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THE PARDON COLUMN: The Prosecution That Turned Belief Into Crime
The first brainwashing conspiracy case that redefines the prosecutorial landscape for all groups, religions and Americans
The first brainwashing conspiracy case that redefines the prosecutorial landscape for all groups, religions and Americans
In June 2025, two women were convicted of forced labor conspiracy in the Eastern District of New York. No one was physically restrained. No one was threatened with violence. No substantive crime of forced labor was charged. Nine out of 35,000 former participants in a meditation and wellness company
The government wants Rachel Cherwitz sentenced for a crime she was never charged with, never tried for, and never convicted of.
Rachel Cherwitz is Nicole Daedone’s co-defendant, who is currently incarcerated at Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn while they await sentencing.
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” — George Orwell, 1984
In June 2025, a Brooklyn federal jury convicted Nicole Daedone, 58, co-founder of OneTaste, on conspiracy to commit forced labor.
In the US District Court for the Eastern District of NY, Judge Diane Gujarati orchestrated a trial to ensure a jury found Nicole Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz guilty of forced labor conspiracy – a precedent-setting case. The trial actually spoke of coercion through brainwashing and invoked testimony t
Editor’s note: I imagine Judge Gujarati will try to blame OneTaste for this article—petulant child that she is. But for the record, I don’t work for OneTaste. I haven’t in more than a year. These stories are based solely on the outrageous behavior of a timid judge, too frightened to safeguard justic
The federal trial began in Brooklyn of Rachel Cherwitz and Nicole Daedone on May 5, 2025.
The jury returned with a verdict on the OneTaste case—Nicole Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz.
I recently appeared on the Roger Stone show on WABC to talk about the OneTaste case.
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.
