Hi! I'm Ellen Huet. I'm a journalist currently writing a book about about OneTaste, a sexual wellness company based in San Francisco that taught a 15-minute partnered clitoral stroking practice called "orgasmic meditation." The book is based on a 2018 investigation I wrote for Bloomberg Businessweek, which explored how the group's former employees and customers alleged it was a sex cult that exploited its members financially and sexually.

After that piece ran, the FBI started making inquiries into OneTaste, and the company stopped its in-person classes. In 2023, after a multi-year investigation, federal prosecutors indicted two OneTaste leaders, Nicole Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz, on forced labor conspiracy charges. Prosecutors allege that Daedone and Cherwitz "recruited and groomed OneTaste members to engage in sexual acts with OneTaste’s current and prospective investors, clients, employees and beneficiaries, for the financial benefit of OneTaste and, in turn, themselves."

I'm expanding this reporting into a book about the story of OneTaste for MCD Books. The book is due out in 2025. If you're interested in occasional casual updates about my book-writing process and updates about the book as it gets closer to publication, you can sign up for my Substack newsletter here or in the box below.

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