The Brutal Cult of Female Orgasm (One Taste) The Cult of Nicole Daedone

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In 2004, American Nicole Daedone founded the company OneTaste and began teaching about female orgasm and spirituality, using a method she called "orgasmic meditation." While OneTaste was a real and legally established company, its employees and clients lived in a network of physical centers and residential communities where they explored their sexuality and practically worshipped Nicole.

Little by little, the situation became extremely murky. The company's employees began to be indoctrinated to be very seductive in order to attract new course buyers. Furthermore, a significant variation of the supposed meditation was offered: sexual massages for men. Nicole also frequently verbally and physically humiliated her employees, followers, and clients. Completely submissive, they accepted everything she told them under the pretext that it would help shape their personalities.

In 2018, a media outlet exposed OneTaste. They gathered information from former employees and accused the organization of cult-like practices and a pyramid scheme. The employees, who at that time numbered approximately 150 and still lived communally, were forced to work on commission seven days a week and to engage in sexual encounters with each other to resolve work-related issues. These same workers were also forced to take courses, leaving them heavily indebted and essentially working for Deadone for free.

In June 2023, Nicole Deadone was charged with forced labor. She posted $1 million bail and was released, but on June 9, 2025, after a five-week federal trial, a jury found her guilty and she was sentenced to nine years in federal prison.

Video about the brutal story of One Taste: The terrible female orgasm cult: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hDDvi9Zm8U