BAD VEGAN NETFLIX On social networks, Sarma Melngailis, protagonist of “Bad Vegan”, reacted to the broadcast of a documentary and wanted to “clarify some things”.
[Mis à jour le 17 mars 2022 à 10h38] Sarma Melngailis is at the heart of the documentary bad veganonline on Netflix on March 16, 2022. If the fallen restaurateur participated and promoted the series on her social networks, she did not fail to publish a post on her blog to “clarify some things” just hours after the program aired. She first explains that she agreed to participate in the documentary so that “people can learn something useful from my experience”. However, she confirms that she did not “participate in the way in which [son] story would be told beyond [sa] own interview and documents [qu’elle a] could provide.”
Sarma Melngailis believes, however, that bad vegan does not always correspond to what she has experienced. She says she didn’t “run away” in 2015, never wanted to marry Anthony Strangis/Shane Fox. “This part of the story has been inaccurately condensed,” she says, without saying more. The protagonist of bad vegan also finds the ending of the Netflix documentary “misleading and disturbing: I am no longer in contact with Anthony Strangis and made these recordings much earlier, on purpose and for a specific reason [elle n’en dira pas plus, NDLR]. Bad Vegan said a lot of things rightly, but it’s hard not to stay focused on the things that are wrong, or leave a misleading impression.”
Sarma Melngailis claims to have reimbursed his former employees
The protagonist of bad vegan promised that she would speak later and in more detail on the Netflix documentary. But Sarma Melngailis has already made a point of specifying that she was indeed paid by the production, to “be able to reimburse my former employees. more.” However, she claims not to have received more money and confirms that the transfer was indeed made to her employees through lawyers. The former restaurateur also anticipated certain reactions after watching bad vegan, fearing that some viewers would consider her “crazy and/or stupid”. “I’m not stupid and I’m not crazy. I’m a humiliated and ashamed woman for the harm I may have caused, but I’ve since worked to be more empowered and to know myself more.”
What Happened to Sarma Melngailis and Shane Fox?
In 2016, Shane Fox and Sarma Melngailis, protagonists of bad vegan, are stopped. The first is sentenced to five years in prison, the second to four months. The couple have since divorced. Sarma Melngailis remains active on Instagram, where she says she is still suffering from the closure of her restaurant and her franchise. She currently lives in the Harlem, New York neighborhood with her dog Leon. For his part, Anthony Strangis / Shane Fox has completely disappeared from public life. He would have finally done only one year in prison, but does not know more about his daily life today.
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After The Tinder ScammerNetflix brings to light a crazy new scam story. Bad Vegan: scams on the menu is posted on the platform of streaming on March 16, 2022. During the 4 episodes of this documentary mini-series, subscribers will discover the true story of Sarma Melngailis, famous restaurateur who says she fell under the influence of a man in 2011, Shane Fox. Shortly after, the couple embezzled funds from their restaurant (nearly $2 million) and became wanted fugitives for a year, before being arrested after ordering a pizza in their name.
Synopsis – Sarma Melngaillis, a vegan restaurateur, has become a fugitive when a man brainwashes her and steals her fortune into believing he will make all her wildest dreams come true.
A vegan restaurant, an immortal dog and Domino’s Pizza.
The docu-miniseries Bad Vegan: Scam on the Menu, from the executive producer of Tiger King and director of FYRE, on March 16. pic.twitter.com/sQYdovuKBG
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Bad Vegan: scam on the menu is a Netflix documentary mini-series. It traces the incredible true story of Sarma Melngailis. This restaurateur of an essential vegan establishment in New York sank after meeting a certain Shane Fox (in reality Anthony Strangis) on Twitter in 2011. The latter promises to make her wildest dreams come true, such as making her pit bull immortal or expand your culinary empire. Only one condition: that she obey him completely. Sarma Melngailis then begins to embezzle the money from his restaurant. Its two establishments, Pure Food and Wine and One Lucky Duck were forced to close in 2015, in particular due to unpaid salaries of their employees. On the run, the couple was arrested in 2016, when Shane Fox ordered a pizza from Domino’s in his name. Sarma Melngailis pleads guilty and finds herself sentenced to 4 months in prison. Shane Fox was sentenced to 5 years in prison for stealing nearly a million dollars, but will only be locked up for a year. In 2018, Sarma Melngailis filed for divorce. In total, the couple allegedly stole nearly $2 million.
Bad Vegan: scam on the menu is a Netflix miniseries. All the episodes are put online on March 16, 2022. In total, this documentary devoted to the Sarma Melngailis affair is divided into 4 episodes, announces the streaming platform. No sequel is planned.