7. Journalists
8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Verónica Ojeda, former partner of Maradona:
"Yes, yes. I was even in the trailer (of the documentary), so it really was a scandal. But anyway, now let’s move forward. Let’s wait until Thursday at noon to see what they decide. And well, if I have to testify, we’ll testify again."
BUENOS AIRES JUDICIAL POWER
Buenos Aires, Argentina – 11 March 2025
9. Judges Julieta Makintach, right, Maximiliano Savarino, center, and Verónica di Tommaso, right
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Buenos Aires, Argentina – 27 May 2025
10. STILLS: Judge Julieta Makintach walking in a parking lot
11. Fernando Burlando, lawyer of Gianinna Maradona walking among journalists
12. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Fernando Burlando, lawyer of Gianinna Maradona:
"One of the arguments we made is that apparently it was not focused on approving justice, but devoted to making this documentary or reality, series, whatever."
13. Gianinna Maradona
14. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Alejandra, Maradona fan who hit Leopoldo Luque:
"Impotence, anger. But he already has social condemnation and cannot walk freely on the street because people do not want him. He already knows who he is. He is condemned to his actions. All that remains is for the justice to condemn him."
15. Journalists
16. Court building
STORYLINE:
A judge overseeing the trial of health professionals accused of negligence in the death of football great Diego Maradona stepped down from the proceedings Tuesday.
Julieta Makintach, one of the three judges appointed to the case, faced a controversy over her participation in the making of a documentary about the case.
Makintach withdrew from the case after the prosecutor showed footage of the documentary that spans the first moments after the soccer star’s death in 2020 to the start of the trial more than two months ago, in which the judge appears as one of the lead characters.
Following Makintach’s resignation, the other two judges will decide Thursday how the case will proceed.
The trial was suspended for a week after prosecutor Patricio Ferrari asked the San Isidro court to review Makintach’s role in allegedly allowing the documentary to be filmed during the trial.
Leopoldo Luque, Maradona’s primary physician at the time of the star’s death and one of the main defendants, had requested Makintach’s removal from the trial.
Luque’s lawyer, Julio Rivas, said he had been contacted by the BBC requesting an interview because they were making a documentary about the trial.
Seven healthcare professionals are on trial for allegedly failing to provide adequate care and could face a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison.
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