brb when he came things got really weird. everything was gold and sheep skin cans and stuff. when he came there were like rolexs and mercedes. with our swamiji, you didn t have to pay to spend personal time with him but with kerpalo it was dampb story to spend that time with him, to sit with him for ten minutes would be $250. you could pay to go and sit with him while he had dinner. that was about $2500. i was creeped out but never
i was very happy and backed them 100%. whatever they needed to do i wanted to support them. we took the information we had and we made a presentation to a grand jury that had been convened. they heard the evidence of the girls statements and at that point they returned an indictment against swamiji. swamiji was arrested i knew the process had begun and i think i was excited but also terrified of what was coming next. at that point we are flagging him and his photograph and we re asking the court to swear out a warrant. this man is fleeing. he s running.
i realized that my swami was exactly like kripalu. what kripalu s involved in, my swami is involved in. swamiji is worshipping, serving him, building him temples, inviting him to our temple. they are the same. they have no idea who they are but they are clearly not the people i thought they were and if they are raping and molesting people someone needs to know about it and do something. i think it became clear we weren t the beginning and the ending of any abuse. and that there was probably a lot more abuse out there. and i think that was the point when we realized, like, we should say something.
took three years to get to trial. swamiji s lawyers played a lot of cards to extend and extend. the report are came through his lawyers that he had some type of medical issues that he was dealing with, including a back injury of some sort. doctors said, yeah, he may need a special chair if he wants one, but he can certainly sit in the trial. the hardest part about the trial was just seeing all these people i grew up with, all of my, like, family, just staring at me with the, like, most evil looks and eyes ever, you know,