Attacks on journalists, Lejla Kašić, Herceg Novi, 10.03.2023.

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Attacks on journalists, Lejla Kašić, Herceg Novi, 10.03.2023.

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  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Podgorica
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Woman
  • Victim(s) name
    Lejla Kašić
  • Gender-based incident
    1
  • Type of gender-based incident
    Sexual violence

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    RTCG
  • Type of media platform
    Television
  • Source of information about the incident
    Instagram

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    10.03.2023
  • City
    Herceg Novi
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    Public person(s)
  • Type of incident
    Actual attacks on journalists
  • Type of attack
    Other forms

  • Action by the authorities

  • Court action
    Fined Pušić €750, along with an additional €30 in court fees.
  • Legal status of the case
    Perpetrator is convicted

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

  • Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?
    Yes

Poet and producer of the television show “Dnevnica” Lejla Kašić, through the social network Instagram, accused the musician Rambo Amadeus (Antoni Pušić) of sexual harassment. She reported the incident to the UNICEF representative office for Montenegro, considering that the musician is the organization’s goodwill ambassador.

As she said, everything happened on Friday, March 10, during the recording of the show, when Pušić touched her inappropriately. The crew found out about it only after the camera lights went out, although there is also a video in the raw material in which Pušić calls her a “stupid”. Instead of an apology, she received a series of insults from Pušić that she was a “stupid”, “crazy”,… Sometime later, she also received a message, in which the musician “explains” to her that she misunderstood everything and misinterpreted his impression that “we can be good friends”. The Court for Misdemeanours in Budva fined Pušić €750, along with an additional €30 in court fees, for “insolent, indecent and insulting” behaviour towards Kašić.