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Diego Maradona's personal doctor described him as a 'fatso' on the day he died, messages published by Argentine media appear to show

Feb 3, 2021, 21:48 IST
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Maradona died aged 60 in November.Getty/Marcelo Endelli
  • Diego Maradona's neurosurgeon described him as a "fatso" who was going to "s--- himself to death" on the day he died, according to leaked messages published by Argentine media.
  • Audio messages between Maradona's medical team from the day of his death were leaked by Infobae on January 31.
  • Diego Maradona's daughter, Dalma, says she vomited after hearing audio.
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Diego Maradona's neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque reportedly described him as a "fatso" who was going to "s--- himself to death" in a series of leaked messages from the day he died published by Argentine media.

Maradona died aged 60 on November 25 after suffering a cardiac arrest at his home in Buenos Aires, where he had been recovering from brain surgery in earlier in the month.

Audio messages from the day of the Maradona's death, purportedly between Luque and the Argentine's psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov, were published by Argentine news outlet Infobae on January 31.

The audio, which Infobae says totals more than 30 minutes of messages, appears to consist of the pair discussing Maradona's condition. Cosachov was in Maradona's house at the time, and was providing Luque with updates on the star, Infobae reported.

Insider has not been able to independently verify the authenticity of the messages.

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"We entered the room and [he] was cold, cold," Cosachov reportedly told Luque in one audio message published by Infobae, as translated from Spanish by Insider.

"With all the circulation marked. We started to do the resuscitation and he recovered his tone a little and, let's say, he recovered a little body temperature. All of that was more or less 10 minutes that we did manual CPR and then the ambulance arrived. Now they are proceeding."

Infobae also reported on a separate message sent by Luque to an unnamed associate.

It reports that Luque was sent a screenshot of Maradona's death being reported on television, to which he replied: "Yeah man, it looks like the fatso went into cardio respiratory arrest and he's going to s--- himself to death. No idea what he did. I'm on my way there."

Maradona's family are furious at the content of the messages

Maradona after winning the 1986 World Cup with Argentina.Getty/El Grafico

Maradona's daughter, Dalma, who has repeatedly said she holds Luque and her father's lawyer Matias Morla responsible for his death, said she vomited hearing the leaked audio.

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"I just listened to the audios between Luque and the psychiatrist and I vomited!," she wrote on social media. "The only thing I ask God is that justice is done!"

Dalma's sister, Giannina, was also disgusted by the audio.

"If the truth always triumphs, you two will go to prison. The lightness with which a private conversation on November 25 is published disgusts me," she said.

Police raided the home of Luque in November following Maradona's death as part of an investigation into the treatment and drugs prescribed to the Argentine after his brain surgery.

Luque has not been charged with any crime, and says he believes he is being made a "scapegoat" for his former patient's death.

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