Maradona’s psychiatrist rejects blame in football legend’s death

No suspicion the medication prescribed by Cosachov led to the star’s death, her lawyer says.

The psychiatrist who was treating Diego Maradona when he died in November last year has denied any responsibility for his demise, which an expert panel has blamed on neglect. Psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov “provided evidence that she did not commit a homicide”, her lawyer Vadim Mischanchuk said on Friday after the 36-year-old was questioned at the San Isidro Prosecutor’s Office outside Buenos Aires. “There is no suspicion to say that the psychiatric medication [that Cosachov prescribed] and in those doses could have caused a deficiency in the heart,” Mischanchuk added.