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Maradona death: Verdict in trial to be delivered on December 22
Seven health care professionals are accused of negligence in the former Argentine football star's care; judges are expected to rule just before Christmas.
Watch it as it aired: Kenji Moonfield, Gloria Vance and Dale Bearman on this story, from BBN After Hours at 3:37 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Al Jazeera's, the jokes are ours.
At a glance
- First reported by Al Jazeera: “Maradona death: Verdict in trial to be delivered on December 22”.
- Covered on BBN on Friday, October 23, 2026, at 3:37 AM ET on BBN After Hours, by Kenji Moonfield, Gloria Vance and Dale Bearman.
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Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe trial of seven health care professionals accused of negligence in the death of Diego Maradona has concluded in Argentina, and judges will deliver the verdict on December twenty-second.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAl Jazeera reports that all seven defendants are accused of failing in their care of the football legend, who died in two thousand twenty.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTwo thousand twenty to December twenty twenty-six. Justice here moves at the speed of a glacier.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFor fans, it means another two months of waiting for an answer.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorLighter now: a seventy-year-old late-night host argued on a New York subway that every statue should be made of soap, and a Brooklyn bar owner took him on.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentShe is sixty-eight, and she won the argument in about two minutes. Soap statues never stood a chance.
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