Re:Krishnamurti litigation
Jan 19, 1998 09:13 AM
by Govert Schuller
<< one of the members of the Board of Directors of TSA was
>> one of the four people who sued Krishnamurti for $9 million >>
>>
>>sued over what?
>
>It was a law suit for Breach of Contract; cancellation of instrument;
>slander; interference with business advantage; malicious prosecution; abuse
>of process; breach of covenant of good faith and fair dealing; intentional
>infliction of emotional distress.
>
>K and the trustees of the New Krishnamurti Foundation of America were
>defendants.
>
>It was a follow up to a litigation that went on for 18 years between
>
>(1) the old Krishnamurti Trusts (and Trustees) vs
>
>(2) Krishnamurti and the K Foundation of America and its Trustees.
>
>At the crux of the litigation was the large sums of money and world-wide
>property held by old K Trusts which even K could not access and the
>Attorney General of California became a co-plaintiff in the initial law
>suit against the Trusts and Trustees.
>
>mkr
>
For more details see:
Radha Sloss 'Lives in the shadow with J.Krishnamurti' (New York:
Addison-Wesley, 1991)
Krishnamurti Foundation of America, 'Statement by the Krishnamurti
Foundation of America about the Radha Sloss book “Lives in the shadow with
J.Krishnamurti” '(Ojai, CA: KFA, n.d.)
Erna Lilliefelt, 'KFA History--Report on the Formation of Krishnamurti
Foundation of America and the Lawsuits Which Took Place between 1968 and
1986 to Recover Assets for Krishnamurti's Work' (Ojai, CA: KFA, 1995)
and
Mary Lutyens, 'Krishnamurti and the Rajagopals' (Ojai, CA: KFA, 1996).
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