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The body of the late soccer great Diego Maradona “must be preserved” in case his DNA is needed in a paternity case, an Argentine court ruled Wednesday.
Maradona died of a heart attack last month and was buried on November 26 in a cemetery on the outskirts of Buenos Aires.
While Maradona’s lawyer had previously told Reuters that DNA samples already exist, the court said the body of the former Boca Juniors and Napoli player should not be cremated at a later date.
Five recognized children and six with filiation applications are part of a complex inheritance process in Argentina.
One of the six, Magalí Gil, 25, says she found out two years ago that the soccer icon was her biological father.
Likewise, the ruling of the National Court of First Instance in Civil Matters No. 56 said: “Ms. Gil requests that a study be carried out … and that the acting Prosecutor’s Office send a DNA sample for this ”. Maradona recognized four children in Argentina and one in Italy, which he had during his time as a player in the country.
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