Frank Parlato

The OneTaste Trial: They Got Their Witch

By Frank Parlato Nicole Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz ran a San Francisco company called OneTaste that focused on sex and enlightenment. Sixteen thousand people

April 27, 2026

Courts·Crime and Justice·Featured

DOJ Shields Hewitt — But Not for Act That Upended Rose’s Career

Frank Rose spent 30 years in national security. The United States Senate confirmed him twice. The nation entrusted him with the nuclear arsenal. Kathryn

April 26, 2026

Featured·Uncategorized

They Convicted OneTaste. Trump’s Communities Are Next.

If you are looking for the moment American federal criminal law crossed a line, this is it. The people who built the case hate

April 23, 2026

Featured·OneTaste

Sandusky judge forced to reverse herself

By Ralph Cipriano In the Penn State sex abuse case, Senior Judge Maureen Skerda is resolutely engineering a cover up. But last week because

April 23, 2026

Crime and Justice·Featured

Poloncarz’s $40 Million Lie: The Numbers He Never Corrected

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz wants to replace the Assigned Counsel Program — a 60-year-old system that meets the state-mandated obligation to provide lawyers

April 18, 2026

Featured

Clark for Grillo: The Trade the FBI Made and the Question It Never Asked

By Frank Parlato James D. Clark delivered gold. He stole some too. He took their money. He told them the gold was coming. It did

April 13, 2026

Crime and Justice·Featured·Investigative

Brooklyn Just Made It Legal to Prosecute Donald Trump for Brainwashing His Followers

By Frank Parlato The term ends January 20, 2029. The man who held it steps back into the jurisdiction of ordinary law. The great

April 13, 2026

Crime and Justice·Featured·Investigative

OneTaste Verdict: How Forced Labor Conspiracy Theory Redefined Consent and Coercion

By Frank Parlato No one had brought a case like this before. Only a conspiracy, stretched across years. They admitted there were no chains

April 11, 2026

Crime and Justice·Featured·Investigative·OneTaste

Ambrose Moves to Hide Financial Records — Reveals He Has Been Liquidating Assets

By Frank Parlato Christopher Ambrose filed an emergency motion on Wednesday asking a federal judge to seal his financial records from public view. In the

April 11, 2026

Featured·Investigative

Sylvia Luke: Budget Hawk, Immigrant Daughter, Hawaii’s Indispensable Leader

By Frank Parlato There are leaders who are manufactured — polished in the right rooms, introduced to the right people, handed a path already

April 10, 2026

Featured·Uncategorized

Why Trust Bannon After Partner Stole $1B?

By Frank Parlato Steve Bannon, host of War Room, one of the most listened-to political podcasts in America, had a partner named Miles Guo. They built

April 8, 2026

Featured·Investigative

Stefanya Ramirez Ospina Used Green Card to Steal; Now ICE Has Her File

By New Immigration Era What One Case Reveals For most of the past three decades, immigration enforcement in America operated on a set of

April 7, 2026

Featured·Investigative

Ambrose Has Nine Days to Prove Poverty in Bandy Lee Case

By Frank Parlato Christopher A. Ambrose was a television writer whose career imploded in a plagiarism scandal in 2018. He is a suspended New York attorney.

April 6, 2026

Featured·Investigative

FBI Informant PT 2: The Clark Family Buz

By: Frank Parlato This is the second in a series on James D. Clark, the FBI informant who manufactured an attempted kidnapping case against

April 4, 2026

Crime·Crime and Justice·Featured·Investigative

FBI Informant James D. Clark PT 3: The Gold Wasn’t There

By Frank Parlato This is part three of FBI Informant, the story of James D. Clark, the man to whom the FBI gave a

April 4, 2026

Featured·Grillo·Investigative

Ask Frank: What Did Raniere Do?

Dear Frank, You told Alex who Keith Raniere is. What I need to know is what he actually did. My professor Steven Hassan says the BITE

April 4, 2026

Featured

Judge Skerda Rescinded Sandusky Dismissal

By Frank Parlato Judge Skerda and the Sandusky PCRA Pennsylvania Rule 907 requires a judge to issue a Notice of Intent to Dismiss and

April 4, 2026

Featured·Investigative

James D. Clark FBI Informant: Pt 1: The Trade

By Frank Parlato THE INFORMANT SERIES How James D. Clark Cheated Retirees, Dodged a Federal Fraud Investigation, and Bought His Freedom With Leo Grillo

April 3, 2026

Crime and Justice·Featured·Investigative

Federal Judge Orders Ambrose to Produce Bank Records, Criminal Referral Open

By Frank Parlato Court names Bank of America, Fidelity, and Eyes Above Productions — sets April 14 deadline A federal judge Tuesday ordered Christopher

April 1, 2026

Crime and Justice·Featured·Investigative

The Corrupt Judge on Trial: How Diane Gujarati Set A New Dangerous Precedent During The OneTaste Case

By Troy Smith A 2025 federal trial — a single charge of forced labor conspiracy without the underlying charge of forced labor, known by

March 31, 2026

Crime and Justice·Featured·OneTaste

OneTaste Founder Gets Prison in First Brainwashing Conviction in US History

By Frank Parlato Nicole Daedone, founder of the sexual wellness company OneTaste, was sentenced Monday to nine years in federal prison for forced labor

March 31, 2026

Crime and Justice·Featured·OneTaste

Radovan Vítek: The Man Forbes Calls Self-Made

By Frank Parlato Forbes puts his worth at $7 billion. That ranks him 525th in the world. They call him self-made. He is 55.

March 29, 2026

Featured·Investigative

Can OneTaste Case Be Used Against Trump?

By Frank Parlato Will a Brooklyn Federal Prosecution Make It Possible to Prosecute Trump for Running a Cult? ​On March 30, 2026, in a

March 28, 2026

Featured·Investigative

Erie County’s Poor May Lose Their Lawyers

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz wants to replace or drastically reduce the Assigned Counsel Program with either a government-run public defender’s office or an

March 26, 2026

Crime and Justice·Featured·News

Ambrose Stole His Daughter’s Identity for Food Stamps

By Frank Parlato Christopher Ambrose is suing me for $5 million, claiming I defamed him by reporting on his fraudulent conduct. I also reported

March 23, 2026

Featured·Investigative

He Guessed. Fisher Nodded. Sandusky Went to Prison.

By Orson Voss A jury convicted Sandusky of abusing ten boys. Eight of those 10 boys testified in the courtroom to confront Sandusky. There

March 21, 2026

Featured

John Flynn Accused of Sexually Abusing His Cousin; Now the Judge Has Quit the Case.

By Frank Parlato Ryan Flynn, 32, has been in jail for 151 days for a screenshot of a social media post. From the criminal

March 20, 2026

Featured·Investigative

A Confused CT Court Jury Convicted Paul Boyne

By Frank Parlato A Confused Jury Convicts — And a Fool Walks Into His Own Trap Paul Boyne, 64, was convicted on 18 felony

March 19, 2026

Featured

Crypto Con: How Bannon Took Millions From His Audience

Steve Bannon and Boris Epshteyn promoted Let's Go Brandon Coin as decentralized and safe. A federal lawsuit says it was neither. Investors lost everything.

March 18, 2026

Featured

Feds Indict Grillo: DELTA Rescue Founder Faces Kidnapping Charge Based on Fraudster’s Entrapment

By Frank Parlato On March 13, 2026, the United States government indicted Leo Grillo, 77, founder of DELTA Rescue, an animal sanctuary in Acton,

March 17, 2026

Crime and Justice·Featured

Judge Brown’s Two Lies in Boyne Trial

By Frank Parlato We examined how Judge Peter L. Brown buried the Counterman standard in 145 pages of jury instructions in the Paul Boyne

March 15, 2026

Featured

PART 3: THE MONEY MAN William Je and the Pipeline to Steve Bannon

Steve Bannon broadcasts four hours a day on War Room, the podcast he produces and hosts from his home. He talks about immigration. The

March 15, 2026

Featured

Judge Brown’s Jury Instructions Buried Boyne

udge Brown read 145 pages of jury instructions before the Boyne jury deliberated. Five hours. Research on jury behavior is unambiguous. Tired jurors do

March 13, 2026

Analysis·Courts·Crime and Justice·Featured·Judicial Corruption·Prosecutorial Misconduct

Two Frauds, One Playbook: How Steve Bannon Walked Away Twice

Part 2 THE PATTERN Steve Bannon and Miles Guo were partners. They had offices at 162 East 64th Street — a bulletproof-glass townhouse on

March 13, 2026

Featured·News

The Miles Guo and Steve Bannon Money Trail

PART 1: THE EMPIRE Miles Guo built a billion-dollar empire on the idea that the Chinese Communist Party was evil and had to be

March 10, 2026

Featured·News

OneTaste and the FBI’s Scorecard

The Epstein Inversion: OneTaste Case Is the Opposite of What You Think Two investigative articles. Five months apart. Both were published in 2018, both

March 8, 2026

Analysis·Courts·Crime and Justice·Featured·Judicial Corruption·Prosecutorial Misconduct

What the FBI Told Itself About OneTaste

FBI Ranked OneTaste Alongside Epstein and NXIVM — Then Couldn’t Charge Trafficking Inside the FBI, the case became a matter of pride. An internal FBI

March 8, 2026

Analysis·Crime and Justice·Featured·Investigative·Prosecutorial Misconduct

LA Times Got the Grillo Kidnap Story Wrong

March 6, 2026 by Frank Parlato The LA Times Reported Leo Grillo’s Arrest and Missed the Important Facts The Los Angeles Times reported that the

March 7, 2026

Analysis·Courts·Crime and Justice·Featured

Skerda Won’t Look at the $12 Million Witness

By Frank Parlato WARREN COUNTY, Pa. — On February 27, 2026, Senior Judge Maureen Skerda dismissed Jerry Sandusky’s post-conviction petition without holding a hearing.

March 6, 2026

Analysis·Courts·Crime and Justice·Featured

FBI Setup? DELTA Rescue’s Founder Arrested

By Frank Parlato Leo Grillo is a former client of the author. Frank Parlato has previously published investigative reporting on the civil case underlying

March 5, 2026

Courts·Crime and Justice·Featured

Ask Frank: Why Is My Judge So Biased?

March 5, 2026 by Frank Parlato I Thought Judges Were Supposed to Be Smart A reader writes: Dear Frank, I’m watching a family member

March 5, 2026

Analysis·Crime and Justice·Featured

Shake Off Winter Blues With SoleTurn Concert March 14

By Tony Farina The incredibly talented and creative rock band SoleTurn will perform a very special three-hour concert on Saturday, March 14, beginning at

March 4, 2026

Featured·Music

The Rent Explanation That Explains Nothing

By Frank Parlato In March 2025, Christopher Ambrose, a disgraced television writer fired for plagiarism and a suspended attorney from Madison, Connecticut, filed a

March 4, 2026

Featured·Uncategorized

The Bribe That Nobody Got: US v. Mayor Thao

The federal indictment against David Duong describes a curious bribery scheme with two alleged payments. The first: $75,000 for political mailers supporting Sheng Thao’s

March 4, 2026

Crime and Justice·Featured

Judge Skerda Said She Had No Jurisdiction

WARREN COUNTY, Pa. — In Part 1 of this series, we reported that Senior Judge Maureen Skerda dismissed Jerry Sandusky’s PCRA petition on February

March 4, 2026

Courts·Featured

The Trial of Keith Raniere: Day 1, Part 1 — ‘Please Stand, Mr. Raniere’

This series is a day-by-day, witness-by-witness account of the federal trial of Keith Raniere, founder of NXIVM, tried in May and June 2019 before

March 4, 2026

Featured·NXIVM

Judge Skerda’s Lawless Dismissal of Sandusky PCRA: A Ruling Designed to Run Out the Clock on a Man She Hopes Will Die in Prison 

WARREN COUNTY, Pa. — On Feb. 27, 2026, Senior Judge Maureen Skerda denied Jerry Sandusky’s Post-Conviction Relief Act petition in an eleven-page order. The

March 4, 2026

Featured

Oakland Corruption Case: FBI Built Case Against Mayor Sheng Thao on Witness Sued 33 Times — Franks Hearing Could End It

THE WORD OF MARIO JUAREZ On Wednesday, a federal judge will decide whether an FBI Agent told the truth when he sought permission to

March 2, 2026

Crime and Justice·Featured

Olive Oil Part #1: The Tree That Would Not Die

By Dr. Bob Oksenholt This is the first in a series about olive oil. What it is. Where it came from. Why the real

February 28, 2026

Featured·Food·Lifestyle

SANDUSKY INVESTIGATION The First Prosecutors in American History to Directly Profit From Their Own Conviction

Search the disciplinary records. Search the law reviews. Search the case law databases of every state and federal circuit in the country. You will

February 27, 2026

Featured·Law

The Man Who Fought Back: How Biden’s DOE Tried to Destroy Frank Rose

By Frank Parlato Frank A. Rose spent three decades in national security in four presidential administrations — Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Biden. Under President

February 26, 2026

Featured·Government

Germany’s Mark Branson Promised to “Step on Toes” — But Not Radovan Vítek’s

The Promise On June 26, 2025, Mark Branson, president of Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority — BaFin — gave an interview to the Financial

February 24, 2026

Uncategorized

Radovan Vitek’s Rise Was No Miracle — It Was a Shell Game

A New Test for BaFin Mark Branson took charge of Germany’s financial regulator in 2021. He arrived after the Wirecard collapse, with €1.9 billion

February 24, 2026

Featured·News

AI Podcast Botches Nancy Salzman Story

Another week, another AI-generated podcast that gets the basics wrong while drowning listeners in psychological jargon. It’s “GBR Life Transmissions,” a podcast hosted by

February 24, 2026

Featured·Investigative·NXIVM

Jailed Whistleblower’s Federal Filing Alleges Hochul Affair, Erie County Retaliation

ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. — A jailed Erie County man has filed papers in federal court alleging that Gov. Kathy Hochul had a sexual relationship

February 22, 2026

Crime and Justice·Featured·Law

Paul Boyne Spent 18 Months in Jail for Blog Posts. His Trial Starts This Week.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — During the pendency of his case, Paul Boyne has spent 18 months in jail. The state offered a plea deal:

February 22, 2026

Courts·Crime and Justice·Featured·Law

Sandusky Prosecutors Face Conflict Questions as $20 Million Witness Trust Comes Under Court Review

By: Ralph Cipriano A Prosecutor, a Witness, and a $20 Million Settlement At the sex abuse trial of Jerry Sandusky, the late Deputy Attorney

February 18, 2026

Featured

THE STEVEN HASSAN FILES: Part II: Steven Hassan’s War on Cults Could Destroy Religious Freedom

Steven Hassan is a licensed mental health counselor in Massachusetts who has built a career on a single claim: that he can identify “destructive

February 18, 2026

Featured·News·Uncategorized

The Assassination That Wasn’t: How an FBI Agent Turned a Car Burglary Into a Hit Job to Raid Oakland’s Mayor

OAKLAND, Calif. — On June 9, 2024, someone smashed the window of Mario Juarez’s car with a brick. By June 14, FBI Special Agent

February 17, 2026

Featured

The Grynberg Inheritance: A Billion-Dollar Oil Empire, a Family Takeover, and the Women Nobody Talks About

The Frank Report received tips about Rachel Grynberg. More than one. The callers spoke with certainty. They called her “Hurricane Rachel.” They said she

February 17, 2026

Featured·Law