“There were many mistakes made because Diego died, he swelled and swelled the poor, until his heart exploded”, said Matias Morla, former lawyer and friend of Diego Maradona, heard more than three hours in the prosecutor’s office To San Isidro, in the northern suburb of Buenos Aires (Argentina).
A an investigation was opened in November 2020 into the circumstances of the former footballer’s death to determine possible negligence. The lawyer claimed on Tuesday October 26 that the medical treatment Maradona was receiving “was very bad, that’s why he died.”
The Argentine soccer star, who suffered from kidney and liver problems, heart failure, neurological deterioration and addiction to alcohol and psychotropic drugs, died of a heart attack on November 25, 2020, at the age 60, two weeks after an operation for a hematoma on the head.
He was convalescing in a private residence under the supervision of a medical team of seven people already heard by justice within the framework of the investigation for “manslaughter with aggravating circumstances” opened to determine if the ex-star of the round ball had been “abandoned” to a slow agony for lack of adequate care.
Matias Morla recounted his last visit to his client on November 16, nine days before his death. “When I entered the house he had a strange, robotic voice, very high-pitched and intermittent, I informed everyone about Diego’s state of health. Then I realized it was because of the amount of water retained in the body “, did he declare.
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– MATIAS MORLA (@MatiasMorlaAb) September 8, 2019
The lawyer described as “madness” the family’s decision to continue recovering Maradona outside of a hospital environment. Maradona “had no reason to go to a house when doctors said he had to stay in the clinic”, he asserted, believing that he had been “abandoned by his daughters”, in reference to the two eldest daughters, Dalma and Gianinna. “But one thing is moral responsibility and another is legal responsibility.”
Matias Morla and the eldest daughters of ex-number 10 are engaged in a legal battle over the use of the mark “Maradona”. In early September, the courts rejected an action brought by Dalma and Gianinna against Matias Morla, who is authorized to market names, nicknames and pseudonyms referring to Maradona, who had given him power of attorney in 2015 in order to provide financial support to her sisters.
ESTO … pic.twitter.com/tUpyFckAh1
– Dalma Maradona (@dalmaradona) January 31, 2021
Civil justice is also seized of the sharing of the legacy of the former star of FC Barcelona and Naples. Besides Dalma (34) and Gianinna (32), Maradona recognized three other children from different relationships: Diego Junior (34), Jana (25) and Diego Fernando (8).