Boro Gotovina told Hina that he had told the police exactly what he had told Cicak in a phone conversation last Sunday.
Cicak phoned in the Croatian Television show "Nedjeljom u dva" last Sunday, saying Boro Gotovina had called him on his mobile phone and threatened to kill him over his column headlined "Hero Defending Himself by Accusing Fellow Fighters".
"I didn't threaten Cicak," Boro Gotovina said, adding that he had only felt the need to phone him because in his column last Saturday he had insulted not only his brother, but his entire family, describing it as traitorous.
"I phoned him and only asked that he provide evidence for such claims. He interrupted me twice while I was speaking, saying: 'You are threatening me'. I told him that I had no such intention and am not the kind of person that makes threats, but that I do what I say. I insisted that he give me evidence for his claims."
Boro Gotovina said that after the conversation ended, Cicak phoned him back, saying that Gotovina did not understand him and that he loved his brother Ante, but that his lawyers would destroy him.
"I told him 'Don't show your love for Ante this way any more' and repeated that I wanted evidence for his claims that my brother is a spy and a traitor. He again said that I was making threats."
Gotovina said that he would consult legal experts about suing Cicak because he wanted to protect his family from what he said were extremely insulting accusations made by Cicak in his column.
A Croatian daily said today that Cicak responded to a statement Gotovina gave on Monday to the Zadar-based radio station Novi Radio, claiming that he did not apologise to Gotovina nor told him that he loved his brother Ante.
"I really have no intention of apologising to him for his threatening to kill me," Cicak said.