In 1981 , the Rajneesh movement 's efforts refocused on activities in the United States and Rajneesh relocated to a facility known as Rajneeshpuram in Wasco County , Oregon . Almost immediately the movement ran into conflict with county residents and the state government , and a succession of legal battles concerning the ashram 's construction and continued development curtailed its success . In 1985 , in the wake of a series of serious crimes by his followers , including a mass food poisoning attack with '' Salmonella '' bacteria and an aborted assassination plot to murder U.S. Attorney Charles H. Turner , Rajneesh alleged that his personal secretary Ma Anand Sheela and her close supporters had been responsible . He was later deported from the United States in accordance with an Alford plea bargain
mass food poisoning attack
1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack
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