Attorney Says New Lawfare Trial Opens the Door to Criminalizing ‘Spirituality’ in America

The wellness company OneTaste is currently on trial for the sham charge of “Forced Labor Conspiracy,” a desperate case built during the peak hysteria of the #MeToo movement. This lawfare campaign, brought to us by the Biden regime holdovers in the Eastern District of New York, claims that consenting adults who willingly joined a spiritual wellness community were somehow transformed into makeshift slaves.

This case should have never made it to trial. It’s propped up by a disgraceful cocktail of fake evidence, paid witnesses, FBI misconduct, propaganda media and Netflix documentaries, and political bias. From day one, this has been about punishing beliefs and scoring #MeToo points, not proving or punishing actual crimes.

Lead prosecutor Assistant US Attorney Kaitlin Farrell made that painfully clear in court when she basically admitted what this case is really about. In her recent remarks, Farrell revealed that the OneTaste prosecution is built on criminalizing thoughts and beliefs, not actual actions. Here are her chilling words:

I think, as your Honor understands, our theory of the case is that the defendants put some the testifying witnesses, our victims, in psychological distress and also taught them concepts that taught them basically to consent to everything and to be willing to engage in certain sexual activities that even at the time they would have viewed as something they wouldn’t consent to, but they did so because they were taught this was a philosophy or a religious practice that was good for them, and if they continued to do it they would reach enlightenment.

Let’s break this down: if you hold a spiritual or personal belief and actually live by it, the US government thinks that might be a crime. That’s not justice; that’s straight-up Marxist-style control. The OneTaste case isn’t about proving force or fraud. It’s about turning unconventional beliefs into “coercion” and rewriting consent to fit some state-approved script.

So, if the DOJ can twist spiritual or alternative beliefs into thought crimes, it sets the stage for something much bigger, doesn’t it? What happens when traditional religious practices come under fire? Church discipline, Christian counseling, Jewish or Muslim teachings—all of it could be on the chopping block. This isn’t just a trial. It’s the start of a very dangerous precedent.

That’s exactly why former Trump administration attorney James Lawrence is speaking out. James is based in North Carolina and served as deputy general counsel at HHS and later as general counsel at the FDA under President Trump. He also successfully litigated the first lawsuit against Twitter on behalf of New York Times journalist Alex Berenson. Now he’s sounding the alarm, warning that what these lawfare prosecutors are doing in the OneTaste case could reshape religious freedom in America. In a recent memo, he fired back at the lead prosecutor’s attempt to criminalize “thought crimes” and explained how that move could put people of faith directly in the government’s crosshairs. (Read more from “Attorney Says New Lawfare Trial Opens the Door to Criminalizing ‘Spirituality’ in America” HERE)

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