MARADONA SUES OVER ‘STOLEN’ MEMORABILIA
Argentinian soccer legend DIEGO MARADONA has filed charges against businessman ERNESTO TEXO, accusing him of stealing 600 pieces of sporting memorabilia from the star.
Maradona claims that the items, including the 1995 Golden Ball and gifts from Cuban President Fidel Castro, have not been returned since they were shown around the world in the Itinerant M10 Museum.
The items went on exhibition in 2003, but are in storage in customs in several countries due to the "organiser’s failure to meet his obligations", according to a post on Maradona’s official website.
And legal papers recently filed against Texo add, "Texo and his associates improperly took possession of these objects after being tasked with organising the Itinerant M10 Museum that visited Argentina, Italy and Mexico, among other countries." The memorabilia also includes several international trophies and numerous soccer shirts that were exchanged with the sportsman after international matches with other famous soccer stars during Maradona’s 17 years playing for his country.
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