US EditionFounder of ‘orgasmic meditation’ company gets 9 years in prison in forced labor case
Nicole Daedone was sentenced to nine years and ordered to forfeit $12 million for coercing employees into sexual services and unpaid labor in a scheme prosecutors called cult-like.
- 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 'orgasmic meditation’ company gets 9 years in prison in forced labor conspiracy
The leader of a sex-focused women's wellness company that promoted 'orgasmic meditation' was sentenced Monday to nine years in federal prison for a scheme that a judge said exploited vulnerable women and coerced them into performing sex acts with the company's clients and investors. Nicole Daedone, ...
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My Mother LodeFounder of ‘orgasmic meditation’ company gets 9 years in prison in forced labor conspiracy
The leader of a sex-focused women's wellness company that promoted "orgasmic meditation" was sentenced Monday to nine years in federal prison for a scheme that a judge said exploited vulnerable women and coerced them into performing sex acts with the company's clients and investors.
'Orgasmic meditation' company's founder gets 9 years in prison in forced labor case
Nicole Daedone, leader of a sex-focused women's wellness company that promoted "orgasmic meditation," was sentenced Monday to nine years in federal prison on forced labor charges, federal prosecutors said.
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