The group’s founder, Nicole Daedone, promised enlightenment through orgasms, but prosecutors say she ran a cult-like operation.
The heads of the once-popular wellness group, OneTaste, which promised enlightenment through orgasms, have been charged with running it like a cult in which followers were groomed to engage in unwanted sex acts and forced to work for free.
Nicole Daedone, who founded OneTaste in 2004 and drew wide attention through her promotion of “orgasmic meditation,” in which trauma would be washed away through partnered masturbation, is accused of draining her mostly women followers’ bank accounts and not paying them for their labor. “Under the guise of empowerment and wellness, the defendants are alleged to have sought complete control over their employees’ lives, including by driving them into debt and directing them to perform sexual acts while also withholding wages,” said Breon Peace, the U.S. attorney in Brooklyn, New York. “No matter the marketing mantra, this conduct is never acceptable.”
The program gained in popularity after being featured in a 2009 article that ran on the front of the New York Times’ style section. Two years later, Daedone wrote a successful book called “Slow Sex: the Art and Craft of the Female Orgasm,” that further drove OneTaste’s popularity.
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