Oliver Jovanovic
| Oliver Jovanovic | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1966 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Game designer |
Oliver Jovanovic is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games.
Career
Oliver Jovanovic was developing a new version of the role-playing game RuneQuest for Avalon Hill.[1] He was the lead author of the RuneQuest: Adventures in Glorantha line in 1996.[2] Eric Dott, chairman of Avalon Hill, noted that Jovanovic's version of RuneQuest had not been published because the developers repeatedly missed deadlines.[1]
People v. Jovanovic
In 1996, Oliver Jovanovic was accused of sadomasochistic torture of a woman whom he had met shortly before on the Internet.[3] He was convicted but later freed on appeal.[2] On December 20, 1999, Jovanovic was released from prison when the New York appeals court ruled in a 3-to-1 decision, and in a 40-page majority opinion by Appellate Justice David Saxe, that the state's rape shield law had been misapplied by the judge in charge of the case.[4] The case was dismissed with prejudice, and he has since sued the City of New York for $10 million for prosecutorial misconduct.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/16/nyregion/internet-sex-assault-suspect-enjoyed-macabre-and-mythical.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. p. 179. ISBN 978-1-907702- 58-7.
- ↑ Young, Cathy (July 29, 2011). "Weekly Standard: The Feminine Lie Mystique". NPR. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
- ↑ Decision of Supreme Court, Appellate Division, December 1999, including summary of all relevant facts