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OneTaste ‘Priest of Orgasm’ Sings for the Prosecution; Kosley meditated, he documented, he testified—badly

May 29, 2025

In Frank Report’s ongoing coverage of the OneTaste trial (USA v Rachel Cherwitz and Nicole Daedone), we look at the witnesses and their testimony. In this post, Chris Kosley’s direct examination. A subsequent post will cover his cross-examination. He Filmed Everything –…

OneTaste

BBC Yanks Star Witness Episode in Orgasm Trial; Feds Drop Lying Star Witness—But Keep Her Lies in Court

by Frank Parlato

May 27, 2025

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…

Sandusky

FROM FILTH TO FORTUNE: Fina’s Porngate Shame Didn’t Stop His Climb to Top of Gaming Industry

by Frank Parlato

May 22, 2025

HARRISBURG, PA — Pace-O-Matic, a leading national developer of “skill-based” gaming machines, has named suspended attorney Frank Fina, its new Chief Operating Officer. Pace-O-Matic makes slot machines with minor skill elements—like puzzles or memory games—which allows them to claim legal status as…

Criminal Justice·Investigations·Sandusky

John Ziegler Interviews Bob Costas Who Admits Joe Paterno ‘Not a Villian’

by Timothy Vale

May 20, 2025

Episode Twenty: Costas Returns In a bonus installment of the “With the Benefit of Hindsight” podcast, the host John Ziegler provided an update on the Penn State–Paterno–Sandusky case. The occasion was prompted by a recent interview conducted with veteran NBC sportscaster Bob…

Criminal Justice·OneTaste

THE DOOR WAS OPEN, STUPID; Fern’s OneTaste Fantasy Case Falls Apart

by Frank Parlato

May 20, 2025

The issue is freedom of choice. Brooklyn Federal Prosecutor Sean Fern would ask you to believe that the freedom to stay or go isn’t freedom. He talks about sex, power, and sales. Prosecutor Fern uses many words, some big and some small. He…

OneTaste

NO SHACKLES, JUST STROKES: Feds’s Sean Fern Claims OneTaste Women Forgot They Could Leave

by Frank Parlato

May 18, 2025

It is hard to improve on Assistant U.S. Attorney Sean Fern’s opening statement in the Eastern District of New York courtroom in the case against Nicole Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz. While Fern’s delivery was poetic it lacked a certain candor which I…

Criminal Justice·OneTaste

STOP IN THE NAME OF LUST: Feds’ Sean Fern Says Women Rubbed for Freedom, Ended Up Enslaved

by Frank Parlato

May 17, 2025

His name was Sean Fern, an Assistant US Attorney in the Eastern District of New York, and he was making legal history in the Brooklyn federal courthouse. He was making his opening statement in the case of the USA v Rachel Cherwitz…

OneTaste

The OneTaste Trial #3: Becky Uma Halpern: I Was Happy, Orgasmic… and Brainwashed

by Frank Parlato

May 12, 2025

Becky Uma Halpern was a grown woman, not a prisoner of war. The jury heard her talk about how she met her husband and found meaning in life because of the people on trial. She took every OneTaste course because it helped her. She…

OneTaste

The OneTaste Trial #2: Prosecution’s Secret Weapon: Presiding Judge Diane Gujarati

by Frank Parlato

May 11, 2025

The Prosecutor in a Robe Judge Blocks Texts Showing Affection in Federal Trial Against OneTaste Leaders On Day Five of USA v. Cherwitz and Daedone, Judge Diane Gujarati again sided with the government, blocking the defense’s request to admit a text exchange…

OneTaste

California Dreamin’, Brooklyn Screamin’: The OneTaste Trial #1: ‘Preserve the Tapes’? Judge Flips Out, Ends Hearing

by Frank Parlato

May 10, 2025

In an ongoing federal trial in Brooklyn, prosecutors allege a conspiracy at the company known as OneTaste. This series tells that story. Two women started a company. The feds touched the indictment button. Now they’re in federal court facing 20 years. The…

Investigations·OneTaste

Congressional Letter Alleges Widespread FBI Misconduct – But the Show Trial of OneTaste Must Go On

by Frank Parlato

May 6, 2025

The Daily Mail obtained a letter from a Member of Congress to FBI Director Kash Patel, which accuses New York-based FBI special agent Elliot McGinnis of misconduct in the OneTaste investigation, citing a “long and extremely troubling list of alleged investigative abuses.” The…

Criminal Justice·Investigations

Blood Atonement or Cold Case? The LeBaron Mystery in North Dakota

by Frank Parlato

May 4, 2025

By Nathanial A. Barrera and Frank Parlato The Name Nobody Mentioned Twelve years have passed since the disappearance of a teenage boy in North Dakota. He was a LeBaron. That’s the thing that nobody has mentioned yet, not in print. Departure to…

Criminal Justice·OneTaste

20 Prosecutors, No Arguments: DOJ Flash Mob Storms Brooklyn Court in OneTaste Case

by Frank Parlato

May 2, 2025

The trial of OneTaste executives Nicole Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz is set to begin with jury selection on Monday. In an extraordinary show of force this week, the Department of Justice deployed 20 prosecutors to a Brooklyn courtroom on April 29—not to…

OneTaste

Brooklyn Show of Force: DOJ Turns Protective Order Hearing into a Threat Display

by Juda Engelmayer

April 30, 2025

By Juda Englemeyer What happened in a Brooklyn federal courtroom this week should disturb anyone who cares about constitutional rights, fair trials, or the basic idea that government power must be subject to scrutiny. On April 29, in the criminal case USA v.…

Criminal Justice·General·OneTaste

Judge Gujarati’s Integrity Crisis: Privilege Violated, Evidence Tainted, Rights Ignored

by Juda Engelmayer

April 29, 2025

By Juda Englemeyer We have some major developments to share concerning Harvey Weinstein’s retrial and the OneTaste prosecution—two cases that are increasingly exposing serious issues of judicial overreach, prosecutorial misconduct, and institutional failure. Harvey’s retrial is underway at New York State Supreme…

Investigations·OneTaste

ONE TASTE ACCUSERS LOSE BID TO HIDE IDENTITY

by Frank Parlato

April 18, 2025

ANONYMITY IN THE TIME OF SWORN LIES The government wanted to let witnesses lie under fake names. Not just lie, of course. Testify. Swear under oath, anonymously. The judge said no. The setting is Brooklyn. The judge is Diane Gujarati. The case…

General·Investigations·OneTaste

The Government vs. Orgasm: The Case of OneTaste

by Frank Parlato

April 13, 2025

IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, A CRIME OF IDEAS In the Eastern District of New York, the US Attorney indicted Nicole Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz on a single charge of forced labor conspiracy. Not forced labor, but conspiracy. A crime…

Sandusky

False Recovered Memories at the Root of Sandusky Conviction – and Nobody Challenged the Junk Science

by Frank Parlato

April 8, 2025

The investigation into Jerry Sandusky and the trial missed the most basic marks of science and honesty. That is the record. Was it carelessness? Or something darker in that Pennsylvania courthouse? The case was a repressed memories case. Not one of the accusers…

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Judge Skerda Rescinded Sandusky Dismissal

OneTaste ‘Priest of Orgasm’ Sings for the Prosecution; Kosley meditated, he documented, he testified—badly

BBC Yanks Star Witness Episode in Orgasm Trial; Feds Drop Lying Star Witness—But Keep Her Lies in Court

FROM FILTH TO FORTUNE: Fina’s Porngate Shame Didn’t Stop His Climb to Top of Gaming Industry

John Ziegler Interviews Bob Costas Who Admits Joe Paterno ‘Not a Villian’

THE DOOR WAS OPEN, STUPID; Fern’s OneTaste Fantasy Case Falls Apart

NO SHACKLES, JUST STROKES: Feds’s Sean Fern Claims OneTaste Women Forgot They Could Leave

STOP IN THE NAME OF LUST: Feds’ Sean Fern Says Women Rubbed for Freedom, Ended Up Enslaved

The OneTaste Trial #3: Becky Uma Halpern: I Was Happy, Orgasmic… and Brainwashed

The OneTaste Trial #2: Prosecution’s Secret Weapon: Presiding Judge Diane Gujarati

California Dreamin’, Brooklyn Screamin’: The OneTaste Trial #1: ‘Preserve the Tapes’? Judge Flips Out, Ends Hearing

Congressional Letter Alleges Widespread FBI Misconduct – But the Show Trial of OneTaste Must Go On

Blood Atonement or Cold Case? The LeBaron Mystery in North Dakota

20 Prosecutors, No Arguments: DOJ Flash Mob Storms Brooklyn Court in OneTaste Case

Brooklyn Show of Force: DOJ Turns Protective Order Hearing into a Threat Display

Judge Gujarati’s Integrity Crisis: Privilege Violated, Evidence Tainted, Rights Ignored

ONE TASTE ACCUSERS LOSE BID TO HIDE IDENTITY

The Government vs. Orgasm: The Case of OneTaste

False Recovered Memories at the Root of Sandusky Conviction – and Nobody Challenged the Junk Science