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By Joe Brucker
BROOKLYN – A key and controversial argument in the federal government’s novel case against a sexual wellness education retreat company was just eliminated as an option.
As lamented by both libertarians and social conservatives, the federal government was intending to argue that, while participants could leave at any time, former OneTaste executives used “coercive control”—psychological abuse—to force their students and staff to work for their benefit. If convicted, those executives, Rachel Cherwitz and Nicole Daedone, would face 20-year prison sentences.
To articulate the theory to the Brooklyn jury, prosecutors hoped to offer clinical psychologist Dr. Chitra Raghavan, once named one of “New York’s New Abolitionists,” as an expert witness.
While similar expertise has been offered in other cases, the judge denied the government’s request to present this witness—and her testimony—Tuesday evening.
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