“Women like me. Women love me, so if I really wanted to involve the women, I don’t have to assault the women,” said yoga guru, Bikram Choudhury as he gave an interview with CNN in April.\u00a0 Choudhury, 69, is a famous Indian yoga teacher and inventor of Bikram Yoga, a unique variation of traditional yoga in which participants use 26 poses while in an environment heated to 100 degrees or more.<\/p>\n
As Choudhury continues to deny allegations from his students, they continue to come forward accusing him of sexual assault and even rape.\u00a0 So far since 2013, a total of 6 women have made complaints. Lawyers representing Choudhury maintain their client\u2019s innocence. They say the prosecutors failed to initiate criminal charges surrounding the women’s claims.<\/p>\n However, Bodden\u2019s attorney was satisfied with the verdict saying “She stood up for what was right at great personal risk to herself and her daughter, both of whom were threatened by Bikram Choudhury with being deported and killed.”<\/p>\n The lawyer commented further by saying “The truth is finally out about an abusive tyrant who has engaged in despicable conduct towards women for a very long time. We think the jury’s verdict is a tremendous vindication of all of Ms. Bodden’s efforts to stop this abusive and harassing conduct not just towards herself but to numerous other women who have attempted to stand up to Bikram Choudhury.\u201d<\/p>\n Have you or someone you know been the victim of workplace sexual harassment? If so, isn\u2019t it time that you stood up for your rights and put an end to the harassment?<\/p>\n In order to take a stand, you must first recognize when sexual harassment is taking place. \u00a0While the illegal act of sexual harassment may often occur between a supervisor and his or her employee, it does not always happen this way.<\/p>\n It doesn\u2019t matter where you work if you have been the victim of NY, NJ, PA workplace sexual harassment or discrimination, our team of sexual harassment lawyers strongly urge you to contact us for a free consultation. “Women like me. Women love me, so if I really wanted to involve the women, I don’t have to assault the women,” said yoga guru, Bikram Choudhury as he gave an interview with CNN in April.\u00a0 Choudhury, 69, is a famous Indian yoga teacher and inventor of Bikram Yoga, a unique variation of traditional yoga … Continue reading “\u201cWomen Love Me\u201d Says Famous Yoga Mogul Accused of Sexual Harassment”<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7,9,11,14,37],"tags":[69,70,19,71,72,73,31,10,50,53,16],"class_list":["post-818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employment-law","category-new-jersey-lawyer","category-new-york-city-lawyer","category-philadelphia-lawyer","category-sexual-harassment","category-wrongful-termination","tag-bikram-choudhury","tag-bikram-yoga","tag-carla-roberson","tag-employment-attorney","tag-exercise","tag-minakshi-jafa-bodden","tag-new-jersey","tag-new-york-sexual-harassment-attorneys","tag-philadelphia","tag-sexual-harassment","tag-yoga"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe most recent was heard on Monday by a Los Angeles jury who unanimously voted in favor of the victim.\u00a0 She was awarded $924,500 in compensatory damages.
\nOn Tuesday the hearing begins; it could possibly award punitive damages to another student.\u00a0 The victim, Minakshi Jafa-Bodden relocated to the U.S. from India with her small daughter and began working for Choudhury in 2011.\u00a0 Two years later she filed a claim accusing the yoga instructor of inappropriate behavior;<\/a> but after she began looking into more claims of sexual abuse by other women, he terminated her employment.<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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\nThe NY, NJ, PA sexual harassment attorneys at the Derek Smith Law Group, PLLC handle a multitude of employment law cases for sexual harassment and discrimination in Manhattan and the greater New York City area. We also represent employee\u2019s sexual harassment cases in New Jersey, Pennsylvania & Miami Please feel free to call us at 800-807-2209 for a free consultation.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"