[MSN] Argentine football legend Diego Maradona filed charges against businessman for stealing hundreds of memorabilia items shown around the world in his Itinerant M10 Museum

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Maradona charges businessman with stealing his memorabilia

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BUENOS AIRES (AFP) - Argentine football legend Diego Maradona filed charges
against businessman for stealing hundreds of memorabilia items shown around
the world in his "Itinerant M10 Museum," the star's official website said
Tuesday.

The 600 pieces of memorabilia, including the 1995 Golden Ball and gifts from
Brazilian football icon Pele and Cuban President Fidel Castro, were on
exhibition since 2003 but are presently tied up in customs in several
countries due to the "organizer's failure to meet his obligations," the
website said.

Maradona filed a complaint against businessman Ernesto Texo, in the matter,
it added.

The complaint said: "Texo and his associates improperly took posession of
these objects after being tasked with organizing the Itinerant M10 Museum
that visited Argentina, Italy and Mexico, among other countries."

The memorabilia also includes several international trophies, numerous
tee-shirts Maradona -- whose shirt number was 10 -- exchanged after
international matches with other famous football players, and other sports
clothing worn by Maradona throughout his career.