Maradona's death trial in doubt as judge steps down

A key judge in the trial of late Argentine football superstar Diego Maradona’s medical team stepped down on Tuesday, amid a scandal that has thrown the future of the high-profile case into doubt.

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Julieta Makintach recused herself after it emerged she had been shooting a racy miniseries about the months-old trial, potentially breaking a string of ethics rules.

Maradona died in November 2020, at age 60, while recovering from brain surgery.

His seven-person medical team is on trial over the conditions of his home convalescence, described by prosecutors as grossly negligent.

After a series of police raids and a one-week suspension of the case, 47-year-old Makintach was on Tuesday accused of violating her impartiality, of influence peddling and even bribery over her role in the documentary miniseries “Divine Justice.”