Hippie guru had ‘history of violence’

A PROSECUTOR told jurors yesterday that former hippie guru Ira Einhorn had a history of violence against women, and promised to present overwhelming evidence that Einhorn bludgeoned his girlfriend to death more than 20 years ago.

Hippie guru had ‘history of violence’

Prosecutor Joel Rosen read a poem from Einhorn's personal journals, in which the defendant allegedly described how he had beaten and choked another lover who had broken up with him. The poem's closing lines were, "In such violence, there may be freedom".

"He had his own little bizarre philosophy of violence. It was okay to him," Mr Rosen said during opening arguments.

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