OneTaste Founder Gets 9 years for Forced Labor Scheme
Nicole Daedone was sentenced to nine years and ordered to forfeit $12 million for a scheme that coerced vulnerable women into unpaid labor and sexual acts, federal prosecutors said.
- On Monday, a Brooklyn judge sentenced Nicole Daedone, co-founder of OneTaste Inc., to nine years in federal prison on forced labor charges and ordered her to forfeit $12 million.
- Prosecutors argued Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz ran a yearslong scheme using "orgasmic meditation," or "OM," to groom adherents and force members into sexual acts they found repulsive through intimidation and abuse.
- Supporters including Actor Richard Schiff and CNN correspondent Van Jones submitted letters seeking leniency, with defense lawyers calling a lengthy sentence "bonkers" and casting Daedone as a "ceiling-shattering feminist entrepreneur."
- The company, which enjoyed glowing media coverage in the 2010s, has since rebranded as the Institute of OM Foundation; Daedone sold her stake in the California-based business in 2017.
- More than 200 people submitted letters attesting to Daedone's character and lack of prior criminal record, though her lawyers maintained the charges against the former executive were unjustified.
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Founder of Cult-y SF ‘Orgasmic Meditation’ Group Gets Nine-Year Sentence In Forced Labor Trial
Nicole Daedone, the founder and former CEO of the notorious “Orgasmic Meditation” group OneTaste, was sentenced to nine years in federal prison Monday, and former head of sales Rachel Cherwitz received six and a half years, following a jury conviction last June for forced labor conspiracy.In addition to a nine-year prison sentence, former OneTaste CEO Nicole Daedone, 58, was also ordered to forfeit $12 million, with seven victims awarded roughly…
'Orgasm Cult' Executives Sentenced For Grooming And Coercing Employees Into Sleeping With Investors & Clients
A little more than two years ago, we first heard about Nicole Daedone, the CEO of OneTaste, a startup that has been dubbed an "orgasm cult." She was making her first court appearance on some wild accusations.Among the accusations were claims that, while promoting "orgasmic meditation" for women, the company was also dabbling in coercion and grooming of employees to get them to have sex with investors and clients.The executives were also accused …
OneTaste ‘orgasm cult’ boss got surprising letters of support – including from CNN personality
CNN personality Van Jones and a star of "The West Wing" each wrote gushing letters in support of Nicole Daedone, the head of the alleged "orgasm cult" OneTaste, who was sentenced to nine years in prison on Monday.
Nicole Daedone, co-founder of OneTaste, an American company teaching "Orgasmic Meditation", was sentenced this Monday to 9 years in prison for forced labour. Rachel Cherwitz, the former sales manager, was sentenced to 6 and a half years in prison.
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