Argentine prosecutor urges judge to quit over Maradona film | OneFootball

The Argentine Public Prosecutor's Office requested, this Thursday, the dismissal of Judge Julieta Makintach, who was removed from the case investigating the death of Diego Maradona and subjected to a political trial for participating in a documentary about the case.

Attorney General Analía Duarte claimed that the judge “lied, pressured, manipulated, was partial, abused the power her position granted her, and used material and human resources from the public treasury for her own benefit.”

“Her dismissal is warranted,” she concluded during her arguments at the Supreme Court headquarters of the province of Buenos Aires, in the city of La Plata.

In May, a scandal came to light after images were released showing Makintach as the protagonist of a documentary about the proceedings that sought to determine the responsibilities of Maradona’s medical team in his death in 2020. Because of the incident, the magistrate was removed and the case annulled.

The political trial that could result in her removal was concluded this Thursday. The verdict is expected to be announced next week. According to the prosecutor, the documentary project “was under the supervision and control” of Makintach.

In their arguments, the prosecution’s lawyers joined the requests of the Public Prosecutor’s Office: “They tried to make fools of us,” said one of them.

The judge denied being aware of the documentary’s content: “A friend came and asked me for an interview, and that was my mistake,” she told journalists as she entered the court.

“I regret that this was distorted in this way, I regret that it led to the annulment of a trial,” she added.

The annulment of the trial rendered null 21 hearings and 44 witness statements, among them those of the football star’s daughters, Dalma, Gianinna, and Jana, who relived the moment of their father’s death through tears.

A new court has set March 17, 2026, as the start date for a new trial to determine the responsibilities of seven members of his medical team. Maradona died on November 25, 2020, while recovering from a neurological operation at home.

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