The legal proceedings regarding the death of Argentine football legend Diego Maradona continue, and seven medical professionals face charges of negligence allegedly contributing to his death in 2020. Maradona died from heart failure and acute pulmonary edema two weeks after undergoing surgery, raising questions about the medical care provided to him.

The trial was scheduled to conclude last August, but it has continued for additional months after more than 70 statements from witnesses and defendants, in addition to 25 court sessions according to AFP. The defendants maintain that Diego Maradona's death was from natural causes, while the former player's daughters attend court sessions.

Maradona's personal doctor, Leopoldo Luque, the main defendant in the case, adopted a very precise defense strategy: he attended all sessions and asked to speak when his responsibility was mentioned. Luque made nine interventions, during which he presented audio recordings and scientific research, pointing out contradictions in witness testimonies.

Luque's team succeeded in showing footage of Maradona's autopsy, which shocked one of his daughters, who left the courtroom crying after shouting at the defendant, prompting the session to be suspended. Luque claims he was unaware of her presence in the room, but Maradona's family doubts this claim.

Judges repeatedly had to intervene to resolve sharp disputes between legal representatives. Judge Alberto Gaig noted the difficulty of stopping them and described their behavior as childish. The intense rivalry continues between Maradona's daughters' lawyer, Fernando Burlando, and the defendants' lawyer, Francisco Oñeto.

Lawyers Burlando and Oñeto exchanged harsh words; Burlando asked his opponent to go back to elementary school, and Oñeto replied by asking for a dictionary to be opened. Their quarrels caused one session to be suspended, and they did not refrain from exchanging insults outside the courtroom in front of attendees.

Others tried to ease tension in court by bringing food gifts. Last June, one defense lawyer brought a bag filled with traditional Argentine 'alfajores' sweets. A month earlier, another lawyer brought Paraguayan cheese pastries known as 'chipas' from a bakery owned by his wife.

This initiative proved to be a smart business move, as lawyers from both legal teams followed the bakery's brand account on Instagram. This unexpected aspect highlights how personal and commercial aspects sometimes intertwine with formal court proceedings.

In a surprising development, a miniature model of the house where Maradona died in Tigre, north of Buenos Aires, became a key element in the trial. Students from Belgrano University built this model that replicates the player's house, measuring about two meters long and one meter wide.

This heavy model requires four people to carry it back and forth whenever a witness needs to point to different parts of the building. These details are part of the complexities of the proceedings, which were supposed to end last year.

The first trial track was canceled after it emerged that one of the presiding judges, Julieta Makintash, was secretly participating in a documentary about this case involving a famous figure. This trial continues to reveal more unexpected aspects, confirming the complexity of cases touching public figures.