Sexual harassment suit: Yoga guru fined $924,500
Bikram Choudhury is the founder of Bikram yoga.
The lawyer alleged that she was fired after she started investigating claims that Choudhury had raped a yoga student.
"Attorney Minakshi Jafa-Bodden said in her lawsuit that she suffered gender discrimination, wrongful termination and sexual harassment during her time working for Choudhury," The Los Angeles Times reported.
The newspaper reported that the yoga guru rejected all accusations against him as “lies” and “big lies".
Choudhury and his attorney said that Minakshi Jafa-Bodden was let go as she did not have the license to practice law in the United States, the newspaper reported.
Mark Quigley, who along with attorney Carla Minnard represented Jafa-Bodden was quoted as saying by the newspaper: "Jafa-Bodden faced retaliation and intimidation when she refused to stay silent about witnessing illegal behavior."
Quigley said, "This verdict sends an important message, that speaking out when you see signs of sexual abuse is the right thing to do.”
The jury found the yoga guru had acted with malice, oppression and fraud- findings which allowed his former lawyer Minakshi Jafa-Bodden to seek punitive damages.
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