Kovacevic's lawyer says Serbia officials have tried to convince him to voluntarily return to the U.S., but he refuses to go.
The lawyer also says his client has turned down a plea bargain deal from the United States under which he would plead guilty to assault and evading justice, and serve 12 years in prison.
The 6-foot-9 Kovacevic is accused of severely beating Bryan Steinhauer during a fight in a Binghamton bar. Steinhauer recently started to emerge from a coma that resulted from the fight.
