Overview

• The five-week trial in Brooklyn centered on charges that Daedone and Cherwitz exploited vulnerable employees under the guise of expensive sexual wellness workshops.
• Former staff testified they were driven into debt by costly “orgasmic meditation” courses and pressured to work long hours and perform sexual acts with clients and investors.
• Prosecutors detailed methods including communal living surveillance, indoctrination rituals and credit-card inducements to maintain control over members.
• Daedone and Cherwitz each face up to 20 years in prison at sentencing scheduled for late September 2025 and intend to appeal on grounds of consent and religious freedom.
• Founded in San Francisco in 2004 and sold for $12 million in 2017, OneTaste grew globally before FBI scrutiny led to a 2023 forced-labor indictment.