Kuzman

livid · June 21, 2023

(Vladan Kuzmanović, circa 2019. colorized)

2005. - 2010.

Vladan Kuzmanović is a thirty-six year old Serbian male that was born and raised in Novi Sad, Serbia. He would study computer engineering in High School, which is what led to him originally leaving Serbia after obtaining a master's degree. Vladan would apply and obtain a green card after two years of complications and would be employed within a local computer company in Sacramento, CA. He would live a relatively easy life, regularly sending money back to his family in Serbia in order for them to sustain and survive during the nation's economically and socially difficult times. Vladan would eventually start associating himself with a rather non-pleasant group of people who actively participated in criminal activities such as drug dealing and smuggling. The reason for Vladan's association with these people was his lavish lifestyle which led him to the brink of bankruptcy during which he had to resort to loaning money from loan sharks. One thing led to another and years after deciding to permanently reside in America, Vladan would find himself battling a serious drug addiction which led to even more problems. He would eventually cut all ties with his family due to his personal feeling of guilt, having disappointed them in such a horrible way by becoming what he was at the time.

2010. - 2015.

Vladan would eventually recover and rehabilitate himself from his severe drug addiction with the help of a friend. He would rejoice in attending local fighting tournaments which included but weren't limited to street fights. He would start training kickboxing and win himself a dozen amateur fights in the welterweight category, amassing a total record of 12-1-0 in K1. By the end of the year he would move out of Sacramento to Los Santos where he pursued the career of an assistant coach at a local gym whilst supporting his career through taxi driving. Vladan would live on his own in a small apartment and therefore minimize his monthly fees as much as he could. He would eventually reach back out to his family after resolving his drug addiction and loan-shark issues; only to find out that his mother was now sentenced to a wheelchair for the rest of her life in due to a car crash. Vladan would garner a few unsuccessful attempts of re-associating himself with his family, however, to no avail due to them partially disowning him because of his absence from their life - until they eventually decided that they'd let him back into their lives. Vladan would find himself frantically finding ways of earning money in order to support his family and pay for his mother's medicine and therapy, albeit, the venues through which he decided to do so weren't legal.

2015. - PRESENT.

Vladan would begin small-time drug dealing as fighting and coaching weren't paying much at the time in the area he was residing, thus helping his family with their bills whilst they were still in belief that Vladan worked for a computer company. A close call meeting with the reaper himself during a liquor store robbery where he acted as the perpetrator led to him tightening up his safety procedures, therefore inspiring him to lead a more organized criminal life-style to which he was completely devoted to at this point. Vladan lives his life in a small apartment in Los Santos on his own whilst actively seeking venues to earn money for a living.

Edited January 11, 2024 by livid