Earlier this year, it was reported that actor Goran Visnjic will be leaving the set of ER for good. Last week, news about the ER star again broke out as the 34 year old actor was the target of a lawsuit filed by a Croatian woman named Mirela Rupic.

According to Nenad Skare, Rupic's lawyer, she decided to sue the actor after he refused to recognize that he had fathered her four month old baby daughter. Rupic claimed that Visnjic was already aware of her pregnancy from the start, however he only offered financial support on the condition that he wouldn't have a relationship with the baby.

In a conversation with the Associated Press, Skare said that his client has already exerted effort in settling this issue with Visnjic, however, her attempts had failed. Rupic's party proposes a test if the actor formally refuses to recognize the child.

Goran Visnjic, who was born in Sibenik, Croatia, is still keeping quiet about this issue. He has been married to Ivana Vrdoljak since 1999 and in April of 2007, the couple adopted a baby boy whom they named Tim, after one of Croatia’s greatest poets, Augustin “Tin” Ujevic.

Visnjic first ventured into acting subsequently playing the lead role in the Dubrovnik Summer Theatre Festival’s production of Hamlet. He was with the show from 1993 to 2000, and in the span of

seven years, he has garnered several Orlando Awards. However, it was his portrayal of Bosnian driver Risto in Welcome to Sarajevo that led to his discovery by then-producer Jack Orman.

Orman then cast Visnjic for the role of Dr. Luka Kovac, who appeared in the sixth season of ER. By the time season 12 came around, he was made one of the show's lead male characters.

In March, it was reported that he was to depart from the long-running medical series as soon as the 13th season concludes. However, the producers of the show still intend to keep him for a few more episodes as to properly write him off the series.

The 14th season of ER is scheduled to premiere on September 20.