Diego Maradona's Doctor "Not In Charge" Of Icon's Final Days: Lawyer

Neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, 39, appeared before Buenos Aires prosecutors to answer to claims that he and other caregivers had neglected Diego Maradona in his final days, precipitating his death.

Diego Maradona's personal physician denied through his lawyer Monday any responsibility for the football icon's death, in which he and six other health care workers are being investigated for manslaughter, and requested a new medical board be assigned to the case. Neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, 39, appeared before Buenos Aires prosecutors to answer to claims that he and other caregivers had neglected Maradona in his final days, precipitating his death. "Luque has nothing to feel guilty for," the doctor's defense attorney Julio Rivas said at the end of Monday's hearing near Buenos Aires. "What he said was simply that he was always concerned with Maradona's health, and every time he was called for any issue, he went and helped him. He was his family doctor, but not in charge of his home care."