Netflix’s ‘stolen’ ‘Orgasm’?

FORMER members of OneTaste — an “orgasmic meditation” company that has been accused of being a cult — are claiming an upcoming Netflix doc, “Orgasm Inc: The Story of OneTaste,” uses “stolen footage.”

A group calling itself the Real People of OneTaste has set up a website, Hey Netflix, claiming that “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.”

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.” The doc comes out Nov. 5. A rep for Netflix had no comment.