Teenager claiming to be Diego Maradona's son demands exhumation of body

The late Diego Maradona at a past event [Photo: Courtesy]

A teenager who has spent years fighting to prove he is Diego Maradona’s son has demanded the exhumation of the football legend's body. Santiago Lara instructed his lawyer to make the sensational move less than 24 hours after the former Naples and Barcelona star was buried following his death on Wednesday.

Jose Nunez has lodged a bombshell written request with a family court in Santiago’s home city of La Plata an hour’s drive south of Buenos Aires demanding Maradona’s autopsy and DNA results and the exhumation of his body so it can be transferred to a court morgue.