when i walked into the courtroom and i looked over at swamiji, he looked at me in the eyes and smiled like i was his kid or i was his and that he possessed me. i just was, like, you mother [ bleep ]. like you do not own me. like i am not wrong. it just changed my entire approach and thoughts about how i was going to testify. i was so terrified, but he made it so ease where i for me to just spill my guts, and i did.
there was something up. i was watching the clock. it s 9:00. it s 9:01. it s 9:02. nothing. there s no guru. so swamiji never showed up. 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 is running. he went to mexico across the border. we re trying to find various small needle in a very large haystack.
investigators here in austin began hearing chatter, began receiving bits of information that swamiji had, in fact, made it to india. as far as i know from sources i have in india, he is still living in india. he lives in various places. one of them is a suburb south of delhi. one of them is in the himalayan mountains. we learned kirpali passed away back in the fall of last year. the case in trinidad was ultimately dropped, but it was amid rumors of corruption and
i was just hopings that the jury saw in the way that we had seen and that they did recognize that they were telling the truth. the verdict came back guilty on all counts in both cases. swamiji was convicted. we heard guilty, and i think all of us just accident like, it was like over. finally. people listened. when we all left for the weekend, we were fwegt ready to start up again for the punishment phase of the trial on
i was very happy, and i backed them 100% whatever they needed to do, i wanted to support them. we took the information that we had, and we made a presentation to a grand jury that had been convened in his county. they heard the evidence of the girls statements, and at that point they returned an indictment against swamiji. 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 for a warrant.