Vesna Djogani: Anabela Didn't Sue Me, For What?

Singer Vesna Djogani denied on August 23 reports that she was sued by Anabela Atijas. She made the comment to reporters from the Republika news portal at the Dragi Bravo festival on Usce, where the Djogani group performed on the second night of the program.

In recent days, rumors circulated in entertainment circles that Anabela had filed a lawsuit against Vesna. The rumors did not specify who would be liable, in which court the case would be heard, or for what amount. Asked about it, Vesna answered briefly and directly.

Anabela didn’t sue me. For what? For not feeding her cat? She hasn’t been part of the Djogani family for a long time.

That is how Vesna Djogani, a dancer and singer, answered Republika’s reporters at the Dragi Bravo festival. Republika published the statement on August 23 at 8:30 a.m.

Who is related to whom in the Djogani family?

The relationship between Anabela Atijas and Vesna Djogani is often misunderstood in the public. Anabela Atijas is the former wife of Gagi Djogani. Vesna Djogani is the current wife of his brother, Djole Djogani. That makes Anabela and Vesna sisters-in-law, not the former and current wife of the same man, as is sometimes recounted in entertainment circles.

Anabela and Gagi Djogani’s marriage produced daughters, among them Luna Djogani, today one of the best known participants in Serbian reality shows. It was a question about Luna that prompted Vesna to briefly comment on that part of the story as well.

“Whatever happened with Luna is over and done with,” Vesna Djogani told reporters at the Dragi Bravo festival.

With that, she closed the subject, without further explanation of what exactly she meant.

The festival’s first night brought another story

The denial of the lawsuit was not the only topic Vesna commented on that evening. On the first night of the Dragi Bravo festival on Usce, Sladja Delibasic, Djole Djogani’s former wife, performed and publicly wondered, with some complaint, why performances by members of the wider Djogani family were kept separate. Vesna’s answer was cool.

“I really don’t know, I wasn’t involved in the organization and I’m a performer just like she is. I don’t know, I haven’t spoken to her,” Vesna said, confirming that she has no contact with her husband’s ex wife.

The Djogani group performed on the festival’s second night, in the same slot as Romanian act Morandi, Greek singer Sakis Ruvas, Viki Miljkovic and Indira Radic. According to accounts from the scene, Morandi had the crowd on its feet with hits such as “Angels” and “Save Me.”

That same evening, Vesna Djogani also commented on possible collaborations on the domestic music scene. She said she would gladly record a duet with Jelena Karleusa and Tea Tairovic, saying she considers herself similar to them in style, while musically, she said, she stands completely apart from the rest of the entertainment scene. On the alleged lawsuit from Anabela Atijas, she said nothing more on that occasion beyond what she had already stated.

Neither in any of Vesna Djogani’s statements so far, nor in the reports carrying her denial, is there any information about which court the alleged lawsuit would have been filed in, what amount would have been involved, or against whom it would have been directed. For now, the only thing officially on record is Vesna’s denial that any lawsuit exists at all.

Unlike earlier public friction within the Djogani family, this time Vesna left no room for speculation. She directly denied the lawsuit and explained that she does not consider Anabela Atijas a member of the family.

We have not previously reported on this story, and we will continue to follow further developments should Anabela Atijas or her team choose to comment.