Sex Swami

• Film on Bangalore 'Sex Swami' stalled

  Disgraced spiritual guru Swami Nithyananda has managed to get a stay on the shooting of Kannada movie Swami Satyananda, which is believed to be based on the self-proclaimed godman's life. Film producer Madan Patel had started shooting the movie and even offered Nithyananda a role in it. Taking a serious note of this, Nithyananda slapped a legal not...

• Bangalore Sex Swami Nithyananda accuses CID of misusing media

  The extensive media coverage that the sex romp case had attracted has urged Swami Nithyananda to file an application before Chief Judicial Magistrate Ramanagara seeking release of unedited audio and video recordings acquired by the CID while he was in custody between April 21 and 30, last year.In his application filed before the court on March 19, ...

• Nithyananda makes light of rape charges

  Controversial godman Nithyananda held a press conference at his ashram near Bangalore today where he claimed that the sex scandal he is accused of is a case of "religious persecution."Last year, several channels in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu aired a video that they claimed showed Nithyananda in a compromising position with Tamil actor Ranjitha. He wa...

• Sex Swami alleges blackmail, says he paid Rs 10 crore as ransom

  Investigations have revealed that Swami Nithyananda was blackmailed just before the sex scandal broke out. During interrogation, Nithyananda confessed before CID investigators that a journalist allegedly took Rs 10 crore as ransom from one of his followers with a promise that he would not make the CDs public.Nithyananda said that the journalist cam...

• Nityananda is threatening me: Former disciple

  A former key aide of Nityananda has alleged the self-styled godman was threatening witnesses, including him, and victims of his "sleaze activities"."He has already threatened me before. He makes his devotees file cases against me. Now he is harassing witnesses and victims by filing complaints against them," Lenin Karuppan, who released purported vi...

• Sex with me a divine act, Swami Nithyananda told devotee

  A new chargesheet filed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has revealed more details about the controversial Swami Nithyananda. According to the chargesheet, the swami allegedly forced a female devotee to have sex with him, claiming that he was Dakshinamurthy (Shiva), and the victim was Parvati, and they were performing a divine act.Inv...

• High court to proceed with Sex Swami Nithyananda case

  The Supreme Court on Friday directed the high court of Karnataka to proceed with the hearing of the case against Paramahamsa Nithyananda, though a special leave petition (SLP) was under its consideration.A division bench comprising justices Harjith Singh Bedi and CK Prasad gave the go-ahead to the high court after hearing the arguments of the state...

• CID may cancel Bangalore Sex Swami's bail

  Taking a serious note of the development in the Swami Nityananda case, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is chalking out legal strategies to get his bail cancelled.According to officials, there are chances that Nityananda might influence or pressurise the witness to turn hostile through various means.Nithyananda's devotees had earlier fil...

• CID wants to go slow on Bangalore's Sex Swami?

  Still struggling to make a case against Swami Nityananda, the CID has now moved the Supreme Court against the High Court's order to speed up investigations.The CID had to complete the investigation within four weeks from July 17, on a High Court directed time frame."Setting a time frame amounts to intervention in the investigation and hence we have...

• 'Sex Swami' Nithyananda lectures on self-restraint

  Swami Nithyananda's disciples were back to their trademark robes on Sunday, which they had abandoned after their guru was arrested when a video that allegedly showed him with a Tamil actress was aired on national television.The mood at the swami's ashram Dhyanapeetham, where he delivered his discourse following his release, saw disciples who had ta...

• 'Sex Swami' Nityananda allowed to hold lectures

  Karnataka High Court on Friday relaxed the bail conditions of self-styled godman Nityananda Swami, facing rape and other criminal charges, allowing him to preach.When the application filed by Nityananda came up, Justice Subhash B Adi relaxed the bail conditions further allowing him to report to the respective police station once in 30 days instead ...

• Now I'm one of the most watched scandals on YouTube: Nityananda

  Freed from the confines of prison, where he spent 53 days on charges of rape, self-styled godman Nithyananda says the purported video footage of him with an actress has not affected him spiritually, but socially - "from being one of the most watched gurus on YouTube to one of the most watched scandals.

• 'Sex swami' Nityananda back in action

  Things seem to be looking up for controversial godman Swami Nityananda, who was arrested in April and charged with several crimes including rape. He is out on bail and back at his ashram and now an order has been passed that his ashram's accounts need no longer be frozen.The ashram also plans to restart its charitable activities as soon as it has a...

• 'Sex Swami' finds new friend in Muthalik

  Swami Nityananda has a new ally, and it is from an unexpected quarter. Sri Ram Sene chief Pramod Muthalik spent two hours with the Swami on Sunday said he would support the Swami until all allegations against him were cleared. The swami is out on bail after scandalous sex videos put him in the dock.

• 'Sex Swami' Nityanada's soul cleansing ritual

  Self-styled godman Nityananda is back at his ashram on the outskirts of Bangalore. The swami is out on bail after scandalous sex videos put him in the dock.Nityanada and his disciples have now planned what they call "spiritual soul cleansing of negativities', involving yoga and performing havan.The court had released him on bail on the condition th...