Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'bryansteinhauer'
September 10, 2008
Senator Hillary Clinton will not give up in her attempts to bring Miladin Kovacevic back to the US in order to face due process. Kovacevic fled the country after being accused of beating Brooklyn's Bryan Steinhauer within an inch of his life this past spring. Since there has not been a great deal of cooperation from Serbian officials in extraditing Kovacevic, Hillary is now trying to pull at the purse strings of the Serbian basketball......
Continue Reading "Hillary Tries to Take Serbian Baller to the Hole, And1"August 16, 2008
Miladin Kovacevic, the 6-foot-9-inch brute who has caused an international incident by fleeing back to Serbia to duck charges of beating a Brooklyn college student within an inch of his life, was seen out in public for the first time yesterday working out with his new Serbian basketball squad. When asked about the newest player on his semi-pro squad, his coach Bojan Markovic said, "It's his business. I don't get involved...We hope he will help......
Continue Reading "Fled Serbian Goon Goes Out for Casual Jog"August 4, 2008
Still angry that a student accused of attacking a fellow student at Binghamton University is avoiding U.S. authorities by staying in Serbia, Senator Charles Schumer said the U.S. should withhold $50 million in aid to the county. However if Serbia turns over Miladin Kovacevic (pictured), it is welcome to the money. U.S. diplomatic officials had asked that Kovacevic, who allegedly beat Bryan Steinhauer into a coma in May, be returned to the U.S. by August......
Continue Reading "Schumer Wants to Cut Off Aid to Serbia Over Fugitive"July 29, 2008
While U.S. officials are hoping the Serbian government will turn over 21-year-old Miladin Kovacevic, who fled the U.S. after allegedly beating a fellow Binghamton University student, his mother took time to tell the Post he's in bad shape. Emotional shape, that is. Kovacevic's mother, who is a psychiatrist, said, "He is depressed about the unfair treatment. He is depressed about the media coverage, the Interpol warrant, the comments about him on the Internet, the fact......
Continue Reading "Internet Makes the Upstate Attack Suspect Sad"July 24, 2008
According to the Daily News, U.S. diplomatic officials have asked the Serbian government for the return of Miladin Kovacevic by August 1. The 21-year-old is accused of beating a fellow Binghamton University student, Brooklyn resident Bryan Steinhauer, into a coma in May. Though Kovacevic was in custody, the Serbian vice consul general helped him make bail and gave him an emergency passport to flee the country. While the Serbian government has claimed it would work......
Continue Reading "U.S. Says Serbia Needs to Give Up Upstate Attack Suspect Within 10 Days"July 15, 2008
Miladin Kovacevic, who is wanted by U.S. authorities after being charged with beating a fellow Binghamton University student into a coma, has signed a contract with a Serbian basketball club. Kovacevic, who attended Binghamton on a basketball scholarship, will play for KK Vrbas which is in a regional Serbian league, according to the AP. The team's captain said the team "is on his side," presumably meaning they support his decision to flee the authorities and......
Continue Reading "Upstate Attack Suspect Will Play for Serbian Basketball Team"July 11, 2008
Miladin Kovacevic, who was charged with beating a fellow Binghamton University student into a coma, told a Serbian paper he won't return to America, "I know I am not guilty and I will prove that in front of a Serbian judge. I don't believe in the American legal system anymore." Kovacevic had fled the U.S. with the help of the Serbian consulate; U.S. officials have asked Serbia to return Kovacevic for prosecution here. The 21-year-old......
Continue Reading "Upstate Attack Suspect-Fugitive Says, "I am Not Guilty""July 8, 2008
The U.S. Embassy in Serbia issued a statement saying officials had met with the parents of Miladin Kovacevic, the Serbian national charged with beating a Brooklyn man in upstate NY. Per the AP, the statement read, "The United States has not formally requested extradition at this time. We sincerely believe that it is in the best interests of Mr. Kovacevic to return voluntarily to the U.S., rather than to remain a fugitive. The meeting was......
Continue Reading "U.S. Officials Talk to Upstate Attack Suspect's Parents"July 5, 2008
A lawyer for Miladin Kovacevic says that the 6'9" 260 lb. basketball player doesn't trust the U.S. legal system and was taunted and tortured by inmates and guards after he was arrested for allegedly beating a 135 lb. college senior into a coma in Binghamton last month. Veselin Cerovic explained that's why Kovacevic jumped bail and fled the country with an emergency passport issued by the Serbian consulate in New York, "My client told me......
Continue Reading "Serbian Baller Doesn't Trust American Law & Order "July 3, 2008
As the Serbian government tries to demonstrate it is serious about cooperating with the U.S. government in finding a Serbian citizen accused of beating another man into a coma in Binghamton, outgoing Serbian officials fired the head of the consulate. After a formal request from the U.S. Ambassador on Tuesday, the Serbian government emphasized that it would help the U.S. with extraditing Miladin Kovacevic, who had been attending Binghamton University and was playing on the......
Continue Reading "Serbian Consul General Fired in Upstate Attack Fallout"July 2, 2008
Yesterday, the federal government formally asked the Serbia to extradite Miladin Kovacevic, who is charged with beating a fellow Binghamton University student into a coma. The U.S. ambassador met with Serbian officials in Belgrade, and now the Serbian government is "moving with laser beam speed," a Daily News source says. Kovacevic, a 6'9" 260-pound basketball player, allegedly beat up 5'6" and 135-pound Bryan Steinhauer in early May after Kovacevic's friends thought Steinhauer might have groped......
Continue Reading "Serbia Works to Help Find Upstate Attack Suspect"
