Diego Maradona’s ex-bodyguard arrested for allegedly lying in his testimony | Football News
Diego Maradona’s ex-bodyguard Julio César Coria was arrested for allegedly lying and withholding information in the trial of the medical team that was in charge of the mercurial Argentine footballer’s health. Seven healthcare professionals are on trial in an Argentina court and the accusation leveled against them has been negligence in Maradona’s death in a house near Buenos Aires on November 25, 2020. Following a request by the prosecutor’s office, a criminal court in San Idisdro, a suburb of Buenos Aires ordered Coria to be produced in front of them for false testimony. He was arrested on Tuesday afternoon. The bodyguard was one of the people at the scene who had tried to resuscitate Maradona. Coria had earlier testified in court that nurse Gisela Madrid and psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov were present treating Maradona when he arrived into the room. He then said that Cosachov gate ‘mouth-to-mouth resuscitation’ to Maradona. Story continues below this ad The prosecutor said that Coria had lied in his testimony when he said he didn’t keep any contact with another one …
