Frank Parlato
In the middle of the trial of the USA v Rachel Cherwitz and Nicole Daedone, the BBC made an editorial decision to “suspend access” to Episode 9 of its podcast Orgasm Inc. – a 10-episode series deeply slanted against the defendants.
The two women are on trial on a single count of forced labor conspiracy.
The BBC podcast had a golden goose, and her name was Ayries Blanck. Episode 9 was her story.
Imagine a story so powerful it held up an entire prosecution. A voice so central it climaxed the BBC’s true-crime masterpiece. Now —Episode 9 disappears like a dream.
Ayries Blanck—AK Ares Milligan – who once texted about sleeping with five men in front of her boyfriend—has cast herself as the pilgrim in the brothel.
Here’s the setup: the DOJ had themselves a star witness—Ayries Blanck. She’s a victim of the defendants who she said made her have sex. Then at the last-minute prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York acknowledged that Ayries lied to the feds, lied to prosecutors, lied to the American people.
Blanck said she wrote a journal in 2015. Prosecutors described the journal as highly trustworthy. They said her journal was a map of pain, of sex, of wounds and whispered commands. They waved it around like it was the Magna Carta.
That position shifted following interviews in which Blanck admitted her account of the journals’ creation was false. The government was forced to admit they were sold a bag of crap!
Meanwhile, in a federal courtroom shaped like a toaster, prosecutors still plan to introduce Ayries’ story without Ayries. They plan to introduce her through another woman. Brooke Sheffer AKA Anthia Gillick.
Same bullshit, different mouth.
On Friday, the judge asked prosecutors to clarify the scope of Gillick’s testimony.
The prosecution said Gillick would recount claims made by Ayries Blanck, including that she was instructed to have sex with 30 men in 30 days.
But wait—it’s not Gillick’s story. She wasn’t there. Gillick only knows what Ayries claimed. Gillick is just the delivery system. A warm-blooded vessel of hearsay. This was Ayries Blanck’s fantasy.
So now what? They can’t use Ayries so thety say, “Oh no biggie, we got backup witnesses!”
Yeah. Sure. Let’s trust those witnesses too. Why not?
Bogus Journal
The journal was once the cornerstone of a prosecution. Blanck at first claimed she wrote it in 2015. Then—something strange. The pages quote books from the future. She quoted a 2019 book in a journal she claimed to write in 2015.
As a result, prosecutors informed the court that Blanck would not be called as a witness in the trial of Daedone and Cherwitz, citing her lack of credibility.
But for more than a years it sat there like a holy book—fingers trembling, voices rising, prosecutors pointing. But it wasn’t real.
A friend now takes the stand, hoping memory can stand in for truth. In the courtroom, they call it “state of mind.” Outside, they call it a lie.
Ayries made up a journal and they ran with it. Now she’s radioactive, so they trot out her friend.
“Tell the jury what Ayries told you!” Yeah, hearsay. But it’s ok—because they’re the government.
And the BBC? They’re wiping egg off their face—slowly.
The prosecution? Truth is not the goal. Conviction is.
Anyway—BBC took their story down.
And as for the government, reports indicate, the prosecutors are failing at proving brainwashing is a tangible crime.
Frank Parlato is an investigative journalist, media strategist, publisher, and legal consultant.
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Ah ahaha this is great. That jounro was a hack and slandered many with no engagement or consequences. long may she suffer.
Sean “Diddy” Combs trial:
Dawn Hughes appears to be the go-to, paid for testimony, in sex trials in New York.
Dawn Hughes is a psychologist and testified against keith in the NXIVM trials, and is doing so again in the Sean “Diddy” Combs trial.
Combs is represented by Marc Agnifilo, who was also keith’s attorney of course. Why P Diddy would choose a lawyer that just secured a 130 year sex trafficking sentence for his previous client must be some next level chess that I don’t understand.
Which means this is at least the second time Hughes and Agnifilo squared off against each other, and I’d expect it to end around the same way as last time. So Hughes 2, Agnifilo 0. notwithstanding any other ass-kickings she may have given him previously.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/24/us/dawn-hughes-forensic-psychologist-diddy-trial
US kangaroo courts… where you can cast yourself in any role as long as it helps the prosecutors get a conviction.
Why is this judge allowing hearsay testimony?
Outrageous. Let them call Aryies Blanck herself.
They can’t she would be charged with perjury.
Any friend of Ayries Blanck must be credible! 🤣
Seriously, will the jury learn about the fabricated journal? Will they learn about the lawsuit that Ayries settled with One Taste and then went public with her lies to make more money?
And then dashed off to Ireland under a different name?
Looking forward to “Anthia” day in court.
The judge is working hard to keep any mention of manufactured evidence out of the case, but if Gillick’s the testimony veers to far to Ayries’ story, I don’t see how she can force that door back closed without encrouching on the defense’s rights.
If the prosecution wants to play it safe, there’s not much more needed to inform the Gillick’s state of mind than “a friend of mine talked to me about her negative experience and so I left.” That said, this prosecution has repeatedly used this trial to push boundaries further than I could have anticipated.
There is some irony that two women from a company based in pushing people’s boundaries in sexuality should now be engaged with a prosecution doing the same in the legal sphere. But it does make for some exciting reads and for that I thank both parties.
Brook Sheffer now known as Anthia Gillick? Seriously? Why the “victim” protection?
Since when do alleged victims get blanket anonymity?
“This podcast is now the subject of a legal complaint by Nicole Daedone, Rachel Cherwitz, OneTaste Incorporated, the Institute of OM LLC and OM IP Co”—-
Translation: we, the BBC failed to fact check anything. Our podcast is replete with slander and libel that not only destroyed the reputations and financial well being of Cherwitz and Daedone, but led to their wrongful indictment.
The manufactured journal and lies of the vindictive Aryies Blanck were the basis for their indictment – a case built from a house of sand. All of us at the BBC are desperately trying to cover our asses and continue to use our power and influence to secure a conviction. Once found guilty, their case against us is moot.
I’ve been waiting for these updates, glad to see the latest post! With the prosecution’s case nearing its end and (so far) looking quite short of convincing, I imagine the various related civil suits are likely reconsidering their positions. Obviously the charges in this trial are different than whatever is alleged in those pending lawsuits, but the 2nd circuit is weighty and it is more than probable the momentum will be greatly affected by whichever verdict the jury returns.
Netflix is right to be worried along with the other media who were convinced former OneTaste staffers who have proven to be so thoroughly unconvincing on the stand. Michal Neria’s testimony on the stand was indeed laughable, arguing that she had no choice but ask her future husband for money—how else could she afford the OneTaste classes she wanted to take? Comparing her cross examination to her narrative in Bloomberg’s exposé of OneTaste begs whether the reporter ever challenged her subject’s version of the story in the slightest.
Litigating around journalistic integrity and defamation is murky at best and there are privileges that protect even questionable reporting, but this is not the same in the UK which holds its journalists to a different standard, a compromise between the free press and the royal class who need to maintain their dignified posture in British society. I would not be surprised is the BBC is today weighing the cost and benefit of its various options pending the conclusion of this trial.
And on the subject of free speech, I wait with bated breath for Hon. Gujarati’s next step on the charge instructions, in particular related to the various instructions related to the first amendment filed by the defense this past week.
I was shocked by the overt nature of the government’s assertion that they were indeed arguing that the spiritual teachings of Ms. Daedone were an element of the alleged conspiracy to force labor. James Lawrence’s article in The American Conservative did a wonderful job highlighting how this theory of prosecution could easily be repurposed against more mainstream spiritual practices, specifically Evangelical Christianity. For those who struggle to see past the sex and stroking at OneTaste, it is a very worthwhile read: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/christians-should-oppose-feds-targeting-sex-company/
Appreciations as always for your dogged coverage, I hope my well-wishes made their way to you.
J
Thanks.
There’s nothing hon about Gujarati. Bent as a curly wurly
Why do I have a hard time believing that Frank actually wrote and researched this story himself?
Frank is lazy as fuck these days.
Frank takes 5-7 days just to approve short comments.
Seldom have I seen a lazier human being than Frank.
Nor is Frank even attending the trial. You’d think he be attending the trial in person after writing about it so often. But he’s too lazy for that.
Instead, Frank’s sitting on his butt over a thousand miles away from the courtroom, in shitty Florida —- where the current weather is hot and humid as fuck, and mosquitoes are everywhere. That whole state is infested with mosquitoes.
Frank, can you enlighten us, bro?
I’d also like to admonish Frank that he may wind up getting FAT AS A HOUSE if he doesn’t begin taking his nutrition seriously.
I implore Frank to immediately cease eating all bread, pasta, rice, and sweets. Only then can Frank unlock a healthier version of himself.
Have a great day. 🙂
My friend who is also a doctor said everyone should take a tea spoon and a half of extra virgin olive oil with high polyphenol content. I took it to heart. To get the maximum benefit I did as he instructed and also went on a one-food diet. I chose pasta. The results were remarkable. I gained 25 pounds.