Published Apr 21, 2026, 4:04 PM ET · Updated 7 months ago · 1 source

Maradona’s daughter assails doctor in negligence trial over soccer great’s death

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — One of Diego Maradona’s daughters lashed out at neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, who was considered her father’s primary physician at the time of his death, during a negligence trial Tuesday. Gianinna Maradona, in a court in the Buenos Aires town of San Isidro, testified in the trial of seven medical professionals accused of negligence her father’s death in 2020. “I heard on television that he said he wasn’t his doctor, and it makes me very angry that he won’t take res