article_snippet.sent: But now, Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury is in jeopardy, with some yoga studios dropping A former student name after the guru was accused of rape or sexual assault by six of A former student former students.
article_snippet.sent: Responding to the allegations for the first time in an exclusive interview with CNN, Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury said Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury wanted to set the record straight.
article_snippet.sent: I want to show you," Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury said, "tell the truth to the world, that I never assaulted them."
article_snippet.sent: Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury repeatedly denied sexually assaulting anyone, saying Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury would never resort to physical aggression to have sex because Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury has so many offers.
article_snippet.sent: Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury said Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury feels sorry for Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury accusers, claiming his accusers've been manipulated by lawyers to lie.
article_snippet.sent: It's not his accusers saying that," Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury said.
article_snippet.sent: But Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury's accusers say Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury's the one who's been lying.
article_snippet.sent: so people don't believe Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury's capable of hurting people," said Sarah Baughn, a former student who now accuses Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury of sexual assault.
article_snippet.sent: Civil lawsuits filed in Los Angeles Superior Court tell the story of a different Bikram Choudhury, describing Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury as someone who preyed on young women who looked to Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury for guidance.
article_snippet.sent: Besides Baughn's claim of sexual assault, five other women have come forward with civil lawsuits claiming Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury raped five other women.
article_snippet.sent: In another instance, Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury said Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury pinned Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury against a door and sexually assaulted Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury when Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury was left alone with Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury late one night at a teacher training course.
article_snippet.sent: Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury repeatedly denied assaulting Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury accusers or ever having consensual sex with his accusers.
article_snippet.sent: And yet, after this lawyer sends out these kinds of blasts in social media asking people if people've been a victim of Bikram Choudhury, all of a sudden these people come forward and all have very similar claims.
highlights_snippet.sent: Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury denies sexual assault allegations .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury accusers, Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury says, were manipulated to lie about Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury .
  