Eros in the Media
Eros in the Media
“Revolver Story Exposes Undue Prosecution of ‘OneTaste’”
One America News | May 2, 2025
Matt Gaetz, a former Congressman and host of The Matt Gaetz Show, has reported on the allegations of lawfare in the United States Government’s prosecution of Nicole Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz. This segment highlights serious concerns about the integrity of the judicial process. It also discusses the implications of governmental overreach.
“FBI agents fabricating evidence, altering evidence against consenting adults having an alternate sexual lifestyle doesn't sit well with me, because once the Feds get one taste of that kind of power, it can be weaponized against anyone,” says Mr. Gaetz.
“NETFLIX COLLUSION: FBI Agent Accused Of Fabricating Evidence For Documentary Film, Mike Howell Reports”
Mike Howell, May 2, 2025 | The War Room with Steve Bannon
Natalie Winters, co-host of The War Room with Steve Bannon, recently spoke with Mike Howell, Director of the Oversight Project. They discussed the ongoing allegations of prosecutorial misconduct at the OneTaste trial. This conversation sheds light on critical issues related to the integrity of the judicial process and the potential weaponization of governmental authority.
“There is an absolutely insane story… It goes to what I think this audience knows you best for, which is the weaponization of government, having to do with, I won’t get over my skis, but fake journals, the Netflix documentary, just astroturfed evidence, trying to bring down a company that’s probably not in the interests of big pharma…” says Natalie Winters.
“The OneTaste Case with Roger Stone and Frank Parlato”
The Roger Stone Show | May 2, 2025
Political icon Roger Stone and investigative journalist Frank Parlato discussed serious issues surrounding the OneTaste trial:
“I don’t understand how you can have forced labor, or in this case, not even forced labor, but conspiracy to commit forced labor… if there’s no coercion, if people were free to leave, if people willfully decided to take part in this program. The government produces, based on everything I’ve read, no actual evidence of coercion or conscription or that anybody was locked up or detained or beaten or bruised. I mean, this whole case seems to me to be a fabrication,” says Roger Stone
“Christians Should Oppose Feds’ Targeting Sex Company”
by James R. Lawrence III | May 19, 2025
published in American Conservative
James Lawrence III discusses troubling precedents for religious freedoms stemming from the prosecution’s tactics in the OneTaste case. He highlights significant risks posed by the redefinition of the law to include practices like shunning and recruitment:
“Whatever you think of Daedone’s Buddhist-influenced teachings, the theory undergirding the government’s coercive-control prosecution should give all Americans, including conservative evangelical Christians like me who believe sex outside one-man-one-woman marriage is a sin, reason for pause. The criminal case against Cherwitz and Daedone, replete with allegations of recruitment, trauma, and shunning, can be readily repackaged and deployed against churches, religious institutions, or other designated enemies of the moment.” says James Lawrence III, former deputy general counsel at HHS
“Loni Coombs, of Dr. Phil’s Merit Street, Discusses the OneTaste Trial”
Loni Combs, June 11, 2025 | Dr. Phil’s Merit Street
Chief Legal Analyst of Merit Street, Loni Coombs, chats with Jennifer Bonjean, counsel for OneTaste Founder Nicole Daedone. They explore the implications of the ongoing OneTaste trial.
"[...]in forced labor cases like young girls being brought into the country, being told you're going to have this wonderful job, and instead they're put in a sweatshop and they're told they have to pay off their expenses first, all their documentation is taken away from them. That's the kind of thing you're usually looking for in a forced labor charge. That's not really what's going on here." — Loni Combs, Former LA Prosecutor and Chief Analyst and Evening Anchor of Merritt Street
“Congress member accuses FBI agent handling 'orgasmic meditation' cult case of fabricating evidence.”
Emma James May 7, 2025 | Daily Mail
The Daily Mail reports: “An FBI special agent leading the investigation into two former leaders of an 'orgasmic meditation cult' featured in a hit Netflix show has been accused of fabricating evidence by a Member of Congress, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal.”
“…Most disturbing is the systematic effort to transform Netflix-created content into federal evidence,' they add. 'This isn't just overreach – it's deliberate fabrication of a criminal case through entertainment media.”
“This case is everything wrong with our justice system—fabricated evidence, corrupt agents, and media collusion.”
Kyle Seraphin Show | May 1, 2025
Kyle Seraphin, military veteran and one of the three “Suspendibles,” weighs in on the OneTaste case on his podcast:
"This is one of those stories where you read it you go, holy crap, what is it we are putting our money into?
Victims were encouraged to go forward to the victim's fund the DOJ puts on and collect $30,000 worth of victim money."
“How an Orgasmic Meditation Group Sparked a Troubled Federal Case”
Dan Adler, May 9, 2025 | Published in Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair published a story on the OneTaste trial, covering the admission of falsified evidence on the part of the prosecution. Author Dan Adler discussed remarks from former prosecutor Moira Penza:
“The prosecutor who led the investigation of Raniere, Moira Penza, who left the US Attorney’s Office in 2019, told me that she found a few aspects of the case against Daedone and Cherwitz unusual. The government had pursued a novel strategy, lost a key witness and evidence at the finish line, and swapped out all its prosecutors on the case. “Keith Raniere wasn’t doing TED Talks and appearing in South by Southwest and talking to Gwyneth Paltrow,” Penza said, describing Daedone’s media profile…“As a former prosecutor, I can tell you you don’t want to be trying a case with those things stacked against you.”
“Exclusive Netflix, the FBI, and a Federal Frame Job That Took Down a Wellness Company.”
Revolver News April 8, 2025
Revolver News reports on the collusion between Netflix and the FBI in the OneTaste case:
“All the people involved in OneTaste were consenting adults. They knew what they were signing up for. They paid for the trainings, showed up willingly, and took part in the experiences by choice. No one was forced. No one was coerced. No one had a gun to their head.
Just because something is strange—or even deeply unsettling to outsiders—doesn’t make it criminal. And feeling shame or regret after the fact doesn’t magically turn a consensual experience into a crime,” reports Revolver.
“Orgasmic Meditation' Case Raises Question of What Constitutes Coercion.”
Santul Nerkar, April 8, 2025 | New York Times
Santul Nerkar of The New York Times draws a comparison between the verdict in the OneTaste case and a more traditional conviction related to a conspiracy to commit forced labor.
“Such forced labor schemes usually employ a tangible threat, such as physical violence or the confiscation of travel documents. OneTaste employees have not described such blunt tactics. Rather , they say, they feared that defying Ms. Daedone and Ms. Cherwitz would ruin them not financially or physically, but spiritually.”
“At 'Orgasmic Meditation' Trial, Feds Can't Find a Clitoris—or Evidence of Forced Labor.”
Elizabeth Nolan Brown, May 14, 2025 | Reason
Elizabeth Nolan Brown of Reason offers a thoughtful and humorous evaluation of the framework used in the prosecution’s case against OneTaste. Here is a summary of her insights:
“A week and a half into the federal trial, it seems more clear than ever that prosecutors are trying to put OneTaste's teachings and Daedone's and Cherwitz's beliefs on trial… The government's whole theory of the case rests on the idea that OneTaste's teachings around sexual openness and promiscuity, as well as being open and receptive to foreign or uncomfortable experiences more generally, were a form of psychological abuse.”
“The Witch Hunt in Brooklyn: When Regret Becomes a Crime.”
Juda Engelmayerr, May 23, 2025 | Artvoice
Juda Englemeyer, a renowned publicist of Herald PR, offers a critical assessment of the contemporary witch hunt and the criminalization of regret exhibited in the government’s case:
“‘This is a witch hunt,’ the defense attorneys have argued. ‘And like every witch hunt, it begins by demonizing women who hold influence and ends by stripping others of responsibility for their own decisions.’
That’s the core of the defense argument: that the government has turned regret into a criminal charge. That it has infantilized adults—many of them well educated, employed, and sexually autonomous—simply because they now say they were uncomfortable. Too uncomfortable, it seems, to be held accountable for their own choices.”
“Trump DOJ Promised Transparency. Conservative Orgs Think It’s Falling Short.”
Katelynn Richardson, June 17, 2025 | Daily Caller
The Daily Caller recently published an article written by investigative reporter Katelynn Richardson that addresses the lack of transparency within Trump’s Department of Justice.
“Some conservatives, including Howell, have raised concerns about how the government’s theory of coercion in the case could apply in other contexts.
“The criminal case against Cherwitz and Daedone, replete with allegations of recruitment, trauma, and shunning, can be readily repackaged and deployed against churches, religious institutions, or other designated enemies of the moment,” James R. Lawrence, Deputy General Counsel in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) during the first Trump administration, wrote for The American Conservative.”
“Arizona opinion: The criminalization of women’s empowerment.”
Teresa Diaz OB/GYN, September 21, 2024 | Tuscon.com
Teresa Diaz, a Rutgers-trained OB/GYN and surgeon, raises significant concerns about the legislation of reproductive rights as observed in the government’s case against Nicole Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz:
“My true education about women’s bodies came not from textbooks but from a pioneering woman named Nicole Daedone. Through her practice of orgasmic meditation, she empowers women to explore their sexuality, ultimately enhancing their health. This innovative approach has been supported by independent research, demonstrating its positive effects on women’s well-being. Yet, despite the transformative impact of her work, Daedone and her colleague, Rachel Cherwitz, now face prosecution in the Eastern District of New York on dubious conspiracy charges related to forced labor — a grave mischaracterization of their efforts to empower women.”
“The War On Women Eerily Resembles The War On Drugs.”
Dr. Topeka K. Sam, September 6, 2024 | Black Enterprise
Dr. Topeka K. Sam, renowned criminal justice reform advocate and founder of Lady of Hope Ministries, draws striking parallels between the trend towards criminalization of sex and the tragic war on drugs:
“One glaring weakness is our tendency to criminalize certain groups and ideas, particularly those that challenge society’s norms.....I am watching now this same criminalization happen again with conspiracy laws being weaponized against other groups that those in power want to denigrate and destroy....Just as empathy helped steer us away from the devastating excesses of the War on Drugs, we need an open-hearted conversation about the potentially devastating effects of continuing to misuse our conspiracy laws to destroy a movement dedicated to the sexual empowerment and liberation of women.”
“Key Evidence Thrown Out in Jolt to ‘Orgasmic Meditation’ Conspiracy Case.”
Devlin Barret, April 4, 2025 | New York Times
Devlin Barret, NYTimes reporter covering the FBI and the Department of Justice, discussed the admissions by federal prosecutors of falsifying evidence in the case against Nicole Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz:
“For months, prosecutors had told the judge that the journals indicated “a high degree of trustworthiness” and represented the best evidence of Ms. Blanck’s psychological and emotional state at the time. The prosecutors now say that Ms. Blanck’s journals are unnecessary and irrelevant. Without her as a witness, they plan to call several other former OneTaste members and employees to testify.To the defendants, the hard-fought victory points to a flaw at the heart of the case.”
“We live in the upside down.”
Garret O’boyle, May 8, 2025 | The American Radical Podcast
Garret O’boyle, a former “Suspendible”, reviewed the OneTaste Case with colleague Steve Friend on their American Radical podcast. Here’s what he said:
“We live in the upside down. Special Agent Elliot McGinnis, of the New York FBI is as corrupt as they come: Manufacturing evidence, directing witnesses to destroy evidence, concealing attorney client privileged material, using personal email to avoid oversight. The list goes on. BUT, there was no forced labor. That didn't stop the government though. US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Breon Peace, a Biden appointee, charged Nicole Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz based on McGinnis's corrupt case.” —Garret O’boyle
“STOP IN THE NAME OF LUST: Feds’ Sean Fern Says Women Rubbed for Freedom, Ended Up Enslaved.”
Frank Parlato, May 17, 2025 | Frankreport.com
Investigative journalist Frank Parlato reports on USAA Sean Fern’s statements made in the USA vs. Nicole Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz trial:
“With every syllable, Fern invites us into a world where belief is betrayal, touch is trafficking, women are unreliable, and their will unknowable—a law where consent exists only in the government’s present. Sean Fern, an assistant US attorney, is not prosecuting crime. He’s prosecuting regret. He wants a world where one may be convicted not for what one did—but for what one once believed. You’re not just watching a trial. You’re watching Fern v. Consent—now in Brooklyn but coming soon to a courthouse near you.”
“Any prosecution that is political should be put on PAUSE.”
Doug Mackey, May 3, 2025
Doug Mackey, political activist, calls for immediate pause in the lawfare cases still ongoing in the Trump DOJ:
“The fact that OneTaste is going to trial on Monday is an embarrassment for the Trump White House. What’s next? Will they push forward the phony Roger Ver case? The phony Dr. Moore case? Any prosecution that is remotely political, abusive, or weaponized should be immediately put on PAUSE. And then dismissed. Clean slate. Fresh start. Put an END to the injustice, NOW! That’s what was decided at the ballot box in November of 2024.”
“I don’t want to live in a world that criminalises unconventional sex.”
May 26, 2025 by Rowan Pelling
Telegraph journalist and former editor of The Erotic Review discusses the peculiarities of the OneTaste case:
“Another perturbing factor is the charge itself: “conspiracy to commit forced labour”, rather than “forced labour”. The odd wording may be due to the fact complainants admit no force was exerted on them. They were free to stay or leave OneTaste, to live in a communal house or elsewhere, to take breaks and use their mobiles as they pleased.
So, it seems to me that what’s on trial might more properly be viewed as sway – the kind of charisma that makes people keen to do your bidding and seek approbation, or to feel outcast if that approval is withdrawn.”
“She Made Orgasmic Meditation Her Life. Not Even Prison Will Stop Her.”
Corinne Ramey, January 25, 2025 | Wallstreet Journal
Wallstreet Journal reporter Corinne Ramey sits down with Nicole Daedone prior to her trial:
“Nicole Daedone’s supporters call her a ‘visionary.’ Now facing a trial for allegedly exploiting employees, she is out to preserve her legacy. Will orgasmic meditation have a future?”