On January 15, New Age guru Dr. Deepak Chopra quietly settled the plagiarism suit brought against him by Professor Robert Sapolsky of Stanford University. John Kelley, a lawyer for Dr. Sapolsky, confirmed that a settlement had been reached and a joint statement had been signed by both parties, but declined further comment.
More details emerge in an intraoffice memo obtained by trancenet.org.
Similar tactics have reportedly been used in the past by Chopra, lawyer Michael Flynn, and his legal team. Chopra sued the Journal of the American Medical Association over an article by editor Andrew Skolnick alleging deceit by Chopra. Chopra also sued The Weekly Standard, over published allegations that he frequented a prostitute and plagiarized other writers. Dr. Chopra is reported to have questioned Dr. Sapolsky's motives and character during a call-in show to NPR radio station KQED San Francisco. And we were instructed not to make any tapes of this interview.