The Los Angeles city attorney’s office has charged famed yoga entrepreneur Bikram “I have balls like atom bombs” Choudhury with 10 criminal safety violations. Penalties for each could be up to six months in jail and/or a $1,000 fine. Snip from AP story:
“Los Angeles is not known as a place that has fires in warehouses and we would like to keep it that way,” City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo said.
Choudhury denied the charges and said employees of the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety have engaged in a five-year campaign to harass him. As a result of the charges, he will move the world headquarters of his Yoga College of India to Honolulu.
“Thanks a lot, L.A.,” Choudhury, 60, told the Los Angeles Times in a phone interview from Bangkok, Thailand, where he is opening a studio. “I’ve made up my mind.”
Link. Previously on BB: “Open Source Yoga advocates fight Bikram.”