Rome, 7 Aug. (LaPresse) – “At the beginning of the period of home isolation, Maradona recovered psychologically. He had regained his grit compared to before, when he struggled to start conversations or had memory lapses. Physically, when it came to motor skills, it was the same as always. He had difficulty walking and moving. He had edema in his right leg.” These are the words of professional masseur Nicolás Taffarel, who testified at the trial for the death of Diego Maradona, providing details not only about his last meeting with him, but also about the decisions made by the ‘Diez’ medical staff that may have caused his death. Taffarel went to Diego Maradona’s home, to the Tigre club residence, where Maradona was staying to cope with the post-operative period following surgery at the Olivos clinic in Vicente López. “It started to get worse. (In the days before his death on November 25, 2020, ed.) He didn’t want to get out of bed, he didn’t want to eat, he didn’t want to change his clothes or wash himself. He didn’t even want a massage. I was there in case he called me, but he didn’t want anything. Physically he was swollen, with swollen legs. The edema in his legs did not decrease, in fact, it continued to worsen,” he said. “I asked if he was taking diuretics and the nurse said no, that they had stopped him. I don’t know from whom,” added the masseur, who was in constant contact with the self-styled personal doctor of Number 10, Leopoldo Luque, one of the main defendants in the medical liability trial in the death of Diego Maradona. Taffarel explained that the former footballer had “eyes swollen like breasts” and reported spending 26 hours lying in the same position.
Maradona, shocking testimony at the trial: “He didn’t want to wash and eat, and no one intervened.”
Rome, 7 Aug. (LaPresse) – “At the beginning of the period of home isolation, Maradona recovered psychologically. He had regained his grit compared to before, when he struggled to start conversations or had memory lapses. Physically, when it came to motor skills, it was the same as always. He had difficulty walking and moving. He had edema in his right leg.” These are the words of professional masseur Nicolás Taffarel, who testified at the trial for the death of Diego Maradona, providing details not only about his last meeting with him, but also about the decisions made by the ‘Diez’ medical staff that may have caused his death. Taffarel went to Diego Maradona’s home, to the Tigre club residence, where Maradona was staying to cope with the post-operative period following surgery at the Olivos clinic in Vicente López. “It started to get worse. (In the days before his death on November 25, 2020, ed.) He didn’t want to get out of bed, he didn’t want to eat, he didn’t want to change his clothes or wash himself. He didn’t even want a massage. I was there in case he called me, but he didn’t want anything. Physically he was swollen, with swollen legs. The edema in his legs did not decrease, in fact, it continued to worsen,” he said. “I asked if he was taking diuretics and the nurse said no, that they had stopped him. I don’t know from whom,” added the masseur, who was in constant contact with the self-styled personal doctor of Number 10, Leopoldo Luque, one of the main defendants in the medical liability trial in the death of Diego Maradona. Taffarel explained that the former footballer had “eyes swollen like breasts” and reported spending 26 hours lying in the same position.