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Raniere’s New Lawyer Pushes for Release Before Halloween

July 3, 2024

Keith Raniere’s latest attorney, Deborah J. Blum, asked for and received an extension to September 5 to amend her client’s 2225 application, pending before US District Court Judge Nicholas Garaufis. Once filed in September, the US Attoney will have at least ten…

General

OneTaste’s Struggle: Domestic Abuse Lies from Ayries Blanck Finally Exposed – Along With BBC, Netflix Incompetent Reporting Failures

by Frank Parlato

July 2, 2024

The source of almost all the information on OneTaste’s allegedly abusive practices is Ayries Blanck, 34. Known also as Ares Milligan, she was a one-woman wrecking crew. Blanck’s claims of forcible sexual and domestic abuse caused a once profitable company to lose…

General

NXIVM Settlement Blunder: Plaintiffs Fumble $116,000 in Legal Battle – With Nancy Salzman on Top for Now

by Frank Parlato

June 30, 2024

Procedural Error in NXIVM Settlement Agreement It appears the plaintiffs in the NXIVM case (Edmondson et. al. v. Raniere et. al.) made a procedural error in the settlement agreement with defendant Nancy Salzman, the co-founder and former president of NXIVM. The dispute…

Criminal Justice·OneTaste

Did Netflix Film an FBI Agent Investigating OneTaste? DOJ Denies It, But Evidence Suggests Otherwise

by Frank Parlato

June 30, 2024

In a letter to US District Court Judge Diane Gujarati, Brooklyn federal prosecutors have denied allegations that an FBI agent participated in a Netflix documentary while investigating a case. Netflix filmed and broadcast “Orgasm Inc: The Story of OneTaste” in the fall…

NXIVM

Has Suneel Abandoned Vanguard or Is There a Typo on Docket??

by Frank Parlato

June 29, 2024

Harvard graduate and former tech entrepreneur Suneel Chakravorty has been a staunch and vocal supporter of NXIVM founder Keith Raniere since his trial and conviction in 2018, which led to a 120-year prison sentence. In his attempt to free his guru, Chakravorty…

General·OneTaste

Perjury or Protection? FBI Agent’s Advice Questioned, as Secret Recordings May Surface in OneTaste Case

by Frank Parlato

June 29, 2024

Turning to the chief accuser of OneTaste, the sine qua non of the charges and the bad publicity, let us look again at the notorious Ayries Blanck, AKA Ares Milligan. Blanck’s central allegation against OneTaste is that the company forced her to…

General·OneTaste

OneTaste vs. The Detractors: A Tale of Accusations and Motives

by Frank Parlato

June 29, 2024

OneTaste, a San Francisco-based educational company founded in 2005, had more than 35,000 people attend its events, and about 16,000 attended its classes before detractors combined to destroy it. Some 1400 people took advanced coaching classes. The company had about 150 employees.…

Criminal Justice·OneTaste

OneTaste Prosecutors Confuse Legal Terms, Stretch Facts to Fit Charges

by Frank Parlato

June 25, 2024

Indictment of Nicole Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz In April 2023, the US Attorney for the Eastern District of NY indicted Nicole Daedone, co-founder of OneTaste, and Rachel Cherwitz, her head of sales, on a single count of forced labor conspiracy. The US…

Sandusky

Berkeley Professor, Best Selling Author, Dr. Frederick Crews Has Died; His Last Message Was of Jerry Sandusky’s Innocence

by Frank Parlato

June 25, 2024

Dr. Frederick Crews died peacefully at age 91 on June 21, 2024. I knew the former head of Berkeley English department and author for less than a year, but he got me started on one of the most important adventures of my…

OneTaste

The Dark Side of OneTaste’s Accuser Ayries Blanck Exposed (Part 1), as Shocking Accounts of Witnesses Surface

by Frank Parlato

June 24, 2024

Some of the names in this article have been changed to protect the identity of the source from the vengeful and retaliatory nature of Ayries Blanck. A Company and a Controversy OneTaste Inc. is a San Francisco educational company that teaches a…

NXIVM

NXIVM Legal Tussle: Salzman and Glazer in $116K Dispute

by Frank Parlato

June 20, 2024

A battle has erupted between Nancy Salzman and attorney Neil Glazer, representing 70 plaintiffs in the NXIVM case (Edmondson et al. v. Raniere et al.) over $116,000. On January 28, 2020, the NXIVM plaintiffs sued Salzman, Keith Raniere, Clare Bronfman, Sara Bronfman,…

Criminal Justice·Sandusky·Wrongful Convictions

Sandusky Breakthrough in Mainstream Media Heralds a New Possible View: ‘Wrongful Conviction’

by Frank Parlato

June 19, 2024

I co-wrote a story for the Daily Mail with staff reporter Emma James about Jerry Sandusky. The headline is Disgraced Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky, 80, reveals stunning evidence for new trial in PRISON interview 12 years after child sex assault…

OneTaste

OM Wiki Members Speak Out Amid OneTaste Legal Drama and the EDNY’s ‘Case of the Dangerous Meditation’

by Frank Parlato

June 19, 2024

Over the last few months, I have been reporting on the Eastern District of NY US Attorney’s case against Nicole Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz. Daedone co-founded OneTaste, a sexual wellness education company that teaches a meditation practice called Orgasmic Meditation, also known…

Criminal Justice·General·OneTaste

Eastern District Prosecutors Go Medieval on One Taste’s ‘Dangerous’ Practice of OM

by Frank Parlato

June 16, 2024

Extraordinary Case in Brooklyn: OM Under Fire There is an extraordinary case in Brooklyn where federal prosecutors from the Eastern District of NY do not like a practice called “Orgasmic Meditation” or “OM.” Through an unprecedented federal prosecution, they hope to shut…

Criminal Justice·OneTaste

Ayries Blanck’s Revenge: How Her Lies Ruined Lives and Misled the FBI; Will Phony OneTaste Victim Be Charged?

by Frank Parlato

June 12, 2024

OneTaste is an education company Nicole Daedone co-founded in 2005, providing classes and training in feminine-focused sexuality. She sold the company in 2017. Over 35,000 people participated in the company’s events, 16,000 took classes and workshops, and 1,300 people completed the company’s…

OneTaste

12-Year Conspiracy to Nowhere: The Bizarre OneTaste Case

by Frank Parlato

June 11, 2024

This post is our next in the series on Ares Milligan, AKA Ayries Blanck. A former employee of OneTaste, Blanck’s stories are one of the main causes of the media depiction of the company that prompted an FBI investigation. Blanck described herself…

Criminal Justice·Sandusky·Wrongful Convictions

Dirty Deeds: How Fina, Feudale and Baldwin Tarnished the Case Against Sandusky and Spanier (Part 3)

by Frank Parlato

June 10, 2024

In our last Sandusky post, we reported how the lead prosecutor of Jerry Sandusky, Pennsylvania Deputy Attorney General Frank Fina, got himself and three judges fired for his love of sharing porn, racist jokes, and other underhanded deeds. He was the perfect…

Criminal Justice·OneTaste

Prosecutors’ Secret Weapon Against OneTaste: Pilfered Privileged Document?

by Frank Parlato

June 8, 2024

Prosecutors in the Spotlight You have to wonder about these prosecutors. The prosecution team of Assistant US Attorneys Gillian Kassner, Jonathan Siegel, Devon Lash and Kayla Bensing of the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York may have hit…