I've been at the other end of a couple of quasi-legal wranglings with Maharaji and his high priced lawyers. Hell, with volunteers and devotees acting as your lawyer like Bob Jacobs and maybe Charles Glasser you've got an unlimited war chest. And again, my dealings were quasi-legal where there was absolutely no criminal liability.

Nevertheless I had to get up to speed on the relevant law and rules and spend a fair amount of time and effort preparing my responses and running to the FedEx office just before it closed to make a deadline. It's an effort.

So, I almost maybe understand just one iota of what John faced.

And then to lose and the financial burden of the awarded costs.

I doubt that John had a spare $100,000 or whatever it was.