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OneTaste members claim new Netflix doc ‘Orgasm Inc’ uses stolen footage
Former members of OneTaste — an orgasmic meditation company that has been accused of being a cult — are claiming the upcoming Netflix doc “Orgasm Inc” uses “stolen footage.”
The group, which is calling itself “The Real People of OneTaste,” has set up a website, “Hey Netflix,” claiming “the documentary was largely produced using footage that was stolen and sold to the producers,” and includes “very sensitive and private facts of our lives WITHOUT our permission.”
The site also includes a petition, which they claim has been signed by 400 former members, explaining further that the footage — which may include nudity — was located “on several hard drives (covering the period between the mid-2000s and 2016), and sold by a former OneTaste employee to a Netflix producer for money without our knowledge, permission, or consent.”
“We gave specific and exclusive authorization to OneTaste to film our participation in certain courses and activities solely for instructional/educational purposes,” says the petition.
“Some of these courses were intimate for us and portions of the material might depict some of us in various stages of undress, as part of the OM practice or in other settings. In some cases, this includes extreme closeups of our genitals,” it continues.
OneTaste has been described as a sexuality focused wellness education company that practices orgasmic meditation or “OMing.”
A Bloomberg report claimed “former staffers and community members say OneTaste resembled a kind of prostitution ring — one that exploited trauma victims and others searching for healing.”
“In some members’ experiences, the company used flirtation and sex to lure emotionally vulnerable targets. It taught employees to work for free or cheap to show devotion. And managers frequently ordered staffers to have sex or OM with each other or with customers,” the report said.
OneTaste has called the claims outrageous, and members of the new website call them “false and horrific.”
The group is asking Netflix for “written assurances that none of the footage… will be used, broadcast, aired, sold, or otherwise exploited in any way,” and that the streamer “will not use our names, any audio recording of us, any pictures of us (blurred or otherwise), any video of us (blurred or otherwise), or any images or videos of our bodies.”
The doc comes out on Nov. 5.
A rep for Netflix had no comment.