The glamorous leaders of the alleged “orgasm cult” OneTaste were found guilty Monday of grooming their wellness company’s members to have sex with clients and investors.
OneTaste founder Nicole Daedone, 57, and her former head of sales, Rachel Cherwitz, 44, stood trial for four weeks in Brooklyn federal court as prosecutors argued the pair waged a decade-long campaign of coercion and sexual abuse. …
The depraved duo recruited vulnerable victims of past trauma to join their ranks, forcing them into sex work and other unpaid labor and leaving them to rack up debt, the feds said.
Read more of the article by Reuven Fenton, Kyle Schnitzer and Matt Troutman
You can also read the press release of the United States Attorney’s Office Eastern District of New York.
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YBOP visitors who have followed the long drama of industry shills attacking YBOP, its founder and associates, may recall that Nicole Prause PhD, is an associate of the porn/sex industry, and one its most vocal mouthpieces. However, our visitors may not realize that Prause has long promoted and collaborated with OneTaste. Indeed, not long ago, Prause appeared in a NBC News video with the (now) convicted founder of OneTaste, attempting to legitimize the “sex cult.” She helped to pedal what a New York Times journalist characterized as pseudoscience in support of the enterprise.
Moreover, industry-friendly therapist David Ley PhD, who often teams up with Prause in defamation campaigns targeting YBOP, its founder and associates, sought to help keep the OneTaste felons from legal repercussions. Ley prepared and filed an expert witness report to help defend OneTaste.
Hmmm….
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UPDATE: New York Times article recounting the “aggressive media campaign” (and related misconduct) on behalf of the founders, which the judge cited in requiring them to be detained pending sentencing.