Rocío Oliva, on Diego Maradona's health: 'For me he was a bull'

Esteban Mikkelsen Jensen

09/16/2021 7:50 PM

• Clarín.com

• Police

Updated 09/16/2021 7:50 PM

Rocío Geraldine Oliva (31) spent six years in a relationship with Diego Armando Maradona (60).

According to Matías Morla, lawyer and right-hand man of the star, he was still deeply in love with her despite the separation.

The Argentino de Merlo soccer player declared this Thursday at the San Isidro General Prosecutor's Office, where she was summoned as part of the investigation into the death of 10.

The woman admitted knowing the neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque (39), one of the seven health professionals charged in the file, but clarified: "I

only saw him twice

."

In addition, he told how his bond with the star began.

"I met him in Mar del Plata, in 2011, and in 2013 we got engaged and went to live in Dubai, until, I don't remember if it was at the end of 2017 or in approximately 2018. In 2020 I hardly had any contact with him, "he detailed.

Diego Maradona with Rocío Oliva.

Oliva added: "Since the isolation due to the pandemic was in force, I could not have more visual contact with him, beyond some messages asking how he was and how his things were going.

The last time I saw him was when the pandemic began

" from Covid- 19.

"I wanted to go to see him at his country, where he was in Bella Vista, but the guard did not let me go through the isolation measures. I had contact two more times later, but by message, or through a call, but nothing more. The conversations were about how he was, "he completed.

Faced with a question from the lawyer Mario Baudry, who represents Dieguito Fernando, son of Maradona and Verónica Ojeda, the lawyer's partner, the woman denied having had any interference in the death of 10. Morla had said: "

Maradona was killed by Rocío Oliva, the quarantine and the medical part that is under study

".

"I imagine what Baudry meant is that Morla said that one of the things that influenced Diego's death is that he missed me a lot. But

no one dies of love, and it is more than ruled out that I had nothing to do with him. death,

"Oliva replied.

Diego and Rocío, when they were together in Dubai.

In addition, he said he did not know that Maradona suffered from health problems.

"

Not at

all.

For me he was a bull

. He was always fine," he pointed out and said that during the time they were a couple, he did not know if he was taking any medication.

The investigation into the death of the 1986 world champion in Mexico is in charge of prosecutors Patricio Ferrari, Cosme Iribarren and Laura Capra, in a team that is coordinated by the attorney general of San Isidro, John Broyad.

There are seven health professionals charged with "

simple homicide with eventual intent

", among them Luque, the psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov and the psychologist Carlos Díaz.

In his statement, which lasted just under an hour, Oliva admitted knowing Carlos "Charly" Ibañez, arrested a few days ago in a robbery case for which he was a fugitive and identified as the one who provided alcohol and marijuana to Maradona. although he denied that it is from his family. 

"He is the one they said was my cousin, but no, he is not, and it has nothing to do with my family.

Yes I know him, but he is not from my family

. I know him from when he entered Diego's life, On a birthday that came with his girlfriend, that she was a cousin of my deceased father. There he chatted with Diego, and they had a good vibe. From then on I began to see him often, but he was always invited by Diego, "he explained.

Diego Armando Maradona, together with his attorney and friend, the lawyer Matías Morla.

Oliva learned of the death of "Diez", which occurred last November 25 due to a cardiac decompensation, while she was a guest on Florencia Peña's program on Telefé.

"I went into shock, I couldn't understand that that could be true," he recalled.

Her mother confirmed it when she went to see her at her home.

He also indicated that he

does not know how Luque entered Maradona's life

.

This Wednesday, Vanesa Morla, Matías's sister, told prosecutors that it was Oliva who asked her to call the doctor to attend to the former soccer player when he lived in the Santa María country of Tigre.

"No, I don't remember. Diego was always in good health. Unless he asked me to call Luque particularly for something, and yes, it may have happened. It must have been something specific that Diego asked me," he said.

And he added: "It may have happened, but not that I called Luque on my own or something that happened. I can't confirm it because I don't remember it, but I don't rule it out either because Diego may have asked me to do so. call to".

Vanesa Morla leaves the San Isidro Attorney General's Office. Photo Germán García Adrasti.

Maradona died in a house that had been rented to him in the private neighborhood of San Andrés, in Tigre, 22 days after being subjected to a head surgery at the Vicente López Clinic Olivos for a subdural hematoma.

Prosecutors concluded that the star's medical equipment was "deficient," "reckless," and "indifferent," and that it knew 10 could die and did nothing to prevent it.

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