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Edward Helmore

Comeuppance: how an orgasmic ‘cult’ ended in a prison term for its founder

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Nicole Daedone, founder and former CEO of OneTaste, leaves federal court in the Brooklyn borough of New York on 21 June 2023. Photograph: Stephen Yang/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Clitoral stimulation as a path to spiritual connection, mental clarity and emotional wellbeing has been practiced for millennia. After being convicted on forced labor conspiracy charges related to the practice (and getting sentenced to nine years by a Brooklyn court last week), Nicole Daedone was given the opportunity to address the court.

Known as the “The Oracle” of OneTaste, a trademarked orgasmic meditation enterprise that extolled the benefits of hours of arousal, Daedone, 57, swiveled her chair toward the public gallery, smiled broadly, and said: “No.”

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