Lawyer lambasts 'trial by media' in Maradona case


FILE PHOTO: Gabriela Pereyra, Paula Soto, ad Gonzalo Lopez Lluch, members of the cultural organisation Comando Maradona, prepare a mosaic as a homage to late Argentine soccer superstar Diego Armado Maradona, at their workshop, in Buenos Aires, Argentina February 24, 2021. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian/File Photo

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A defense lawyer involved in the case around the death in Argentina last year of soccer star Maradona slammed what he called a "trial by media" on Monday after the leak of a report last week alleged "deficient and reckless" behavior by the footballer's medical team.

Maradona, the revered former Boca Juniors and Napoli star who had battled alcohol and drug addiction for many years, died last November from heart failure after undergoing brain surgery earlier that month.

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