Former members of an ‘orgasm cult’ alleged they were told to have sex with prospective clients. An investigator says a federal human-trafficking law could have been violated.
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Former members of a group that has been dubbed an “orgasm cult” have accused the organization’s leaders of pushing them to have sex with prospective members, which could potentially allow the ex-workers to seek legal action through a novel use of federal human trafficking laws, an attorney said.
Two leaders of the organization called OneTaste, which sparked a craze in the early 2010s called “orgasmic meditation,” were indicted in April for forced labor conspiracy.
The indictment accuses OneTaste’s founder, Nicole Daedone, and the group’s head of sales, Rachel Cherwitz, of a “years-long scheme to obtain the labor and services of a group of OneTaste members … by subjecting them to economic, sexual, emotional and psychological abuse, surveillance, indoctrination, and intimidation.”
One element of OneTaste’s “forced labor scheme,” according to the indictment, was recruiting and grooming “OneTaste members to engage in sexual acts with OneTaste’s current and prospective investors, clients, employees and beneficiaries, for the financial benefit of OneTaste.”
Daedone and Cherwitz have pleaded not guilty to the forced labor conspiracy charge.
Content retrieved from: https://www.insider.com/onetaste-leaders-may-have-violated-human-trafficking-law-lawyer-says-2023-6.
