Tamara Radoman: Asmin Djurdjic Skipped Court Hearing
The hearing at Belgrade's First Basic Court took place on October 22. Radoman says the trial is closed, Djurdjic was notified, and a verdict is awaited.
A hearing in the case Tamara Radoman brought against Asmin Djurdjic was held on October 22 at the First Basic Court in Belgrade. According to her, Djurdjic did not show up, the trial has been closed, and a verdict is now awaited. Radoman spoke to Blic reporters in front of the court building.
The case concerns insults Djurdjic allegedly directed at her during the reality show Elita 9. Radoman spent that season alongside Anita Stanojlovic, whom she represented, and her past friendship with Stanija Dobrojevic put her in the line of Djurdjic’s remarks. We found no account of the hearing from his side in the reports covering the event.
What did Radoman say right after leaving the hearing?
She first described how her testimony before the judge went.
I’m a little angry that I’m in this situation, that today, at this time, I have to be in court, and I was just giving my statement, and somewhere while I was talking about all of it, I got very upset and went back to that period. I brought myself to the point where someone who is far beneath me talks about me in a very ugly way, and he told many lies that are in those recordings, name-calling, and he tarnished my name and my profession.
By her account to Blic, those words opened the conversation, and she then moved on to the outcome of the hearing. She said Djurdjic came to neither the first nor this scheduled hearing: “Asmin was notified of both the first and this hearing, and he did not appear.”
How much is the fine being sought, and could an arrest warrant follow?
Radoman said the trial is closed and that she expects everything to wrap up quickly. She stated the amount this way: “A fine of two million and a bit more is being sought.” She did not name the currency, and the reports that give the figure write about two million dinars.
She kept her remarks on the evidence brief. “The judge has all the evidence and I’m not allowed to say much,” she said, and then added:
I’m not allowed to give out much information, but as far as I know he is staying here in Serbia and I’m waiting for the verdict, but there could also be some kind of arrest warrant. We are still waiting for the verdict.
Radoman presented the possibility of a warrant as her own assumption. There is no confirmation that the court has made any such decision, and the date of the verdict is not known.
Why did the apology not change the lawsuit?
Radoman says she received an apology from Djurdjic at one point but is not dropping the suit. She recalled that his parents approached her at the Elita 9 finale.
At the finale itself, Asmin’s parents came up to me and said they were sorry and that we should talk, but I can’t settle this with them. He and I made contact through Maja, and he sent me an apology, but I get nothing from that. When things like that are said on national television and then come out on YouTube and on social networks, it affects me, and I get nothing from a “sorry.” He is aware of that too, and he also named Stanija as the one to blame for his claims, but those are all questions for him.
Djurdjic, for his part, published a wedding invitation with Maja Marinkovic, which we covered on October 21.
What did she say about Stanija Dobrojevic and Anita Stanojlovic?
Radoman no longer speaks with Stanija Dobrojevic, the Elita winner. “I haven’t said anything bad about Stanija after the nonsense she said in the reality show. I won’t hit back in kind,” she said, adding that she wishes her luck but that they are not in touch. Of Stanija she said: “She disappointed me, but she didn’t insult me, because none of it is true.”
Her friendship with Anita Stanojlovic, whom she represented in the reality show, has cooled as well. Radoman says she has not seen her since August: “The last time we saw each other was in August.” The verdict in the case against Djurdjic has not yet been handed down.
