Tag: Nicole Daedone

Comeuppance: how an orgasmic ‘cult’ ended in a prison term for its founder

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Clitoral stimulation as a path to spiritual connection, mental clarity and emotional wellbeing has been practiced for millennia. After being convicted on forced labor conspiracy charges related to the practice (and getting sentenced to nine years by a Brooklyn court…[Continue Reading...]

Judge blasts lack of remorse from ‘sex cult’ founder, sentences her to 9 years in prison

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BROOKLYN (CN) — The founder and former CEO of orgasmic meditation group OneTaste, which has been denounced as a “sex cult” by some former employees, was sentenced Monday to nine years in prison for a yearslong scheme that a federal…[Continue Reading...]

OneTaste ‘orgasm cult’ boss got surprising letters of support – including from CNN personality

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CNN personality Van Jones and a star of “The West Wing” each wrote gushing letters in support of Nicole Daedone, the head of the alleged “orgasm cult” OneTaste, who was sentenced to nine years in prison on Monday. Jones —…[Continue Reading...]

“Always Be a Yes” How the wellness cult OneTaste turned consciousness-raising into alleged sex slavery

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Nicole Daedone had a problem, and to solve it, she needed some willing and able women. It was 2011, and Nicole was the co-founder and C.E.O. of OneTaste, a San Francisco–based sexual wellness start-up that sold courses on orgasmic meditation.…[Continue Reading...]

Demanding verdict reversal, convicted sex cult leaders say feds violated First Amendment

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BROOKLYN (CN) — Two leaders of a Bay Area company that sold ritualized sex acts as a form of meditation say their forced labor conspiracy conviction was based on an unconstitutional prosecution, accusing the government of attacking their belief system…[Continue Reading...]

Inside the the ‘orgasmic sex cult’ where leaders ‘manipulated vulnerable women into having sex’ with investors

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Nicole Daedone, founder of OneTaste Inc, and Rachel Cherwitz, the California-based company's former sales director, were found guilty after deliberating for less than two days following a five-week trial The leaders of a group described by its critics as an…[Continue Reading...]

Nicole Daedone’s Orgasmic Meditation Workshops Promised Spiritual Growth—Employees Called it a Cult

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“Would you like some tea?” Nicole Daedone asked a reporter on June 1 after introducing two employees at the Harlem offices of the Institute of OM, formerly OneTaste, the company she cofounded in San Francisco in 2004. She motioned toward…[Continue Reading...]

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