May 08, 2025
A former salesperson for OneTaste on Wednesday testified in the forced labor trial of its former top leaders that she was traumatized and "lost touch with reality" during her time working for the sexual wellness company, and felt coerced into taking part in unwanted sexual acts.
May 06, 2025
A prosecutor on Tuesday told a New York federal jury that OneTaste Inc. founder Nicole Daedone and her top deputy used the company's "orgasmic meditation" practice to manipulate vulnerable women for the leaders' own financial gain, including through coerced sex work, while defense lawyers argued that patrons of the sexual wellness startup were consenting adults who could have left at any time.
May 06, 2025
After nearly three years of bruising pretrial litigation, jury selection began Monday for OneTaste founder and "orgasmic meditation" advocate Nicole Daedone and her former deputy over allegations that they extracted free labor from followers by fostering an abusive environment at the sexual wellness company.
April 29, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to bar allegedly stolen and privileged documents from being used at the upcoming forced-labor conspiracy trial of two former OneTaste executives.
April 24, 2025
Former OneTaste executives facing forced-labor conspiracy charges asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to bar allegedly stolen and attorney-client privileged documents from being used at a May trial, saying corporate legal communications are broadly at risk.
April 09, 2025
An FBI agent accused of misconduct by two former OneTaste executives will likely be allowed to testify at their upcoming trial on forced labor conspiracy charges, a Brooklyn federal judge said Wednesday.
December 10, 2024
Former OneTaste executives on Tuesday asked a New York federal judge to block prosecutors from showing jurors sexually explicit evidence at their upcoming forced labor conspiracy trial, saying the government is trying to put the sexual wellness company and "orgasmic meditation" on trial.
December 03, 2024
Two former OneTaste executives facing forced labor conspiracy charges claim a former employee's journals were fabricated for a Netflix documentary about the sexual wellness company and were further edited by an FBI agent before being produced to the defense in discovery.
July 17, 2024
Prosecutors on Wednesday asked a Brooklyn federal judge to nullify what they called overbroad subpoenas filed by an executive of the sexual wellness company OneTaste seeking information from major media companies including Vice and Netflix in connection with a forced-labor case.
June 20, 2024
Brooklyn federal prosecutors have denied allegations of misconduct in the forced labor conspiracy case against two executives of sexual wellness company OneTaste, who claim an FBI agent instructed a potential key witness to delete emails.