Maradona, considered one of the world’s greatest players, died in November 2020 at the age of 60 while recovering from surgery for a brain clot.
His seven-strong medical team is accused of gross negligence causing his death during his home convalescence.
Prosecutor Patricio Ferrari on Tuesday told the court Maradona was treated by a “group of amateurs” who committed “all kinds of omissions,” resulting in conditions he described as “cruel.”
Maradona’s daughters, Dalma, Gianinna, and Jana, as well as his former partner Veronica Ojeda, were present in the packed courtroom in the northern Buenos Aires suburb of San Isidro for the start of the proceedings.
Maradona died of heart failure and acute pulmonary edema – a condition where fluid accumulates in the lungs – two weeks after going under the knife.
The larger-than-life former Boca Juniors and Napoli striker, who captained Argentina to World Cup victory in 1986, was in agony for hours at the end of his life, according to forensic experts.
“Diego Maradona began to die 12 hours before his actual death. Anyone who thought to transfer him to a clinic in a car or ambulance during his last week would have saved his life,” prosecutor Patricio Ferrari told the court on Tuesday.
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