On January 17, 2025, the final day of the Biden administration, federal prosecutors unsealed an eight-count indictment charging former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao; her partner, Andre Jones; recycling executive David Trung Duong; and Duong’s son, Andy Hung Duong, with conspiracy to commit bribery, subst

By Juda Engelmayer

The jury returned with a verdict on the OneTaste case—Nicole Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz.

The federal trial of OneTaste founder Nicole Daedone and former sales director Rachel Cherwitz entered a pivotal stage Friday, as the jury began deliberations in the high-profile forced labor conspiracy case. But it was a fierce dispute between defense attorney Jennifer Bonjean and U.S. District Jud

Brian Ginsberg, a former assistant solicitor general for New York, filed a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court on May 12, accusing his former boss, Attorney General Letitia James, of abusing her prosecutorial powers in a Title IX case.

An Example Worth Making

I recently appeared on the Roger Stone show on WABC to talk about the OneTaste case.

Note: My original story on Letitia James, Ibrahim Khan and Angel DuBose, published on Artvoice and Frank Report, attracted the attention of President Donald Trump, who shared it on his social media. Since that story, published on April 30, appeared, significant additional information has come to my

Her name was Anthia Gillick. She went by Brooke Sheffer when she was in OneTaste.

Jennifer Bonjean represented Nicole Daedone. She was cross-examining Ken Blackman—the OneTaste trial.

Brooklyn, N.Y. — Inside the Eastern District courtroom on May 28, 2025, the DOJ assembled Kayla Bensing, Kaitlin Farrell, Nina Gupta, and Sean Fern.

From Apple to Orgasm: Techie-Turned-Tantra Guru Now DOJ Tool

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.

The inventor Bernhard Fritsch developed the core technology and started StarClub in 2008.

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.

Edward Nusbaum, a family law attorney based in Connecticut, has filed a motion to hold his former client, Karen Riordan, in contempt of court. The dispute centers on Riordan’s alleged failure to pay arbitration fees in a case involving Nusbaum’s billing practices.

TRIAL OF BERNHARD FRITSCH MAY ALTER SIXTH AMENDMENT LAW

By Nick Del Vecchio

A Case That Questions the Very Nature of Justice

The April 2025 trial of Bernhard Fritsch in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on two counts of wire fraud may represent a critical point in defining the Sixth Amendment protections. Despite securing millions to retain private counsel, a federal judge compelled Fritsch to

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.

Episode Twenty: Costas Returns

The issue is freedom of choice.

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.

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.