>> A YOGA GURU HAS BEEN ORDERED TO PAY A $6.4
MILLION ORDER FROM A JURY IN PUNITIVE DAMAGES BECAUSE OF
SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS AND OTHER ISSUES.
THE PERSON IN QUESTION IS PROBABLY SOMEONE YOU HAVE
HEARD OF.
IT IS BIKRAM CHOUDHURY, THE FOUNDER OF BIKRAM YOGA.
LET ME GIVE YOU THE DETAILS.
BY THE WAY, FUN TRIVIA FOR YOU HE TRIED TO COPYRIGHT
BIKRAM YOGA, THAT WAY IF ANYONE TRIES TO TEACH IT HE HAS TO
APPROVE THE PERSON BEFORE THEY DO.
>> IN OTHER WORDS GET PAID.
>>THANKFULLY HE DID NOT GET THAT COPYRIGHT.
SHE FOUND A DIFFERENT LAWSUIT
AND GOT MONEY FOR THAT, AND
LITTLE UNDER $1 MILLION.
>> IT'S HARD TO DETERMINE WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
WHY?
HE JUST HAD A HUGE LAWSUIT THAT CAME OUT AGAINST THEM.
IT IS A CIVIL LAWSUIT.
IN CRIMINAL CASES, PROSECUTORS SAID THERE WAS NO
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE AND THEY COULD NOT PROSECUTE.
THAT MAKES IT MORE QUESTIONABLE.
I DON'T WANT TO THROW DOUBTS ON WOMEN ñ
BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE CONTEXT HERE.
CRIMINAL AND CIVIL CASES
[ VIDEO BUFFERING] IN THIS CASE THERE WAS NO JURY BECAUSE
PROSECUTORS THOUGHT THERE WAS NO WAY THIS HAPPENED.
BUT OFTENTIMES IT'S BECAUSE THEY DON'T THINK THEY CAN WIN
THE CASE.
IN A CIVIL CASE YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE A PREPONDERANCE OF THE
EVIDENCE.
>> IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THE BURDEN OF PROOF IS VERY
DIFFERENT WHEN IT COMES TO A CIVIL CASE, BUT IF IT IS 51
PERCENT HE DID IT,
$6.4 MILLION IS A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF MONEY IN PUNITIVE DAMAGES.
>> YEAH, BUT IN THIS CASE DON'T GET CONFUSED THAT IS JUST
THE STANDARD OF EVIDENCE AND THE POOL FOR IT.
THE JURY WAS VERY CONVINCED AND IN FACT HUGGED THE PERSON
WHO BROUGHT THE CASE.
YOU HAVE DETAILS?
>> I DO.
THEY HUGGED HIS FORMER LEGAL ANALYST BECAUSE THEY FELT
THAT SHE WENT THROUGH QUITE A BIT WITH HIM.
SHE CLAIMS A LOT OF DIFFERENT INSTANCES OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
SHE DOES NOT CLAIM THAT HE RAPED HER.
SHE CLAIMS THAT HE WOULD FORCE HER TO MEET IN HIS HOTEL.
ONE TIME HE WAS LAYING IN BED AND SHE ALLEGES THAT HE
SAID COME LAY IN THE BED WITH ME.
THIS IS ALLEGED, HE PULLED HIS PENIS OUT AND STARTED
PEEING IN FRONT OF HER.
THE STORIES WERE TOLD TO THE JURY AND THEN THEY DECIDED THAT
SHE HAD BEEN THROUGH A LOT AND ONE OF THE JURORS HUGGED HER.
THERE WAS ANOTHER ELEMENT THAT I THOUGHT WAS HILARIOUS.
UNDER CROSS EXAMINATION, HE ADMITTED TO KEEPING A FLEET OF
40 LUXURY CARS IN A VAN NUYS GARAGE.
>> THE CONTEXT HERE IS, OKAY, NOW I HAVE TO PAY UP.
BUT THEN HE SAID HE WAS BROKE.
BY THE WAY, MY WIFE WENT TO BIKRAM YOGA.
AND THEY SAID DUDE [VIDEO BUFFERING] THE BIKRAM AUTO
ENGINEERING SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN.
>> THE JURY STARTED LAUGHING WHEN HE SAID THAT BECAUSE
THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE HIM.
IT SEEMS LIKE THEY HAVE GOOD INTUITION BECAUSE THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE SAID THAT THERE WAS NO SUCH PLAN.
>> OF COURSE.
KIDS CAN'T EVEN DRIVE.
YOU'RE GOING TO TEACH YOUR KIDS HOW TO DRIVE ON A BENTLEY?
NO YOU ARE NOT.
THAT IS THE MOST OBVIOUS LIE OF ALL TIME.