Trumpeter Dejan Petrovic says daughter beaten in Uzice club
Trumpeter Dejan Petrovic claims his 18-year-old daughter was punched in the throat at a Uzice nightclub by the brother of a well-known MMA fighter after she rejected his advances.
- The incident took place at a nightclub in Uzice overnight between June 5 and 6, at around 3 a.m.
- The victim is 18-year-old Jovana Petrovic, daughter of trumpeter Dejan Petrovic, who her father says was struck by the brother of a well-known MMA fighter.
- According to the family, the attacker punched her in the throat after she rejected his advances; club security stepped in.
- The case has been reported to police; the young woman has a swollen throat and difficulty swallowing.
Serbian trumpeter Dejan Petrovic has publicly stated that his eighteen-year-old daughter Jovana was beaten at a nightclub in Uzice. According to him, the attack happened overnight between June 5 and 6, at around three in the morning, when a group of young men who had arrived from nearby Zlatibor began pressing themselves on women inside the club.
Petrovic claims that the brother of a well-known MMA fighter punched his daughter in the throat after she turned down his advances and an invitation to an afterparty. The attacker has been identified publicly only by the initials M. B. Club security responded after the blow, and the family reported the incident to police.
What the family says happened that night
According to the father’s account, the group of men spent the evening bothering several women at the club and repeatedly pushing them to continue the night at an afterparty. When Jovana refused, Petrovic says, a direct blow to the throat followed.
The young woman, the family says, suffered a swollen throat and has had trouble swallowing ever since. Petrovic stressed just how serious the consequences of such a strike could have been.
“The MMA fighter’s own brother hit my daughter in the throat. She could have been left disabled or died on the spot. She can barely swallow and she’s in pain,” Dejan Petrovic said of the attack on his daughter.
A blow to the throat and larynx is considered especially dangerous in medical terms, as it can cause serious injury to the airway. That is precisely the point the father emphasizes, describing how much worse the situation could have turned out.
What steps have the family and authorities taken next?
The family reported the incident to police, which moves the case into the hands of officials tasked with establishing exactly what happened and who was involved. In situations like this, police typically take witness statements, review any security footage from the venue, and gather medical documentation of the injuries.
The club’s security staff, who according to the family stepped in at the moment of the attack, could also be an important witness in piecing together events. For now, the public account comes chiefly from the victim’s father, while official statements from the relevant institutions on the outcome of the report have not been released.
Violence in hospitality venues, particularly aimed at young women who reject unwanted advances, has long raised questions about guest safety and the responsibility of security staff. The Uzice case revives that debate, this time with the claim that the consequences of the blow could have been fatal.
What do you think: how ready are clubs and their security teams today to actually protect guests from attacks like this?
