SAN ISIDRO — A retrial into the death of Diego Maradona is set to begin on Tuesday at a court in San Isidro, Argentina, with seven people facing charges of homicide with possible intent. If convicted, the defendants face between eight and 25 years in prison.

The first trial in May 2025 collapsed after one of the three judges on the case was accused of allowing unauthorized filming in court for a documentary. Approximately 100 people, including Maradona's daughters, are scheduled to testify before a new panel of judges. The retrial is expected to last until July.

Maradona died on Nov. 25, 2020, at age 60 from heart failure at his home in Tigre in Buenos Aires province. He had been recovering there after surgery on a brain blood clot earlier that month. A preliminary autopsy confirmed that heart failure caused acute pulmonary oedema.

Maradona's medical team are accused of failing to administer proper medical care. Investigators classified the case as culpable homicide, a crime similar to involuntary manslaughter. A panel of medical experts appointed by prosecutors said: "The treatment he received at his home was deficient and reckless." The panel also concluded: "He would have had a better chance of survival with adequate treatment in an appropriate medical facility."

Among those to be tried are Leopoldo Luque, Maradona's main medical adviser, and Agustina Cosachov, his psychiatrist. Dahiana Gisela Madrid, his former nurse, will stand trial separately on charges related to his death.

Maradona started his career with Argentinos Juniors and went on to represent Argentina in four World Cups, scoring 34 goals. He scored the "Hand of God" goal against England in the 1986 World Cup.

During the second half of his career, Maradona struggled with cocaine addiction and was banned from football for 15 months after testing positive for cocaine in 1991. He retired from professional football in 1997 on his 37th birthday during his second stint at Boca Juniors.

Maradona was appointed head coach of the Argentina national team in 2008 and left the role after Argentina was beaten by Germany in the quarter-finals of the 2010 World Cup. He subsequently managed teams in the United Arab Emirates and Mexico and was in charge of Argentine club Gimnasia y Esgrima at the time of his death.