Following the idol’s death, on November 25 at the age of 60 after suffering cardiac arrest, the process opens to determine the legacy of his fortune
The heritage of Diego Armando Maradona, the exact amount of which is unknown, is enough for the heirs, their five recognized children, to “go their entire lives without working,” he said in an interview with Efe the lawyer Mauricio D´Alessandro.
D’Alessandro, who represents Matías Morla, lawyer and close friend of ‘Pelusa’, confirmed that the first instance of the inheritance will be the distribution of the money, which will be deposited into accounts in Dubai, Mexico and Switzerland ‘ready to be extracted “, which they will have access to once they have the” certificate of heirs “, a process that takes no more than 90 days.
“The money is available in accounts in Switzerland, Dubai and Mexico, ready for withdrawal. That quickly has 90 days to obtain the certificate of heirs and formally state who it is who will inherit it and succeed Diego. live their lives.Each of the heirs lives without working, ”said the lawyer.
AN EXTENSIVE FAMILY
After the idol’s death, on November 25 at the age of 60 after undergoing cardiac arrest, the process opens to determine the legacy of his fortune.
In all, Maradona recognized five children: two of them, Dalma and Gianinna, the result of his marriage to Claudia Villafañe; Diego junior, who in his time as a player at Naples with the Italian Cristiana Sinagra; Jana, daughter with Valeria Sabalain; and Diego Fernando, who was born in 2013 as a result of his relationship with Verónica Ojeda.
But there are more who ask for recognition and who can expand the list of heirs in the event that parentage proceedings continue.
The distribution and management of the star’s assets will be difficult as these have yet to be accurately quantified and inventoried, while new ones continue to emerge, such as the Havana home where he lived for four years to rehabilitate from his addiction to cocaine and which Fidel Castro gave him.
This trait was unknown to his inner circle until there was a phone call between Tony, one of Castro’s sons, and Morla.
“In the last days of the year, one of Fidel Castro’s sons called to remind Matías (Morla) that the house on the prairie where Maradona spent four years of his life was his because Fidel Castro had resolved it that way”, the lawyer emphasized. , who added that the house is a sober property and that its main value lies in the properties left in it by the former footballer.
Now a record must be made of the objects found in the attic of this house in order to know their specific value, but for D’Alessandro this could amount to $ 3 million.
“That property was impeccable, just as Diego had left it at his shrines. Diego loved making shrines, where he lived, he posted his parents’ pictures, candles … he was quite a fetish in that regard,” and there is an attic with a lot of objects he collected during his stay: personal letters from world leaders who wrote him, photos of each of the visits and objects: t-shirts, balls, trophies … everything he had in Cuba collected, stayed there ”he added.
There are also other personal traces, such as messages on the walls, because “the house is all painted because Diego got up in a good mood and had a spray can and painted it. ‘Fidel I love you’ is one of the graffiti in the house”.
According to the lawyer, the place could be set up as a museum, although this will depend on the initiative of the heirs.
‘That can certainly become a museum, and as a museum it can have an entrance. Who goes to Havana and doesn’t want to see the house where Maradona lived? ‘
Among the most valuable possessions were “letters he sent to Fidel Castro at the time and a poem by Maradona that he wrote one night of great sadness.”
Meanwhile, the property is being looked after “by an old sugarcane man who has the keys to the house and is the one who checks the income,” as “he sees that house as an instruction from Fidel to take care of it.
MORLA AND THE FAMILY
D’Alessandro also cited the controversy that has arisen since the death of ‘Pelusa’ among his inner circle, mainly his daughters Dalma and Giannina, and Morla.
Matías is very hurt by the death of his friend, possibly one of his best friends. As for the controversies with the daughters, he never had a good relationship, which was a reflection of a bad relationship Diego had with them in In the past years they couldn’t get along, Diego was very angry about issues related to economic discussions with his ex-wife, ”he said.
Morla “is confident that at some point that will end and that everyone will be able to generate what Diego wanted for his family and for his loved ones, a long table where everyone would be together, something that Diego could not have achieved for years. Not even the last parties in Dubai and Spain were not good because there were fights between people who had to get together. “
Morla is also acting as a co-owner of one of Maradona’s “main” accounts, allowing him to withdraw half of the total, “a millionaire amount,” although he has ruled out this option and will let the heirs divide the money.
The bank called him to tell him he could extract half of the silver, but he decided he wasn’t going to do it because he understands that that money was not his money but that it was Diego’s money, which he says something happened to one of them. What if, Matías has said that he will not keep that money and that he will authorize his heirs to withdraw it, ”concluded D’Alessandro.