Overview

• On June 9, 2025, a Brooklyn federal jury convicted founder Nicole Daedone and former sales director Rachel Cherwitz of forced labor conspiracy following a five-week trial
• Prosecutors detailed how the leaders used economic, sexual and psychological abuse alongside surveillance and indoctrination to maintain control over employees
• Employees, many of whom sought healing from past trauma, were forced to work seven days a week for little or no pay and ordered to provide sexual services to clients and investors
• OneTaste, launched in San Francisco in 2004 and sold for $12 million in 2017 after expanding to major US cities and London, faced federal indictment in 2023 following exposés and investigations
• Each defendant faces a maximum of 20 years in prison at sentencing in late September 2025 and both have indicated they will appeal