The Ganas commune was formed three decades ago on the principles of sharing resources and talking out problems.
But one of its founders contends the group isn’t abiding by those rules.
Jeffrey Gross has sued the New Brighton commune and 14 current and former members, alleging they booted him out last year and won’t give him his fair share of the group’s assets.
Today the leader of a Staten Island commune announced he has filed a $20 million civil suit against the woman he claims shot him six times at point blank range.
Jeff Gross made the announcement during a press conference outside state Supreme Court in St. George this morning, two months after a jury found 45-year-old former Ganas member Rebekah Johnson not guilty of counts of second-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault and attempted grand larceny in the second degree.
A disgruntled former Staten Island commune member was cleared of all charges in the shooting of the group’s founder, who had insisted in court that she was his attacker.
Still, the jury took less than five hours to find Rebekah Johnson not guilty of pumping six bullets into Ganas commune guru Jeff Gross as he walked home two years ago.
The woman accused of gunning down a Staten Island commune leader was slapped with two addition charges of grand larceny today, as prosecutors now allege she contacted terrified members of the group and demanded money or the shootings would continue.
The ex-hippie accused of gunning for a Staten Island commune leader is playing the victim – whining that she shouldn’t be locked up.
The trigger-happy hippie accused of trying to kill the leader of a Staten Island commune a year ago could have company in prison: her mother and sister.
When Ganas commune leader Jeff Gross came home from a movie one night last year, a former member of his group was waiting for him with a loaded gun, prosecutors say.
Rebekah Johnson is accused of shooting Ganas founder Jeff Gross.
. The woman, Rebekah Johnson, had an AK-47 assault rifle and 1,000 rounds of ammunition in her apartment in North Philadelphia, the police said.
Rebekah Johnson was being held on a fugitive charge in the shooting of Jeff Gross, who helped found the Staten Island-based Ganas community.