Fake Journal Exposed in OneTaste Trial—Frank Parlato’s Reporting Shatters Crooked FBI NY Field Office’s Concocted Case
By M. Thomas Nast and Richard Luthmann
The Eastern District of New York’s prosecution of OneTaste is collapsing under the weight of corruption, fraud, and outright criminal conduct by the FBI’s lead agent.
Nicole Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz face forced labor conspiracy charges. Yet prosecutors admit no forced labor happened—only that the pair supposedly conspired to commit it.
There are no victims and no underlying crime.
Experts say this is the first time in American legal history that a conspiracy was charged where the government can identify no substantive criminal activity.
Feted investigative journalist Frank Parlato exposed the governmental misconduct in a report confirmed by the Daily Mail.
A Witness With an Axe To Grind
The OneTaste case is centered around Ayries Blanck‘s testimony. She entered the government’s orbit with a clear axe to grind against Daedone and Cherwitz.
Blank, reportedly a former sex worker, was once a high-level participant in the San Francisco-based wellness company that taught “Orgasmic Meditation.” OneTaste’s teachings combine mindfulness and sexuality practices for personal development. Blanck soured after being removed from leadership and losing access to OneTaste’s inner circle.
After her departure, Blanck harbored deep resentment toward Daedone, blaming her for personal failures and financial troubles.
Blanck later reinvented herself as a victim, selling her story to Netflix for $25,000. She fabricated a fake journal—exposed as a 2022 creation—and falsely claimed it documented her time inside OneTaste in 2015. Her motivation was clear: revenge, money, and a chance to destroy Daedone and Cherwitz by playing the government’s star witness.
Blanck admitted she reconstructed her so-called 2015 journal years later, with input from her sister and a Netflix producer. Forensic evidence confirmed the journal was actually created in 2022 as a Google Doc—while Blanck was cooperating with the FBI.
The Government’s Case Falls Apart
Frank Parlato, publisher of the Frank Report, broke the scandal wide open.
In his reporting, Parlato wrote, “This is the first time in U.S. history the government charged forced labor conspiracy without a forced labor crime.” He added, “The government argues coercion existed in the air, but no one was harmed.”
Reading between the lines, the U.S. Attorney hopes to put SEX on trial, absent a clear crime to charge and where there is no non-consensual, law-breaking activity.
The centerpiece of their case—Aries Blanck’s so-called 2015 journal—has now been exposed as a fraud. Metadata analysis confirmed that it was created in 2022 as a Google Doc.
Shockingly, FBI Agent Elliot McGinnis was a document editor.
Blanck later admitted during re-interviews that the journal was “reconstructed” years after she left OneTaste, with help from her sister and a Netflix producer.
Netflix reportedly paid Blanck $25,000 for the rights to the fraudulent journal, a potential wire fraud felony.
Defense attorneys argue the entire case rests on this fabrication.
“There’s no crime here,” attorney Jennifer Bonjean told reporters. “The FBI invented one and coached a witness to back it up.”
If justice means anything, the case must be dismissed, and those responsible must be prosecuted. President Trump has an electoral mandate to do just this. AG Pam Bondi has guaranteed it.
FBI Agent McGinnis Scandal: Criminal Misconduct Detailed
Parlato’s reports describe Elliot McGinnis as a rogue agent operating outside the law, engaging in misconduct that should result in prosecution.
According to Parlato, McGinnis instructed Blanck to delete exculpatory emails and use Gmail’s “confidential mode” to communicate off the record. He secretly coached Blanck on what to write in the fake journal and used stolen OneTaste documents to build his case—then tried to hide it from the court.
“He pressured witnesses to discover they were victims,” defense attorney Bonjean said. “That’s obstruction, witness tampering, and suborning perjury.”
Parlato detailed McGinnis’ troubling past. As an NYPD officer, McGinnis was accused of brutalizing a Black man—choking, beating, and stuffing him into a body bag.
Internal Affairs investigated, but McGinnis resigned before facing discipline. Several officers involved in the incident faced federal civil rights violation charges. McGinnis did not. He had flipped to become a “RAT” on his fellow officers, who claimed that McGinnis was an “instigator” and “downplayed his role” in the federally prosecuted incident.
His career in law enforcement was over. No one there would ever trust a man who would lie and “FLIP.” That is not the expectation or the culture of an NYPD officer who puts his life in the hands of others every day.
Less than a year later, McGinnis was off to Quantico. James Comey‘s FBI had hired him. Many wonder if this was part of the quid pro quo for his testimony against fellow NYPD officers.
In the OneTaste case, McGinnis reportedly pointed a gun at a female target during a surrender, bruised her wrists, and threatened people with arrest if they didn’t cooperate.
Parlato wrote, “McGinnis doesn’t belong in law enforcement. He belongs in prison.”
Defense lawyers for the OneTaste defendants demand the case be dismissed, and McGinnis is referred for criminal prosecution.
FBI Agent McGinnis Scandal: Blanck May Face Federal Charges
Ayries Blanck now faces serious criminal exposure for fabricating the government’s case. She could be charged with perjury, obstruction, wire fraud, and conspiracy. She admitted fabricating evidence and lying to the FBI.
Her Netflix deal only worsens her legal exposure.
Blanck falsely claimed the journal documented her victimization inside OneTaste. In reality, the journal was drafted to fit the prosecution’s narrative.
The journal wasn’t just fake—it was profitable.
According to Parlato’s reporting, the journal’s sale involved electronic communications, which opens Blanck to federal charges for wire fraud.
Blanck also repeatedly lied to federal agents about the journal’s creation. She claimed it was contemporaneous, only to later admit under pressure that it was a fabrication.
Those false statements are felonies. Each lie carries a potential five-year prison sentence.
Defense lawyers now argue that the government’s case cannot survive. They demand the charges be dropped, and FBI Agent Elliot McGinnis be referred for criminal prosecution.
Blanck, they say, must also be held accountable.
“She lied to the government, fabricated evidence, and sold the story to Netflix,” one defense lawyer said. “Aries Blanck doesn’t belong on the witness stand. She belongs in a federal courtroom—facing charges.”
Parlato summed it up: “This was a setup from the start. McGinnis and Blanck created a crime out of thin air.”
FBI Agent McGinnis Scandal: Will Judge Gujarati Act or Protect the Deep State?
The fate of the OneTaste case now rests with Judge Diane Gujarati. Appointed to the bench by President Trump in 2020, she previously spent over 20 years as a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York.
Critics say her recent rulings favor prosecutors and reflect her former role rather than neutral judicial judgment.
Judge Gujarati faces a stark choice with allegations mounting against FBI Agent Elliot McGinnis and star witness Ayries Blanck. Either she throws out a compromised case or risks being labeled another Deep State rubber stamp ripe for congressional impeachment.
Her next move will determine whether this case becomes the blueprint for future lawfare or a cautionary tale. The options are clear: Refer McGinnis and Blanck for prosecution, dismiss the case entirely, or become another Deep State protector.
The political winds are blowing towards a potential reckoning of a perceived obstructionist federal judiciary.
One Trump insider warned, “If Judge Gujarati lets this stand, she’s complicit in remaining a prosecutor at heart. Congress should put her on the impeachment list. Politically speaking, Trump will have to offer up some of his previous appointees anyway for a ‘wholesale commission’ to gain traction. Eric Komittee in the EDNY and Kari Dooley in Connecticut immediately come to mind.”
Prosecutors have already admitted defeat in part. They pulled the journal but refused to drop the case, which Attorney Bonjean called unacceptable.
“No FBI agent gets to commit crimes to make a case,” she said. “This has to end.”
The OneTaste prosecution is now a symbol of everything wrong with the weaponized justice system. Conservatives compare it to the railroading of President Trump or General Flynn by a crooked FBI cooked up by James Comey and other corrupt Deep State actors. Some critics call it “the new Ruby Ridge” – an incident that has the chance to spark systemic institutional change.
President Trump’s electoral mandate confirms that the American people want something different from federal law enforcement. AG Pam Bondi’s DOJ must act swiftly to restore confidence in American justice.
“This is a case we can use to clean house,” one insider said. “Perp walk McGinnis out of [the FBI’s New York Field office]. Indict Blanck. Dismantle this operation. Turn Kash [Patel] and [Dan] Bongino loose on that viper’s nest.”
The FBI New York Field Office is the same office that is obstructing, withholding, and destroying the evidence related to the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and his many famous “friends.”
The question now is whether the system will correct itself—or prove every critic of the Deep State right.
The insider closed with, “The whole country needs to see this. This is what corruption looks like. If this case isn’t stopped, it’s open season on all of us.”
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