Ex-worker of accused sex cult OneTaste tells jurors she was expected to orgasm ‘with anybody off the street’
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A former employee of alleged sex cult OneTaste described in graphic detail Wednesday the “hands on” courses offered by the sick wellness start-up – including how she was expected to orgasm “with anybody off the street.”
Becky, an alleged victim of the so-called “orgasm cult” whose full name is being withheld, took the stand in Brooklyn federal court as the first prosecution witness in the trial against OneTaste founder Nicole Daedone, 58, and her former head of sales, Rachel Cherwitz.
As an employee — making a meager $2,000 a month — the then-23-year-old Westchester County native was expected to engage in orgasmic meditation — or OM –with other members of OneTaste and with potential clients, she testified.
“The expectation was I would be open to OMing with anybody off the street,” Becky, now pregnant and in her late 30s, told the court.
OneTaste was founded by California native Daedone in San Francisco in 2004 as a wellness company promoting female empowerment — and, controversially, “orgasmic meditation” for women. It grew to have locations in New York, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Denver.
But prosecutors said the cheeky start-up hid a dark side, with its leaders allegedly recruiting vulnerable victims with past trauma, forcing them into sex work and other unpaid labor and leaving them to rack up debt.
Becky said she joined in 2011 and eventually got a job in sales for the company the next year — to help her pay for the pricey lessons she had to take as a member, which put her back between $15,000 to $20,000.
“I was the perfect mark,” she told the jury. “That word mark was used quite a bit for people who are easy to sell to. It comes from con artist language.”
She added: “I was young, idealistic and open to sexuality being talked about openly.”
“I was really, really lonely and I really wanted community. I was sexually confused enough that this fit all the pieces for me.”
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