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July 17, 2024
Feds Ask To Quash OneTaste Exec's Netflix, Vice Subpoenas
Prosecutors on Wednesday asked a Brooklyn federal judge to nullify what they called overbroad subpoenas filed by an executive of the sexual wellness company OneTaste seeking information from major media companies including Vice and Netflix in connection with a forced-labor case.
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June 20, 2024
Prosecutors Deny Spoiling Evidence In OneTaste Case
Brooklyn federal prosecutors have denied allegations of misconduct in the forced labor conspiracy case against two executives of sexual wellness company OneTaste, who claim an FBI agent instructed a potential key witness to delete emails.
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June 12, 2024
FBI Told OneTaste Witness To Delete Evidence, Ex-Execs Say
Two former executives of sexual wellness company OneTaste Inc. said they uncovered "shocking" evidence that an FBI agent told a former employee of the business and key government witness to delete an old email account, allegedly destroying exculpatory evidence in a forced-labor conspiracy case.
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June 06, 2024
Feds Copied Privileged Doc In OneTaste Charges, Execs Say
Two executives of sexual wellness company OneTaste have renewed their bid to throw out the indictment against them on forced-labor conspiracy charges, claiming prosecutors used a privileged document to tailor the charges.
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May 03, 2024
OneTaste Duo's Bid To Toss Charges Slapped Down By Judge
A Brooklyn federal judge on Friday denied a bid by two former executives of OneTaste to dismiss an indictment accusing them of extracting free labor from alleged members of the San Francisco sexual wellness company through abusive tactics.
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February 01, 2024
OneTaste Forced-Labor Trial Unlikely To Start Before 2025
A Brooklyn federal judge set a tentative January 2025 trial date on Thursday for the forced-labor prosecution of two former executives of sexual wellness company OneTaste, saying an earlier trial is unlikely due to the parties' "awfully long" six-week-length estimate.
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September 21, 2023
OneTaste Exec Attys Say Fed Conflict Hearing Bid Falls Flat
In separate letters to a New York federal court, Steptoe & Johnson LLP and Alston & Bird LLP attorneys pushed back on prosecutors' bid for a Curcio hearing to examine potential conflicts concerning their clients, OneTaste Inc. founder Nicole Daedone and former executive Rachel Cherwitz.
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September 14, 2023
Attys For OneTaste Execs May Have Conflicts, Feds Say
Alston & Bird LLP and Steptoe & Johnson LLP attorneys defending the founder and former executive of sexual wellness company OneTaste against forced labor charges may have conflicts that merit further scrutiny, New York federal prosecutors have said.
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July 26, 2023
Ex-OneTaste Execs Signal Brady Fight In Forced Labor Case
Counsel for the founder and a former executive of sexual wellness company OneTaste on Wednesday signaled that they are gearing up for a fight over a swath of potentially exculpatory evidence that has not been turned over to the defense pursuant to Brady v. Maryland, in the case alleging the former leaders subjected adherents to sexual abuse and obtained their labor through intimidation.
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July 05, 2023
Sex Wellness Gurus Rip 'Sensationalized' Forced Labor Case
Two former executives of the California-based sexual wellness company OneTaste previewed their defenses to the Brooklyn U.S. attorney's forced-labor case on Wednesday, saying the "bare bones" indictment is "peppered with sensationalized allegations that have no nexus to its one criminal charge."