As the personal secretary of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh from 1981 through 1985 , she managed the Rajneeshpuram ashram in Wasco County , Oregon , United States . In 1986 , she pleaded guilty to attempted murder and assault for her role in the 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack . She was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison and paroled after 39 months Sheela later moved to Switzerland , where she married , and purchased two nursing homes . In 1999 , she was convicted by a Swiss court of " criminal acts preparatory to the commission of murder " in relation to a plot to kill US federal prosecutor Charles Turner in 1985
1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack
1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack
Ma Anand Sheela