Maradona’s doctor ‘not formally charged’ with manslaughter: lawyer
02 December 2020 |
6:24 am
"Doctor Luque is not formally charged," says one of the lawyers for Diego Maradona's surgeon, Leopoldo Luque, after prosecutors in San Isidro, near Buenos Aires, said they were investigating him over the treatment the football legend received for his heart condition following his discharge from hospital.
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