Gwyneth's Fave Orgasmic Sex Cult on Trial
"They were told doing things they found sexually disgusting was the path to freedom.”
Ten years ago, my wealthy neighbor, a retired tech millionaire, introduced me to a trendy ‘meditation workshop’ sweeping west L.A.
Every week, a driver would take him to a studio in Venice where an instructor would assign him a partner and hand him a pair of surgical gloves.
Fully clothed, sitting calmly on a wooden floor, he’d spend the next 15 minutes stroking the clit of a woman he’d just met. The slow, deliberate technique he was taught was designed to trigger three hour-long orgasms in female “students,” laying next to each other, eyes wide shut in a dream state.
He called it OM — short for Orgasmic Meditation — a pricey consciousness-expanding program that, to me, felt less like mindfulness and more like a West Coast sex cult with snobby branding. The kind of practice Gwyneth Paltrow would plug on Goop, but never try herself.
He swore this technique was more powerful than any vibrator on earth, capable of making women shake like the ‘94 Northridge quake.
Sometimes the connection was so intense, he’d end up sleeping with his OM partner after class. No strings attached.
Back in 2015, he preached OM like the gospel— sharing stories at parties, dinners and on podcasts, defining the program as a portal to sexual awakening. He promised if I went, I’d not only conquer my subconscious sex demons, but even better- leave with the “OM glow” — a radiant sheen no bottle of Sally Hansen airbrush tanner could create.
It wasn’t just about pleasure, he claimed. It was about transformation — women trembling themselves into transcendence, slightly-above average 6’s turning into beautiful 9’s, simply by surrendering to the method laid down by these new OM gods in town.
Sure, they called it “Orgasmic Meditation” — but all I ever heard was “group masturbation.”
I didn’t care how earth-shattering the orgasms were supposed to be. No part of me was pulling my pants down and handing my body over to a random LA dude in hospital gloves. I barely feel comfortable getting a Swedish massage. I prefer to keep my socks on at the pool.
So to him I would always say, “Nice try, Diddy.”
Kidding, but if that was a clapback in 2015, I would have used it.
Now, here we are in June 2025, and I’m discovering my intuition to avoid this community was correct.
Just when I thought Diddy’s red-lit hotel nights were the kinkiest thing happening in New York courtrooms this spring, the universe said: Hold my baby oil.
Brooklyn’s offering up a different corporate nightmare—a federal trial where ex-employees from the former orgasm cult OneTaste, are taking the stand spinning horror stories of coercion, blackmail, and sexual manipulation, alleging that they were pressured into having sex with coworkers and wealthy investors under the banner of “spiritual advancement.”
While the world’s been overdosing on humiliating sex stories from 500 Pearl Street — where United States v. Sean Combs kicked off on May 5 — another freak show has been quietly unfolding across the East River.
Since May 5, two female executives from OneTaste have been standing trial in Brooklyn federal court. Nicole Daedone, 57, the founder and high priestess of OM, and Rachel Cherwitz, 44, the former head of sales, are facing a single count of forced labor conspiracy. If convicted, they’re staring down 20 years in prison. To defend them? Daedone brought in heavy-hitter Jennifer Bonjean — the attorney who previously repped R. Kelly, Bill Cosby, and Harvey Weinstein at his Los Angeles retrial.
Despite the salacious allegations, the A-list legal team, and all the clickbait you'd expect from a so-called “sex cult” trial, the media has barely looked up from its Diddy updates. Crickets from the same outlets that once fawned over OneTaste for “redefining female sexuality.”
And in this federal trial, it’s not TikTok sleuths crying “government conspiracy”—it’s the defense attorneys themselves.
“We’re prepared to expose the government’s tactics and prove that this is a political prosecution targeting unconventional ideas — not a case grounded in law or fact,” they argue.
The OneTaste leaders aren’t shaking from their steamy practice anymore. These days, they’re clutching prayer beads and chanting mantras in court, hoping a Brooklyn jury will buy into the same wellness grift that once duped Silicon Valley, Khloé Kardashian, and Gwyneth Paltrow.
OneTaste: Million Dollar Company Based on Female Orgasm
At its peak, OneTaste was the first company to make millions of dollars catering to the female orgasm.
“Female orgasm is vital for every single woman on the planet,” founder Daedone once said. “A truth apparently so undeniable that I had to bring it to the world.”
It wasn’t just LA locals whispering about its wonders. OM caught the mainstream in a chokehold, too, rebranded as a “sexual consciousness practice” — a healing cleanse for the female libido.
In 2016, Elle ran a long feature story, gushing about the practice, and criticizing the naysayers.
“OM is also a game-changer for women who are way more comfortable giving pleasure than receiving it. Come on, it's some freaky new age sex cult, right? Nope. It's more of a sexual consciousness practice.” - ELLE
At that time, OM was being practiced in 36 cities worldwide. OneTaste — the company peddling this salvation — landed on Inc’s list of fastest growing companies with over 150 employees, projected to rake in $12 million in 2016. Founder Nicole Daedone was their high priestess, gliding onto a TED stage with a talk called “The Cure for Hunger in the Western World.” Vanity Fair even anointed her one of the 12 women who “changed the way we looked at sex.”
Daedone was described with the kind of breathless PR you’d expect for a rising Silicon Valley CEO:
“Vivacious, warm, and quick-to-laugh — exactly what you'd picture an orgasmic guru to be like. A hot blonde in her late forties” - ELLE.
Major celebrity endorsements followed. Khloé Kardashian endorsed it. Gwyneth Paltrow Goopi-fied it. Daedone guested on the Goop podcast to explain the science behind these group fingering sessions to the same audience of women who’d someday buy Paltrow’s vagina-scented candle.
“She is a long-time proponent and teacher of a practice called 'orgasmic meditation', which has been called the yoga of sex,” Paltrow told her listeners.
But today? OneTaste is no more. The organization shut its doors officially after the accusations by former members of the group were made public. The FBI reportedly has been investigating allegations of sex-trafficking, prostitution, and violation of labor laws. Over the last month, the team of government prosecutors have been calling multiple witnesses to the stand to deliver shocking testimonies, exposing the company’s darkest secrets.
Below is a breakdown of the most fiery moments from the trial’s testimonies:
(No baby oil required)
Witness Testimonies, 2025
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