A California judge on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant against Bikram Choudhury, the founder of Bikram Yoga, for failing to pay damages worth more than $6.8 million (approximately Rs 42 crore) to his former lawyer Minakshi Jafa-Bodden in a sexual harassment case, AP reported. The judge also set bail for him at $8 million (more than Rs 50 crore).

Choudhary is believed to be holding training classes in Mexico at the moment, reported BBC. He was served his court papers there. The warrant allows authorities to arrest him from the US or Mexico, reported ABC.

Jafa-Bodden’s attorney, Carla Minnard said Choudhary had first travelled to India and then to Thailand and Japan before he headed to Mexico, AFP reported. “Our intent is to have him arrested before he leaves Mexico,” she told the news agency.

Jafa-Bodden took over as the head of Choudhury’s legal team in 2011. In 2013, she sued him claiming she was fired when she refused to help him cover up a rape allegation and also accused him of inappropriately touching her. In January 2016, the Los Angeles court asked Choudhury to pay up to $7.5 million (more than Rs 47 crore) as punitive and compensatory damages to Jafa-Bodden. The yoga guru had said that he was nearly bankrupt at the time.

A year later, Choudhary was ordered to pay $6.8 million as punitive and compensatory damages. The court had told Choudhury to turn over his earnings from his global fitness business, his book sales and from all the yoga studios he has in Europe, Asia and Americas. Choudhury was also directed to give up his fleet of 43 luxury cars, including 13 Rolls-Royces, eight Bentleys and three Ferraris.

Choudhury has built an empire around Bikram Yoga, which involves a rigorous 90-minute routine in a room that can reach more than a 40° Celsius. He has over 650 studios around the world, including some that pay him to use his name.