An FBI special agent leading the investigation into two former leaders of an ‘orgasmic meditation cult’ featured in a hit Netflix show has been accused of fabricating evidence by a Member of Congress, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal.
The representative has written to new FBI director Kash Patel, alleging the agent ‘transformed the Netflix-created content into federal evidence’ to go after ex-OneTaste wellness company executives Rachel Cherwitz and Nicole Daedone.
Both women face trial this week in New York, accused of a forced labor scheme that allegedly involved participants in OneTaste courses and employees between 2006 and 2018.
Founder Daedone and former head of sales Cherwitz provided sexually focused wellness education and events that promoted ‘orgasmic meditation’ and ‘slow sex’ – advocating female empowerment through orgasm.
But prosecutors claim they also exploited some people by coercing them to work without pay and to perform sexual acts with OneTaste investors using cult-like tactics.
The investigation followed the 2022 Netflix ‘true crime’ documentary Orgasm Inc: the Story of OneTaste, which featured former work Ayries Blanck and her journals, which painted a dark picture of the workplace.
Five months after it aired, Daedone and Cherwitz were indicted. Both deny the single count of forced labor conspiracy.
Now DailyMail.com has seen a letter to FBI director Patel from a Member of Congress – who is also a member of the House Judiciary Committee and a former law enforcement official – ‘seeking answers’ about the special agent in the case.
The representative, whose name is redacted, alleges a special agent of the New York City division has ‘a long and extremely troubling list of alleged investigative abuses which demand accountability’.
DailyMail.com has decided not to name the agent in the letter, whose ‘actions appear to represent a fundamental corruption of the investigative process and a failure of agent accountability,’ writes the Congress member.
The letter accuses the special agent of ‘participating in Netflix productions while investigating targets’ plus making up evidence ‘through entertainment media’, filing misleading affidavits, directing witnesses to destroy evidence, and using personal email to avoid official scrutiny.
‘Most disturbing is the systematic effort to transform Netflix-created content into federal evidence,’ they add. ‘This isn’t just overreach – it’s deliberate fabrication of a criminal case through entertainment media.’
The Congress member says they are committed to ending the ‘weaponization’ of the FBI to ensure Americans are not hit by ‘improperly motivated or abusive law enforcement tactics’.
They write that the agent’s conduct ‘suggests a broader cultural problem within the Bureau – one where entertainment value trumps evidentiary standards’.
The letter follows a dramatic shift in the case in March when Blanck’s journals were thrown out of the Brooklyn court under defense pressure – and prosecutors said she was no longer considered a key witness.
‘The government no longer believes that the disputed portions of the handwritten journals are authentic,’ prosecutors wrote to the judge. They said the diaries were transcribed years later.
Blanck had been expected to provide key testimony in the case, which could be hearing opening statements as early as today/Tuesday following jury selection.
Two of the women’s attorneys, Celia Cohen and Michael Robotti, wrote when her journals were kicked out: ‘The government has admitted that Blanck committed federal crimes, by falsifying evidence and lying to federal agents, and that the government relied on those lies and false evidence in prosecuting the defendants.’
A grand jury indicted Daedone and Cherwitz a month after the journals were submitted in 2023, with Blanck claiming she had handed them over to her sister, Autymn, in 2015.
Blanck claimed in the Netflix documentary that OneTaste ‘forced and manipulated her into having sex and taking part in orgasmic meditation with OneTaste staff, supervisors and customers’.
OneTaste denies this, and the company launched a countersuit against Netflix for claiming it aired ‘completely false’ accusations – and against Blanck for allegedly breaching a $325,000 settlement by speaking with the streaming service.
The Cohen and Robboti letter in March insisted: ‘The government does not indicate whether it will investigate and prosecute Blanck, nor whether it will drop the charges against the defendants. But it should immediately do both.
‘Blanck’s crimes not only have wasted extensive judicial and defense resources but also led the government to bring a baseless indictment against the defendants.’
Cohen and Robboti also accused the government of failing to do its ‘due diligence’ on the false claims, accusing them of ‘repeatedly taking Blanck’s word’ that the journals were authentic.
‘But for the defense’s efforts, the government would have presented perjured testimony from its star witness at trial, potentially leading to a wrongful conviction of the defendants,’ they added.
As part of the civil lawsuit, Blanck claimed she didn’t type up her handwritten journals and she was unaware of who did, denying making any modifications.
One source confirmed that following an interview with the FBI in early March this year, Blanck changed her story again, telling them that her sister made modifications before she then rewrote them herself.
Autymn, who was paid $25,000 for the documentary, told authorities that she was unaware that her sister had accessed the journals and edited them after she initially typed them up and shared them with Netflix producers.
The letter stipulated that Blanck had access to the journals and edited them prior to them behind handed over to the FBI.
Federal investigators have now admitted that Blanck’s version of events has ‘inconsistencies’ and are no longer planning to call her as a witness over ‘credibility concerns’.
They have also confirmed that they will no longer use the writings as evidence, as the portions disputed by OneTaste were ‘recreated’ by Blanck years after she initially penned them.
The government had been arguing to keep the letter and information sealed because of fear of ‘witness harassment’ and ‘sensitive material from a civil case.’ But it has now been unsealed although many pages are heavily redacted.
Documents also reveal that Blanck contacted a Netflix producer multiple times in May 2022, using the Signal app while in Ireland.
She admitted to the FBI during her latest interview that she deliberately withheld information from Autymn to prevent her from testifying inaccurately during depositions.
Blanck disclosed the edits to Autymn a few weeks before the interview and coordinated with Netflix regarding when the Google document would be ready, but she did not reveal she had edited it.
She admitted to having more communication with the producer than previously disclosed, using the encrypted Signal app, though the messages had been deleted.
Blanck did not receive payment for the Netflix documentary, and her sister did not share her payment.