Maradona calls for his daughter to go to jail

CAIRO – 26 November 2017: Former Argentine footballer Diego Armando Maradona will ask for a prison sentence for his own daughter, Giannina, for, according to him, hindering the judicial process he started against his ex-wife, Claudia Villafañe.

Maradona is suffering a real family war. The trial began after a complaint of the Argentine star against his ex-wife for the alleged robbery during their marriage of about €3.8 million ($4.5 million) between 2000 and 2015.

The lawyer argues that Giannina Maradona traveled to Uruguay to perform different banking movements to launder money that have hampered the procedure.

Matias Morla, Maradona's lawyer, declared, "Custody takes place when it is found that an impediment has taken place or there is a risk of fleeing. In the middle of the court case for fraud, Giannina Maradona left Argentina on Monday, August 31 and returned a few hours later.”

"What was she doing that Monday in Uruguay? Tourism? I say to you that she has an account in Uruguay; her child takes the money and puts it into another. If that is the case; if there is money there like we think, then there is no option other than to be put in custody," Morla said, according to Marca.

"If from Uruguay they inform us that they closed and opened an account, we will undoubtedly ask for the preventive detention," he continued.
“Claudia went into money laundering; now what you need to know is where she got the property she laundered," he added.

Morla defended Maradona and explained that this was his only possible way out.

"What is the father going to do? Is he going to talk to the judge and ask him not to stop him?" Morla asked sarcastically.

Giannina has reacted to her father's maneuvers through her official Twitter account, tweeting, "They know where I live and they can come when they want.”

Sabe donde vivo. Que vengan cuando quieran. X las dudas yo no estoy mas en segurola y habana! 😘 https://t.co/K1tFxhfTX2

— Gianinna Maradona (@gianmaradona) November 22, 2017

"Thanks for all the warm messages. I am fine with myself inside; I have forgiven worse from him and I will do the same now," she tweeted.

Gracias a todos por sus mensajes lindos! Vengo con un trabajo interno divino. Perdone cosas peores de el y hoy también decido hacerlo. Desde acá, a tantos km solo puedo mandarle todo mi amor y agradecerle porq gracias a el también pude elegir quien y cómo quería ser.

— Gianinna Maradona (@gianmaradona) November 22, 2017