• Version 2: Some reports also accused Maharishi of fondling with Jennifer Boyd (sister of Pattie Boyd, then George Harrison’s wife).
• Version 3: In another revelation by Dr. Deepak Chopra, author and former disciple of Maharishi, the sexual allegations against Maharishi were fake. According to him, the reason behind the band's spat with the guru was because the Maharishi had objected to the Beatles using drugs at his ashram in Rishikesh. Dr. Chopra revealed that The Beatles used to take drugs like LSD or smoked cannabis during their stay in India, and the Maharishi took a strong view on the matter, which did not go well with the band members.
• Maharishi's ashram linked to CIA plot: In 1968, an Indian news report said that the local police sources suspected a CIA agent named Russell Dean Brines in the Yogi's ashram. The same media house reported that Maharishi admitted that an American by the same name had come to his ashram in early March, a few weeks after the Beatles had arrived, but he denied any allegations of a spy in his ashram. The controversy raised a furore in the Indian Parliament but no concrete evidence was found to prove the charges.
• $9 Million Lawsuit filed against Maharishi in 1985: Robert Kropinski, a former TM follower, and six others filed a lawsuit against Yogi, the Maharishi International University in the US, and the corporate headquarters of the World Plan Executive Council, US with the charges of fraud, negligence and intentionally inflicting emotional damage. A jury awarded Kropinski $138,000. Yogi was, however, dismissed from the case because they were unable to serve him with legal papers.
• Tax raid by the Indian authorities: In January 1988, Maharishi's establishments in and around Delhi and Jabalpur were raided by the Indian tax authorities on charges of falsifying expenses. Reportedly, the agencies seized cash, shares, jewellery, and fixed deposit receipts - all worth more than Rs. 50 lakh and foreign currency worth approximately Rs. 2 lakh. The seized documents also revealed that crores of investments and expenses (in rupees) allegedly incurred by trusts run by the relatives and followers of Yogi were actually fake.
• Battle over Maharishi's fortune: Soon after the Maharishi's death in 2008, his nephews and followers divided into two groups to gain control of Yogi's assets. Each group claimed to be his real inheritors and sued the other for illegally selling the assets.
• A book claimed TM is deceptive: The Transcendental Deception Book by Aryeh Siegel (former TM practitioner), published in 2018, claims that Transcendental Meditation organization is deceptive, authoritarian, and cultic.
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