British woman wins control of yogi Bikram's empire and 43 luxury cars after sex case

In addition to being awarded the 700 franchised Bikram Yoga studios, Minakshi Jafa-Bodden (pictured) will even obtain Choudhury's multi-million-pound fleet of 43 automobiles

He made his title and a £60 million fortune from superheated yoga during which devotees, together with celebrities reminiscent of David Beckham, Girl Gaga and Madonna, sweat via train routines in 105F warmth.

However The Mail on Sunday has established that Bikram Choudhury, the charismatic 'yogi to the celebrities', has been stripped of his worldwide empire by a Los Angeles courtroom – the newest twist in a £6.four million intercourse harassment case introduced by Oxford-educated lawyer Minakshi Jafa-Bodden, a former worker.

In addition to being awarded the 700 franchised Bikram Yoga studios across the globe, Miss Jafa-Bodden will even obtain Choudhury's multi-million-pound fleet of 43 automobiles, which incorporates 13 Rolls-Royces, eight Bentleys and three Ferraris.

That is if she will be able to discover them. Final week, as letters went out to the Bikram Yoga franchises worldwide telling them of the change on the prime, Choudhury's storage supervisor was summoned to the Los Angeles Superior Courtroom, to elucidate the place the automobiles are – and why they've been faraway from a automobile compound in violation of courtroom orders.

Final night time, Miss Jafa-Bodden, 47, who left her profession in worldwide litigation with a London Metropolis regulation agency to take what she thought could be her dream job as the pinnacle of Bikram Yoga's authorized crew, informed The Mail on Sunday: 'Bikram is now not the boss of Bikram Yoga. I'm. I have been to hell and again, however the jury has spoken. Bikram has tried to hide property and has fled America, however justice shall be finished.'

The demise of Choudhury – who developed his signature 90-minute exercises after arriving in California within the 1970s – is as extraordinary as his rise to fame.

Raised on the streets of Calcutta, he grew to become a self-made tycoon due to an progressive new yoga type that provided lithe our bodies and religious enlightenment in equal measure to its contributors.

This reveals a few of Bikram Choudhury's supercars, together with his Rolls Royces

His enterprise mannequin was easy: he charged college students about £13,500 to coach as Bikram Yoga academics and rolled out licensed franchises around the globe, charging good-looking charges for the good thing about utilizing his title.

However as his fame and wealth elevated, Choudhury started to behave, in accordance with Miss Jafa-Bodden, like a person 'drunk on energy', making lewd pronouncements, together with boasts that he had 5,000 ladies 'begging' to sleep with him and single drop of his sperm 'is price one million '.

Ultimately, she stated, his out-of-control ego turned him right into a violent sexual predator who preyed on younger feminine devotees.

Miss Jafa-Bodden, a mom of 1, studied at Oxford and Birmingham Universities earlier than becoming a member of the Bikram empire in 2011 because the £90,000-a-year head of his authorized crew.

She stated: 'He may be very charming once you first meet him, however that did not final lengthy.

'There have been allegations of rape and assault. Maybe the primary grievance was a shock however then I started to see a sample. He informed me to 'repair' these ladies, however after I refused to cowl up his alleged crimes, he grew to become abusive, calling me a 'f***ing bitch'.

'He would sit on a throne on the entrance of this huge room stuffed with trainees. Throughout lectures the throne could be lowered. There could be a woman stroking his hair, one other massaging his again and one other stroking him below orange towels that may be positioned on his lap.

'It was disgusting, nevertheless it was a each day prevalence. He's a chilly, calculating predator. I witnessed him routinely abusing that energy, typically with probably the most weak college students.

Bikram Choudhury (left) has been stripped of his worldwide empire by a Los Angeles courtroom 

'These had been younger ladies who regarded as much as him as a religious guru. They beloved him. And he took benefit of that in probably the most heinous approach conceivable.'

Miss Jafa-Bodden sued for intercourse discrimination and final January was awarded greater than £5 million.

Choudhury instantly fled to his native India and the sum has now risen to £6.four million due to curiosity.

Miss Jafa-Bodden's authorized crew, headed by attorneys Mark Quigley and Carla Minnard, has been attempting to find the guru's property, together with a diamond-encrusted watch price £1 million, numerous properties across the globe – and his fleet of luxurious basic automobiles.

The storage supervisor, an outdated household buddy of 72-year-old Choudhury, claims he doesn't know the place the autos are – despite the fact that attorneys for Miss Jafa-Bodden declare to have photographic proof of him collaborating of their elimination.

Miss Jafa-Bodden stated that the ruling by Los Angeles Superior Courtroom was 'a scrumptious irony', including: 'I began off working for him and I ended up along with his firm.

'In one million years I by no means imagined that may be the end result. Now I wish to promote what we will so I can get my cash and transfer on with my life.'

Choudhury's lawyer, Mark L. Shane, final night time declined to touch upon the judgment.

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