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Failing Health of Beatdown Victim May Lead to Serb's Release
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Billy Parker
Published Jan 12, 2009
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The clock is ticking on the arduous journey of bringing fled Serbian Miladin Kovacevic to justice for the alleged brutal beating of fellow Binghamton student Bryan Steinhauer last year. Serbian officials claim that Brooklyn-born Steinhauer must testify this Thursday or else Kovacevic may walk free. The Serbian athlete's lawyer told the Post, "If there is no examination of witnesses, how can there be a case?" But Steinhauer's lawyer says that he received no notice of the January 15th deadline. With reports of Steinhauer's failing health including brain damage, the Post questions whether the 22-year-old would even be up for testifying via video link. As for Kovacevic, after being let out of prison recently, he has defended himself to the Serbian press as the real victim claiming, the 5'6", 135-pound Steinhauer "was very aggressive. He kept thumping his chest and saying, 'You don't know who I am!' At one point, I managed to free myself from him." Kovacevic, 6'9" and 260 pounds also brags he was a model student, "I was one of a handful of foreigners who helped American children with special needs."
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