Former NXIVM member and author Sarah Edmondson joins "Banfield" to discuss parallels between NXIVM leader Keith Raniere and Sean “Diddy” Combs. Both men are accused of using sex, threats and manipulation to build their empires, and both were or are…[Continue Reading...]
BROOKLYN (CN) — After four weeks of testimony, federal prosecutors rested their case Monday against two former leaders of OneTaste, a Bay Area company that marketed sex acts as meditation. Jurors must now decide whether the group’s tactics crossed the…[Continue Reading...]
The women arrived with dreams of rebirth, community and climax. Instead, they said, their twenties were ruined by working at OneTaste, a buzzy San Francisco company that billed itself as a health and education start-up promoting female empowerment via “orgasmic…[Continue Reading...]
In the late 19th century, in this impressive New York State home, the utopian Oneida Community thrived for 30 years. This implausible Protestant Perfectionist community had hundreds of members; worldly possessions were universal, living quarters were shared, and everyone in the society raised…[Continue Reading...]
A woman was filmed kissing two men on stage before ending up flushed during a bizarre orgasm meditation ceremony. The footage was produced by prosecutors in the ongoing trial against OneTaste founder Nicole Daedone, 57, and former head of sales Rachel…[Continue Reading...]
Prosecutors are going harder, Harder, HARDER! on a bizarre orgasm cult that allegedly forced staff to engage in hormone-charged hijinks to ease sexual tension. Two executives with the “orgasmic meditation” group are now on trial in a New York federal…[Continue Reading...]
BROOKLYN (CN) — The contradictory nature of a Bay Area company that sold ritualized sex acts as a form of meditation was on full display Wednesday as a trial continued to unfold against two former leaders of the organization. Nicole Daedone,…[Continue Reading...]
BROOKLYN (CN) — Former members of OneTaste, a Bay Area organization that sold sex acts as mindfulness, said their bosses had them sexually service high-paying clients and encouraged them to date people who repulsed them. OneTaste founder Nicole Daedone, 57,…[Continue Reading...]
VESTAL, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – A Binghamton psychic is facing criminal charges after a client claimed she left him emotionally and financially devastated. On May 8, Patsy Brown of Binghamton Physic, located at 257 Vestal Parkway in Vestal, pleaded guilty to…[Continue Reading...]
BROOKLYN (CN) — Defense attorneys on Friday finished cross-examining the first government witness at the trial against leaders of OneTaste, a company that sold a ritualized genital stroking practice as a form of meditation and, according to court testimony, required…[Continue Reading...]
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