The proceedings against most members of the medical team treating former Argentine football legend Diego Maradona in the days leading up to his death ended up in a mistrial Thursday, Justices Maximiliano Savarino and Verónica Di Tommaso of the San Isidro Oral Court #3 decided as they removed fellow magistrate Julieta Makintach from the panel for participating in an unauthorized documentary about the case.
Deputies in the Buenos Aires Provincial Legislature unanimously agreed to request impeachment proceedings against Judge Julieta Makintach for her involvement in a documentary about the malpractice trial of Diego Maradona's medical team. The magistrate played a leading role in the film despite denying any wrongdoing.
Prominent Argentine criminal lawyer Fernando Burlando announced he would be requesting the impeachment of San Isidro Judge Julieta Makintach, whose involvement in an unauthorized documentary reporting on the trial against former football legend Diego Maradona's medical team has left the proceedings on the brink of annulment.
The proceedings trying former Argentine football legend Diego Maradona's medical team was adjourned Tuesday for seven days after it became known that one of the judges making up the court had allowed a documentary team to film the sessions without the consent of any of the parties involved, such as the defendants, the prosecution, or the witnesses.