\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t The trial into the death of Argentine football great Diego Maradona entered its seventh day on Tuesday, with testimony from three forensic experts.<\/p>\n
Federico Corasaniti, head of the San Isidro Mortuary Division, was the first to take the stand, through a video call.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He stated that Maradona\u2019s swollen abdomen \u2014 something that shocked the audience when the prosecutor showed an image of the bloated stomach at the start of the original trial \u2014 was not a consequence of his death, but rather a problem that had surfaced while he was still alive, something that contradicted the defense team\u2019s argument.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you pressed your fingers against the skin of the abdomen, it left an indentation; this is a sign of subcutaneous edema, which cannot possibly occur in a dead person,\u201d he said, adding that one of the first signs that appears in corpses is dehydration, so this fluid was \u201cproduced while the person was still alive.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also noted that Maradona\u2019s corpse presented ascites, the accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity, reaching over 3 liters.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis doesn\u2019t happen suddenly. It\u2019s practically impossible. It had been developing for quite some time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
A long agony Corasaniti added that the forensic team found \u201cfirm clots,\u201d which form when blood starts to pool inside the heart chambers, indicating \u201ca prolonged period of agony.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to the forensic pathologist, that means at least 12 hours.<\/p>\n
After him, forensic pathologist Silvana de Piero, who examined Maradona\u2019s organs, gave her testimony.<\/p>\n
She said the former star\u2019s liver, kidneys, heart and lungs exhibited damage.<\/p>\n
De Piero detailed that Maradona\u2019s heart had \u201cseveral conditions\u201d, including a myocardial fibrosis, \u201ca process which develops over time.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHis lungs were in distress,\u201d he added. \u201cThey were filled with fluid. Air was getting in but couldn\u2019t get out, so the alveoli began to rupture, causing him to suffocate. This happens over a period of days.\u201d<\/p>\n
The last witness of the day was forensic toxicologist Ezequiel Ventossi, who said the analysis of Maradona\u2019s blood samples showed no detectable levels of illicit drugs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Thursday\u2019s hearing On the previous hearing, on Thursday, Maradona\u2019s former partner Ver\u00f3nica Ojeda, neighbor and doctor Colin Campbell, the star\u2019s psychologist Carlos D\u00edaz and his lead medical advisor Leopoldo Luque took to the stand.<\/p>\n
Ojeda said the house was \u201cnot suitable for home care,\u201d and stated that despite the medical team assuring \u201cthere would be all the equipment necessary\u201d, in reality \u201cthere wasn\u2019t even a blood pressure monitor.\u201d<\/p>\n
She testified that she saw Maradona on November 18, a week before he passed, and that he was already \u201cswollen and looked sick\u201d. He was also \u201caggressive, angry, and hurling insults,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Ojeda insisted the medical team \u201cmanipulated the family so [they\u2019d] never be united\u201d and called them \u201ca cult, a bunch of rotten people who wanted to get things out of Diego.\u201d<\/p>\n
First to the scene Campbell \u2014 the medic who was a neighbor in the gated community where the Argentine star had rented a house just days before his death \u2014 spoke about how he found Maradona, as he was the first doctor called to the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He said security staff told him Maradona \u201cwasn\u2019t feeling well\u201d and asked if he could check on him while the ambulance arrived.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He stated he found a female nurse was performing CPR on the former star as a male nurse gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, adding Maradona was \u201cpale, cold, covered in a cold sweat, and had severe swelling and edema.\u201d<\/p>\n
The caregivers told him Maradona had gotten up to get breakfast, and that was the last they saw of him.<\/p>\n
According to Campbell, the room was \u201cvery messy, neglected, and dirty,\u201d and he was told there were \u201cno medical supplies\u201d in it. He said he found Maradona with \u201cno pulse\u201d and \u201cno heartbeat.\u201d<\/p>\n
When the ambulance doctor arrived, they found \u201cno electrical activity with the defibrillator,\u201d and \u201ccouldn\u2019t access his airways because of the stiffness in his jaw.\u201d<\/p>\n
The psychologist Maradona\u2019s psychologist Carlos D\u00edaz, agreed to testify on the condition he\u2019d only be taking questions from his defense.<\/p>\n
He said he only met Maradona less than a month before he passed, on October 26, through another patient of his who was the driver of the former star\u2019s lawyer, Mat\u00edas Morla.<\/p>\n
D\u00edaz said Maradona \u201creminded him of [his] alcoholic father,\u201d but that he \u201creally wanted to change\u201d and \u201cwas committed to it.\u201d He added that they both agreed on a plan of full alcohol abstinence and visits twice a week.<\/p>\n
He said he saw Maradona on November 12 and found him \u201cstrong, alert, engaged, and eager to do well,\u201d but that less than a week later, Maradona \u201cthrew [him] out of the house,\u201d calling it \u201ca turning point.\u201d<\/p>\n
The last to testify was Maradona\u2019s lead medical advisor Leopoldo Luque, who once again offered his view on the hearing\u2019s testimonies, arguing that Ojeda \u201cnever told anyone she had seen Maradona swollen\u201d and that it\u2019s \u201cnot true they manipulated the family.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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