The long-awaited wrongful death trial of seven medical workers connected to Diego Maradona’s 2020 passing took a jarring turn this week, when graphic video and firsthand testimony detailing the football legend’s physical state after death were presented to the court. Widely celebrated as one of the most gifted athletes to ever play soccer, Maradona died at age 60 just two weeks after undergoing emergency brain surgery to remove a blood clot, while he was completing his at-home recovery. An official post-mortem examination determined his cause of death was acute heart failure paired with pulmonary edema, a dangerous buildup of fluid in the lungs. On Thursday, emergency room physician Juan Carlos Pinto, the first medical responder to arrive at Maradona’s rented home after his death, took the stand to share his observation of the star’s body. “He had widespread edema across his body—his face was severely swollen, his limbs held excess fluid, and his abdomen was distended into a round, balloon-like shape,” Pinto told the court. Attendees were then shown a 17-minute forensic video recorded by police, which captures Maradona on his deathbed wearing athletic shorts and a t-shirt pulled up to expose his severely distended abdomen. Pinto explained the abnormal swelling stemmed from a combination of excess body fat and ascites, a buildup of abdominal fluid that is commonly tied to advanced liver cirrhosis, a condition Maradona battled for years linked to his long history of substance addiction. Maradona’s daughter Gianinna, who was in attendance for the day’s proceedings, broke down in tears during Pinto’s testimony and hid her face when the graphic video was played for the court. The seven defendants on trial include a neurosurgeon, a psychiatrist, and a nurse, all charged with homicide with possible intent for the substandard care they provided to Maradona in his final days. If convicted, each could face between 8 and 25 years in prison. Both Pinto and a responding law enforcement officer confirmed critical gaps in medical infrastructure at the home where Maradona was recovering, noting no life-saving equipment was on hand to address a potential cardiac event. “There was no defibrillator, no oxygen supply, nothing at all,” Pinto said. “Nothing in the room indicated this patient was receiving formal at-home hospital care.” The accused have all flatly denied any wrongdoing, arguing Maradona—who publicly struggled with cocaine and alcohol addiction for decades—died from entirely natural causes unrelated to their care. This retrial comes after the first legal proceeding over Maradona’s death was thrown out last year, when it was revealed one of the presiding judges had secretly participated in a unauthorized documentary about the high-profile case. A new panel of judges was appointed to oversee the second trial, which opened last week and is projected to run for a minimum of three months as more witnesses and evidence are presented.