Maradona death trial continues with assistant's testimony

Vanesa Morla, who managed Diego Maradona's affairs, will testify Monday in the trial seeking to establish responsibility for the football icon's death. Her brother, Matías Morla, Maradona's lawyer and representative, testified last Tuesday.

Morla was part of the team that handled Maradona's legal, commercial, and personal matters. She testified in 2021 that she chose the house where the star received home treatment after brain surgery. Maradona died in that house on November 25, 2020. The house's layout, with the main bedroom and bathroom upstairs, made access difficult for Maradona due to his knee problems.

Morla stated during her previous testimony that everyone believed it was best for him to be in a house and that "no one thought what happened would happen." An exchange between Morla and Maradona's doctor, Leopoldo Luque, revealed they coordinated her receiving a percentage of the doctor's salary.

Matías Morla, who had broad administrative powers over Maradona's assets and faces other charges related to the star, told the court that the house was a "disaster" and should have been a clinic. He claimed it lacked any medical supplies. The trial is exceptionally scheduled for Monday and Wednesday this week. Also on trial are the home care coordinator Nancy Forlini, physician Pedro Di Spagna, nurse coordinator Mariano Perroni, nurse Ricardo Almirón, and psychologist Carlos Díaz.