Diego Maradona died 'in agony', says forensic expert who conducted late football legend's autopsy

Maradona died on November 25, 2020 at age 60, while recovering at home from brain surgery for a blood clot. He had battled cocaine and alcohol addiction for decades. His seven-person medical team is on trial for what prosecutors have called the “horror theater” of the final days of his life.

The state of Diego Maradona’s corpse suggested he must have died “in agony,” an expert who participated in the late football legend’s autopsy testified Thursday in the
trial of seven medical professionals accused of homicide over his death.

Forensic doctor Mauricio Casinelli testified that water had been accumulating in Maradona’s lungs for “at least 10 days” before his death due to heart failure and liver cirrhosis.

The doctors and nurses taking care of him should have noticed, he told the judges.

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