OneTaste (Nicole Daedone)

OneTaste began in San Francisco's Folsom Street neighbourhood in 2004 and grew through the 2010s into a global company offering 'Orgasmic Meditation' courses, a coaching ladder, and a residential community whose senior tier lived together at company houses. The 2018 Bloomberg investigation 'The Dark Side of OneTaste' triggered the FBI inquiry; in June 2023 Nicole Daedone (founder) and Rachel Cherwitz (sales director) were federally indicted for conspiracy to commit forced labor (18 USC § 1589). The June 2024 Brooklyn jury convicted both on the principal count, in a precedent-setting application of the same federal forced-labor doctrine that had grounded the NXIVM prosecution. Trial evidence established a structured pattern in which staff were assigned sex acts with clients as part of their 'practice', credit-card debt was extracted to fund higher-tier courses, and exit was framed as a moral failure. Daedone faces up to 20 years; sentencing scheduled for late 2024. The company rebranded to 'Institute of OM Foundation' in 2017; both legal entities are now in liquidation. The Netflix documentary 'Orgasm Inc.: The Story of OneTaste' (Sept 2022) and the Bloomberg investigation are the canonical journalistic record; the indictment + trial transcripts are the primary legal record.