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Thanks to the guru's 'open' views of human sexuality, he had already earned the tag of 'sex guru' back in India. And as shown in Wild Wild Country , Sheela had back then spoken about Rajneesh's sexual relations with many women in the commune as well. Headed by Ma Anand Sheela, a group of Rajneeshis allegedly contaminated 10 salad bars in and around Antelope with Salmonella, poisoning over people.

This was done as part of a ploy to unfairly win elections against the local government by ensuring that a majority of voters wouldn't be able to turn up to vote.

Rajneeshpuram was allegedly methodically wiretapped, for the Rajneeshees feared the leak of vital information. Rajneeshees apparently arranged over sham marriages to evade US immigration laws.

This was termed as the 'largest recorded marriage fraud in USA', one of the major accusations against Bhagwan Rajneesh and his commune. After Rajneeshpuram fell apart, US police allegedly discovered an armory of over weapons. The weapons included. Ma Anand Sheela invited over homeless people to Rajneeshpuram but without their knowledge, they were all allegedly kept drugged with Haldol. This was done as part of a strategy to overthrow the then Wasco Country government by getting the homeless people registered as voters.

When, in , Waco happened, and the compound of cult leader David Koresh was stormed by the FBI , leading to 76 fatalities, it affected Noa profoundly. He suddenly realised that something like that could have happened to them.

They had come back to Britain, the marriage was over; she was going to stay in Norfolk, his dad was returning to Oregon and Noa and his brother were given a choice.

He says it was a good thing he got out when he did. I imagine it was hard to assimilate back and a lot of them ended up deeper in that kind of fringe world. But he was good at fitting in, adapting. He said his Indian name was because his dad had farmed in India. No mention of ashrams. There had been press reports about the sex cult, the guru with all the Rolls Royces.

But he was way behind, and he was getting into trouble, not because he was rebellious but because he was finding it hard to exist in the real world. One day, the headmaster called a special assembly because there were some very dangerous people coming to town, a sex cult called the sannyasins.

A warning video was shown, and guess what the opening shot was? Thankfully, because of his wild hair and the fact that it was taken a few years before, no one recognised him. The sannyasins carried on, in various locations, in various factions, after the end of Rajneeshpuram and after the end of Rajneesh. His father is still very much involved with them.

And Noa? Yet he says he acquired a good deal of understanding about people from his time in the cult, which has been invaluable. He did become an actor, using the name Rupam Maxwell — his last role was in Emmerdale, where he played racy young aristocrat Lord Alex Oakwell from Then he went into coaching.

He now advises clients on personal impact, teaching them to harness their natural strengths for pitches, presentations and media appearances. Again, he says he likes the linear structure of working with law and accounting firms, with their boundaries and rules.

He is married. They have three children, aged 17, 16 and nine. What kind of father is he? My older kids now tell me about times I was too angry with them when they were young and all that kind of stuff.

Concrete steps on the ranch now lead nowhere. The Netflix documentary covers a lot of ground, but even with some seven hours of programming it can't tell the entire story. Read The Oregonian's part series on the Rajneeshees in Oregon. All rights reserved About Us. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site.

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