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The judge has resigned from a criminal lawsuit over the death of Argentine football legend Diego Armando Maradona.
An Argentine court removed judge Julieta Makintach after one of the defendants in the Maradona trial demanded her disqualification as she allegedly allowed her to film the documentary during a court hearing due to a possible lack of fairness.
Makintach accepted the disqualification of the court.
At previous hearings, she said the brother was a partner in the production company mentioned in the case, but that had nothing to do with the potential documentary about Maradona.
Maradona, world-renowned after scoring the goal that won Argentina at the 1986 World Cup, passed away in November 2020 of heart failure.
The trials of seven of the eight defendants began in March, and the eighth with the ju judges scheduled to go to trial after the first case was over. The charges are sentenced to 8-25 years in prison.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
