Tea Bilanovic on Corba: violence report still in court
The singer says her ex-boyfriend abused her physically and psychologically, that she reported the violence, and that the case is still waiting for a court decision.
Singer Tea Bilanovic confirmed in a new interview that proceedings are still under way against her ex-boyfriend Milan Jankovic Corba over the violence she reported. Informer writes that she spoke during a polygraph session for a media outlet, while Kurir says she answered questions as a guest. Neither source says which outlet recorded the conversation, and Informer attributes only one of her quotes to Blic.
What did Tea Bilanovic say about the case against Corba?
Asked whether Corba had abused her, the singer said yes: “Yes. Both physically and psychologically. I reported him for violence, and that is still before the court.”
Informer recalls that she claimed in an earlier interview with the same outlet that Corba dragged her by her nails and hair, and then caressed her. We did not find his response to these claims.
Tea added that she sought professional help because of everything that happened, but that she had already been seeing a psychotherapist before: “I went before that. I went after that, and I still go to this day. The reason just isn’t always the same.”
Is there any contact between them?
None, the singer says. Asked whether she had run into her ex-boyfriend again, she said:
As far as I know, no. No communication whatsoever. It has been like that ever since the restraining order, altogether.
Informer concludes that a restraining order took effect at some point after the report. The sources do not state explicitly that the order is still in force today, so that remains open.
Who sent her messages and removed her license plates?
Tea also spoke about unpleasant incidents away from the stage: a damaged car, removed license plates and threatening messages. She says she knows who sent one of the messages, and for the rest she has suspicions but no proof:
For one message, yes. That was a taxi driver, a neighbor from my building, from my entrance, and as for the others, who took my plates off and who broke into my car, I suspect who it is, but I can’t claim it because I don’t even know their names, and I saw that taxi driver on the camera.
So she is certain in only one case, the taxi driver from her building, whom she saw on camera. For the other incidents she has neither a name nor confirmation.
What happened to her at gigs?
The singer said that during performances a guest has become aggressive more than once. One demanded that the band play the same song a hundred times, and when they explained that was not possible, he started throwing glasses at the band. She was among those targeted. She did not name the venue.
In one club, Tea says, a man poured red wine over her because she did not know the song he requested. Informer carries that quote as a statement to Blic: “I mean, we singers have the right not to know a song too.”
What else did she say about her private life?
According to Kurir’s report, she married at 21 and the marriage lasted four months. She says her current boyfriend is a surgeon, that they met when Tea went in for emergency appendix surgery, and that he accepted her job from the start. “Well, he wouldn’t be my boyfriend if he hadn’t accepted that,” she said during the conversation.
Until a court issues a final ruling, the presumption of innocence applies, and everything said about Corba is Tea’s own claim.
