 In 2014, a former student at the Kabbalah Centre friend of Yehuda's brought a lawsuit against him alleging that he had assaulted her sexually.She claimed that Berg offered her alcohol and Vicodin while she visited him at his home and then made sexual advances.In November 2015 a Los Angeles Superior Court jury found that Berg had acted with malice and was liable for intentional infliction of emotional distress and therefore, he was ordered to pay $135,000, which included a punitive damages component.