A key judge in the trial of late Argentine football superstar Diego Maradona's medical team stepped down on Tuesday, amid a scandal that has thrown the future of the high-profile case into doubt.

Julieta Makintach, dubbed the "judge of god," recused herself after it emerged she had been shooting a racy miniseries about the months-old trial, potentially breaking a string of ethics rules.

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