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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Founder | Nicole Daedone and Robert Kandell |
| Defunct | 2018 |
| Fate | Closed after controversy and investigation |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California , United States |
Number of locations | 8 (2016) |
Area served | |
| Revenue | $6.5 M[1] (2014) |
Number of employees | 28[1] (2014) |
OneTaste Incorporated was a business primarily dedicated to teaching the practices of orgasmic meditation (OM) and slow sex. Though it embraced ideas based in Eastern philosophy, the central focus was a meditation practice around the sensation of a man touching a woman's genitalia.[2] It was founded by Nicole Daedone and Robert Kandell in San Francisco.[3] The company started to receive more widespread attention around 2007.[4]
As OneTaste grew and received more media attention, the organization was accused of cult-like operations, similar to Lafayette Morehouse, an intentional community of which Daedone was formerly a member.[5][6][3] An exposé by Bloomberg in 2018 led to OneTaste being investigated by the FBI for sex trafficking, prostitution, and violations of labor law.[7] Shortly thereafter, OneTaste closed all of their U.S. locations and stopped hosting in-person classes.[8] The FBI investigation resulted in an indictment in 2023 of Daedone and her former head of sales on forced labor charges.[9]
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