India, June 10 -- The leaders of a sex-focused women's wellness company, OneTaste Inc., have been convicted of federal forced labour charges. The California-based company promoted "orgasmic meditation". Following a five-week trial, Nicole Daedone, founder of OneTaste Inc., and Rachel Cherwitz, the company's former sales director, were found by the Brooklyn jury guilty after deliberating for less than two days. Each faced 20 years in prison as per the sentence.

The prosecutors argued that the two women ran a scheme for years that groomed individuals, many of them victims of sexual trauma, to do their bidding.

They further claimed that Daedone 57 and Cherwitz, 44, used economic, sexual and psychological abuse, intimidation and indoctrinat...