PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge in Oregon threw out claims against the founder of a yoga and meditation center from a woman who claimed to have been sexually assaulted and exploited by the spiritual guru in the early 2000s while studying under his guidance at the Movement Center in Portland, Oregon. The woman brought her claims against J. Michael Shoemaker too late, as she was over 30 years old at the time of the last alleged assault, not a young child or teenager who may not have recognized that what she was allegedly experiencing was abuse, the judge said.
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