The Argentine judge in the Maradona death trial, Julieta Makintach, has resigned after her involvement in a documentary caused the proceedings to collapse

The Argentine judge who caused the collapse of a trial over the 2020 death of football legend Diego Maradona has resigned, her lawyer confirmed on Tuesday.

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Julieta Makintach’s involvement in a clandestine documentary about the trial of Maradona’s medical team led to the proceedings being scrapped in May after two months of hearings.

No date has yet been set for a new trial.

“I have the honor of addressing you in my capacity as judge in order to submit my resignation from my position,” Makintach wrote in a letter to the governor of Buenos Aires, which her lawyer shared.

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Makintach was facing impeachment proceedings over her participation in the documentary. The case involved seven medical staff accused of manslaughter regarding Maradona’s death.

Maradona, widely considered one of the world’s greatest ever players, died in November 2020 at the age of 60 while recovering from brain surgery.

He succumbed to heart failure and acute pulmonary edema, a condition where fluid accumulates in the lungs, two weeks after undergoing the procedure.

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Prosecutors allege the conditions of his home convalescence were grossly negligent. Makintach was one of three judges presiding over the case.