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One of the three judges presiding over the trial of the medical team of the late Argentine footballer Diego Armando Maradona has resigned, after it was revealed that she had participated in a documentary miniseries about the Argentine legend's case, which has been ongoing since March.
Julieta Makintach resigned on Tuesday after prosecutors presented footage and scripts from the documentary, arguing that the filming - carried out without the knowledge of other judges, Maradona's family or the defendants - had compromised her impartiality in the trial.
Maradona died in November 2020, aged 60, while undergoing brain surgery. His seven-member medical team is on trial in San Isidro, part of the Buenos Aires metropolitan area, over the conditions of his recovery at home, described by prosecutors as gross negligence.
After Makintach left, the two remaining judges decided to temporarily suspend the trial. The trial had been suspended for a week due to allegations that the judge was involved in secretly filming legal proceedings. Prosecutors launched a criminal investigation, which included search operations.
Before the evidence was presented, Makintach denied any wrongdoing, claiming that he had merely given an “informal interview” regarding the matter and that he had been the target of “media ridicule.”
However, a 1 minute and 50 second trailer shown by public prosecutor Patricio Ferrari revealed a much more sophisticated level of production. Amidst snippets of news reports on the death of the Argentine football legend, the judge is shown from several angles, arriving and walking around the San Isidro courthouse where the case is being heard.
According to prosecutors, the footage was shot on March 9 — two days before the trial began — without authorization or a recording of the visit. McIntosh is filmed entering her office, sitting, looking into the camera, before the title of the miniseries appears: “Divine Justice.”
The rest is allegedly filmed from inside the courtroom – something that technically shouldn’t have been allowed – and shows Makintach in the center of the frame. Prosecutor Ferrari accused Makintach of behaving “like an actress and not like a judge.” He said the miniseries would feature the judge as the main protagonist in its six episodes./" The Guardian ", adapted into Albanian Pamfleti
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