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$907m civil suit against Ira Einhorn by murder victim’s family

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The Beatles famously fell out with and felt misled by their spiritual guru, Maharishi. But no one died. That was not the case for Ira Einhorn’s ex-girlfriend, Helen Maddux. The ‘Guru of Peace and Love’ viciously beat her to death.

But like the Maharishi, Einhorn was an assiduous money maker and the Maddux family was concerned that he would use the publicity around the murder charge to make even more. The civil suit made sure he did not keep any money he made from murdering their daughter...