Branislav Lecic

Three professors attended. After one left, "seeing where the evening was heading," another grabbed her knee under the table, said Elena. The third, kissing and licking her hand, asked her for sex. In return, he said he would allow her fellow students to complete the course he had expelled them from because of their participation in the protests.

Pursuit of justice

All theater plays that were part of the program of the 38th Theater Meetings in Brcko withdrew from the competition because Branislav Lecic is a member of the festival jury.
Although some theater plays were performed in the previous days out of respect for the audience, all the others gave up the competition part, and Danijela Stajnfeld called it a "heroic act".

The decision of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office to reject the criminal charges filed for rape against Branislav Lecic by Danijela Steinfeld, caused a storm in the public from approval to denial.
Lawyer Jugoslav Tintor said in an interview with TV Prva that there is a presumption of innocence when it comes to any case.

Regarding that information, Lecic's lawyer issued a statement.

The High Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade told BIRN on Tuesday that it has dismissed the criminal complaint against famous actor Branislav Lecic, who was accused of rape by actress Danijela Stajnfeld.

The Prosecutor's Office told BIRN that Stajnfeld's criminal complaint was dismissed "because there are no grounds for suspicion that the said criminal offense was committed".

He was one of at least 608 people convicted of sex crimes in Serbia between 2016 and 2020.

But eight years is more than many convicted rapists are jailed for in the Balkan country, where, according to a BIRN investigation of data for the last five years, half were sentenced to five years or less, five years being the minimum sentence under the law since 2017.

The well-known Serbian actor and politican Branislav Lecic has denied raping the actress Danijela Stajnfeld, the Belgrade Higher Prosecutor's Office told BIRN.

Lecic was summoned to the police to give a statement on accusations of rape dating to 2012. He spent several hours in the police station on Friday.

The documentary had its regional premiere at the Sarajevo Film Festival, while the Serbian premiere was at the Palic European Film Festival. After that, it was only screened at the 26th Auteur Film Festival in Belgrade.

The well-known Serbian actress Danijela Stajnfeld - who last year first spoke out about rape in the country's acting profession - has named the man she says raped her, the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade confirmed on Monday.

It confirmed that Stajnfeld had given a statement and that the suspect's initials were B.L.

BELGRADE - 'I Defended Young Bosnia', a film written and directed by Srdjan Koljevic, premiered on Tuesday evening at Belgrade's Sava Center.

The cast and the crew were greeted with a long applause from the audience, which included many political and public figures, as well as colleagues from the film industry, who came to support this interesting and significant project.