Naples tax officials on Friday
suspended Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona's multi-million
outstanding tax debt, pending a court decision on the matter.
The Italian inland revenue agency last October served
Maradona with a bill for outstanding taxes of 39 million euros
in unpaid taxes on off-the-books earnings in sponsorship and
merchandising deals in his late 1980s glory-day earnings with
Napoli.
Maradona, who played for the Italian club between 1984 and
1991, is revered in Naples for helping the city's soccer team
win two Serie A titles and the UEFA Cup.
The former player had a diamond-studded earring and a
Rolex watch seized, among other assets, on past visits to Italy.
Bailiffs wanting to seize any more of the soccer star's
assets must now await a court hearing on his tax dispute case,
set for October 9.
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