One of the three judges in the trial of seven health professionals accused of negligence in the death of Diego Maradona stepped down from the proceedings Tuesday after becoming embroiled in controversy for having participated in the making of a documentary about the case. Julieta Makintach withdrew from the San Isidro court handling the case after the prosecutor showed footage of a documentary that spans the first moments after the soccer star's death in 2020 to the start of the trial more than two months ago, in which the judge appears as one of its lead characters. Leopoldo Luque, Maradona’s primary physician at the time of the star's death and one of the main defendants, had requested Makintach’s removal from the trial.