The trial for the death of Diego Armando Maradona will continue this Tuesday with the testimony of the official expert Pablo Ferrari, who participated in a 2025 examination requested by the defense of the main accused, Leopoldo Luque, and concluded that the star had a "sudden death."
Ferrari is a forensic doctor and official expert for the Justice of San Isidro who concluded that Maradona had a "sudden death due to acute heart failure."
His vision, which he will elaborate on this Tuesday, contradicts the perspective of other official experts who testified earlier and claimed that the star went through prolonged agony.
The scenario of an agonizing death presented at the beginning of the trial reinforces the Prosecutor's hypothesis that the former footballer spent his last hours without medical supervision, while the version of sudden death supports the theory that the death was inevitable, more favorable to the defendants.
Experts summoned by the defense recently declared that Maradona's death had been sudden, but Ferrari is the only official expert to uphold this view of the facts, making him a key witness for Luque's defense, who has been pointed out throughout the trial as the doctor in charge of the former footballer's health.
'El Pelusa' died on November 25, 2020, while undergoing home treatment in a house on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, after being operated on for a subdural hematoma.
The expertise in which Ferrari participated was carried out at the request of Luque's defense during the first trial for the star's death, which was annulled in May of that year due to the misconduct of one of the judges and started from scratch on April 14, 2026.
After 43 hearings, in which 75 testimonies were heard, the trial is in its final stretch, with the statements of the witnesses summoned by the defenses of the seven defendants, the last ones.
The arguments of the six plaintiffs and the seven defenses are scheduled to begin on October 6.
In addition to Luque, this trial also involves psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov; the coordinator of home care at Swiss Medical, Nancy Forlini; psychologist Carlos Díaz; nurse coordinator Mariano Perroni; nurse Ricardo Almirón; and clinical doctor Pedro Di Spagna, all accused of simple homicide with eventual intent. EFE
