From Reuters, June 6:
(Adds statement from OneTaste CEO in paragraphs 7 and 8, additional detail from indictment in paragraph 9)
By Luc Cohen
NEW YORK, June 6 (Reuters) - The founder of OneTaste, a sexual wellness company that claims to teach "orgasmic meditation", has been charged with forced labor conspiracy, federal prosecutors said on Tuesday.
OneTaste founder Nicole Daedone, who also served as chief executive until 2017, and former head of sales Rachel Cherwitz were accused of inducing volunteers, contractors and employees to incur debt to take courses that they claimed could heal sexual trauma and dysfunction.
Prosecutors in the New York City borough of Brooklyn said the defendants also subjected OneTaste members to surveillance in communal homes, instructed them to engage in sex acts for "freedom and enlightenment," and failed to pay promised wages.
Daedone, 56, is at large. Cherwitz, 43, was arrested on Tuesday, and is expected to appear on Wednesday morning in San Francisco federal court....
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