Suspicion of negligent homicide: raid on Maradona's doctor

The responsible authority in San Isidro, near the capital Buenos Aires, confirmed on Sunday media reports about investigations against Leopoldo Luque on suspicion of negligent homicide. A short time later, the doctor denied all allegations. As part of the proceedings initiated, searches were carried out in Luque's private home and treatment rooms on Sunday. The investigators were looking for evidence of misconduct by the doctor in treating the 60-year-old. In previous statements, Maradona's three daughters are said to have asked the authorities to review the medication that their father had been prescribed in the past few months and in connection with brain surgery. Luque had operated on Maradona at a clinic in La Plata earlier this month for a blood clot in his brain. The 1986 world champion was released eight days after the procedure. Two weeks later, Maradona died last Wednesday, according to official information, as a result of a heart attack. Luque defends himself The doctor denied any professional errors in the treatment of his prominent patient. “I am not responsible for what happened. Until the last moment, I always did the best for him," Luque said at a short-term press conference in front of his house a few hours after the raids: "There was no doctor's error. For a patient with his symptoms, a heart attack as a cause of death is the most normal thing in the world.”

Football

Italy

International leagues

International

Winter sports

Tennis

Other sports

Motorsport

Cycling

Watersports

Events

Favorites

Suspicion of negligent homicide: raid on Maradona's doctor

Public prosecutor's investigations have been initiated against the doctor of Argentina's late football icon Diego Maradona.

Suggestions