we learned very early on that the temple and people out at the temple were not going to help. there was absolutely no belief whatsoever in these three young ladies. everyone that lived out at the temple rallied around swamiji. the devotees somehow came up with a million dollar cash bond overnight. so he spent less than 24 hours in jail. the guy s charged. cops think it is important enough. a grand jury says this is awful. they go out and arrest him. and then the adults in that community, in that ashram, raise $1 million for a bond, hire a team of lawyers and a p.r. agent. is that an equal playing field? not in my book. that s like a 12-year-old kid playing the dallas cowboys in the super bowl.
still, none of us understand why, but swamiji was allowed to return to the ashram. we arrived to court bright and early monday morning. the jury was filing in to the courthouse. i was noticing how many fewer devotees were in the courtroom that morning. i was noticing how casual they appeared. i was noticing that a couple of the preachers were just randomly reading magazines.
our life at the ashram happened when swammy joy first revealed to us that he had a guru. up until that point, i had no idea that there was another guru involved in this organization. i thought swamiji was the tiptop of the whole thing. was swamiji s guru in asia. he used to travel as a kripalu. kripalu is a man who many believe is god incarnate. now we knew we had this other higher guru. then we re told that kripalu s going to come to the u.s. and he s going to stay in barsana
we learned very early on that the temple and people out of the temp were not going to help. there was absolutely no belief whatsoever in these three young ladies. everyone that lived out of the temple rallied around swamiji. the devotees somehow came up with a million dollar cash bond overnight. so he spent less than 24 hours in jail. the guy s charged. cops think it is important enough. grand jury says this is awful. they go out and arrest them. and then the adults in that community n that ashram, raised $1 million for bond, hire a team of lawyers and a pr agent. is that an equal playing field? not in my book. that s like a 12-year-old kid
so after your parents, where do you go? you go to the police. i think it was their fear that other little girls were going to suffer the same thing they did and it would go on and on and on, the betrayal by their parents, the ability of this fake swamiji to molest little girls. i think they got taug and said we d like justice and would like to see him pay but we have to stop him because we have sisters and friends who are still there who are right in the crosshairs of his sights. there s still part of me that wanted to back out. because i knew what the scenario meant for me was a lot of personal loss. i knew i was losing my parents in the situation. when someone fails you, like a spiritual leader and then when your parents fail you, if you