Oliver Jovanovic

Oliver Jovanovic is an instructor at Columbia University's Department of Microbiology and Immunology.[1] He has worked as a game designer primarily on role-playing games. He was involved in the high-profile New York case People v. Jovanovic.

Oliver Jovanovic
Born1966
NationalityAmerican
OccupationUniversity instructor

Career

Oliver Jovanovic was developing a new version of the role-playing game RuneQuest for Avalon Hill,[2] and was the lead author of the RuneQuest: Adventures in Glorantha line in 1996.[3] Eric Dott, chairman of Avalon Hill, noted that Jovanovic's version of RuneQuest had not been published because the developers repeatedly missed deadlines.[2]

Jovanovic graduated from the University of Chicago,[2] and then obtained a Ph.D. in microbiology from Columbia in May 2002.[4] He works at Columbia's Department of Microbiology and Immunology as Instructor and Director of Bioinformatics & Information Technology.[1]

People v. Jovanovic
Main article: People v. Jovanovic

In 1996, Oliver Jovanovic was accused of sadomasochistic torture of a woman whom he had met shortly before on the Internet.[5] He was convicted but later freed on appeal.[3][6] 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.[6] The case was dismissed with prejudice.[7] Jovanovic sued the City of New York for $10 million for prosecutorial misconduct,[3] but the case was dismissed in 2010.[8]

References
  1. "Department of Microbiology & Immunology". www.microbiology.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2018-06-03.
  2. Barry, Dan; Roane, Kit R. (December 16, 1996). "Internet Sex-Assault Suspect Enjoyed Macabre and Mythical". New York Times. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  3. Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. p. 179. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
  4. "FREED CYBERSEX OLLIE PUSHES BOOK, MOVIE". New York Post. 2002-06-26. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
  5. Young, Cathy (July 29, 2011). "Weekly Standard: The Feminine Lie Mystique". NPR. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  6. Decision of Supreme Court, Appellate Division, December 1999, including summary of all relevant facts
  7. Fritsch, Jane; Finkelstein, Katherine E. (November 2, 2001). "Charges Dismissed in Columbia Sexual Torture Case". New York Times. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  8. Bray, Chad (September 28, 2010). "Wrongful Prosecution Suit Against City Is Dismissed". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
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