Maradona was ‘impossible’ and ‘unmanageable’ and should have been in REHAB, says his surgeon

Diego Maradona was ‘unmanageable’ and should have been sent to rehab, said his personal surgeon who is being investigated over involuntary manslaughter.   Prosecutors in San Isidro, near Buenos Aires, said they were investigating Leopoldo Luque over possible medical negligence and police raided his doctor’s surgery and home on Sunday. But Luque said the footballing icon … Read more

Maradona’s doctor tearfully denies responsibility for the 60-year-old icon’s fatal heart attack

Diego Maradona‘s doctor has tearfully denied any wrongdoing in his care of the late footballing icon as the police investigation into his death continues. Leopoldo Luque is being probed over medical negligence and police are treating the footballer’s death as a possible culpable homicide. But in his first media interview since police raided his home … Read more

Maradona’s doctor is ‘charged with negligence’ as police probing his death raid the physician’s home

Diego Maradona‘s doctor has reportedly been charged with medical negligence and police are treating his death as possible manslaughter. Police raided the home of Leopoldo Luque on Sunday as investigators seek to establish whether the footballer had a wrongful death. The dramatic twist in the probe into Maradona’s death followed overnight reports he had rowed … Read more

Teenager who claims he is Maradona’s lovechild demands football great’s body be dug up for DNA tests

A teenager who claims he is Diego Maradona‘s lovechild has demanded the football great’s body be drug up for DNA tests to prove his case.  Santiago Lara, 19, instructed his lawyer to make the appeal less than 24 hours after the Naples and Barcelona star was buried. Jose Nunez lodged a written request with a … Read more

Diego Maradona ‘died poor’ with just ‘£75,000 in his account’ but family battle over £150m estate

Diego Maradona ‘died poor’ with ‘almost nothing left in his bank account’, it has been claimed. Maradona, who died from a heart attack at the age of 60 on Wednesday, squandered much of his vast fortune through a combination of a life of excess and having his money ‘stolen’ by people who took advantage of … Read more

Diego Maradona police probe whether negligence was involved in his death

Diego Maradona‘s death will be investigated by Argentinian police to decide whether it was a case of medical negligence, judicial sources have revealed.  Recordings from neighbourhood security cameras have been requested by three prosecutors working on the case. Maradona died of ‘acute lung edema and chronic heart failure’, according to a preliminary autopsy report, in his … Read more

Funeral worker who posed for photo with Maradona’s corpse begs for forgiveness

Funeral worker who posed for photo with Maradona’s corpse begs for forgiveness after international outrage and death threats over the images Yesterday photos emerged of funeral staff posing with Diego Maradona’s corpse  Diego Molina took a selfie next to the body while making a thumbs up gesture   Claudio Fernandez and his son Ismael, 18, copied … Read more

Salt Bae permanently reserves Maradona’s favourite table

Salt Bae has permanently reserved Diego Maradona‘s favourite table at his iconic Dubai restaurant to honour the late footballer. Internet sensation Salt Bae, whose real name is Nusret Gökçe, shared video of the table which featured a framed picture of the sporting great and a sign reading ‘reserved’. Mr Gökçe also shared footage of Maradona dining at the table, … Read more