Bikram Choudhury Yoga, studio which popularised yoga in sauna heat, files for bankruptcy amid sexual misconduct allegations
Bikram Choudhury Yoga Inc, the studio that popularized doing yoga in sauna heat, has filed for US Chapter 11 bankruptcy, dogged by $16.7 million in legal judgments and numerous lawsuits and allegations of sexual misconduct.
Nov 11, 2017, 09:54 AM IST
Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury turns 71: Major controversies that have rocked his life
Born in Calcutta, Bikram Choudhury began learning Hatha Yoga poses at the age of three.
Feb 10, 2016, 14:21 PM IST
'Hot yoga' founder Bikram Choudhury in hot soup, asked to pay $6.5 mn in sexual harassment lawsuit
The USD 6.5 million in punitive damages are in addition to the $924,000 in compensatory damages Choudhury must pay his former legal aide.
Jan 27, 2016, 10:07 AM IST
Indian-American Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury asked to pay nearly $1 million in sexual abuse case
Prominent Indian-American Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury has been asked to pay USD 924,500 as compensatory damages to his former lawyer by a US court over allegations that he sexually harassed her and fired her for probing claims of abuse made by other women against him.
Jan 26, 2016, 16:41 PM IST
