Bad Vegan
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Bad Vegan
Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives. is a 2022 Netflix docuseries[1][2] by director Chris Smith. It documents how vegan restaurateur Sarma Melngailis illegally transferred money to her husband so he could pay a deity to bestow immortality upon them.[3]
The series tells the story of Sarma Melngailis, former owner of the New York City vegan restaurant Pure Food and Wine. Sarma met and married conman Anthony Strangis (who called himself Shane Fox), and she alleged that he coerced her into stealing money from her own restaurant and later going on the run from authorities. The pair were ultimately charged with transferring over $1.6 million from the restaurant into their personal accounts.[4]
Netflix compiled a list of A-list celebrity patrons on their clever, phonetically-named site, Tudum, and some names may come as a surprise. Couples Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady and Janet Jackson and Jermaine Duprivisited the eatery. Others named include Katie Holmes, Woody Harrelson, Jimmy Fallon, Alicia Silverstone, Owen Wilson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Howard Stern, and even Bill Nye. Also listed are stars such as Stevie Wonder,Daryl Hannah, and former American president, Bill Clinton. Unfortunately for these celebs, they would have to find another trendy, must-try restaurant to get their vegan on.
After the shenanigans of Tinder Swindler and Inventing Anna, Netflix gave us an even more baffling take on con artists and charlatans with Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives. This four-part series follows the story of raw vegan restaurateur Sarma Melngailis, former owner of the New York City vegan restaurant Pure Food and Wine, who served time in jail for her financial crimes. But that is not what makes this story bizarre.
If you have scanned through some of the most recent documentaries to make the top 10 list on Netflix, then you've likely seen titles like "Inventing Anna" or "The Tinder Swindler" which follow the chaotic tales of scammers and con artists. The newest of its kind to hit the streaming platform, "Bad Vegan," follows the wild story of Sarma Melngailis, the woman behind luxury vegan eatery Pure Food and Wine, and how she handed over her capital to someone she believed she loved.
And this is what bothers me. If she had stuck with her original legal team, who had built a defense around abuse and coercion claims against Strangis, the course of her life might be far different now. At the least, she might have been perceived less as the vegan Bernie Madoff and more as a mentally and physically injured survivor.
Because the story of a raw food restauranteur defrauding investors and staff for a man who promised to make her dog immortal was a new height of peak whiteness for me #badvegannetflix #BadVegan pic.twitter.com/iNKHMuBz1V
Netflix have been treating us to a number of thrilling true crime productions of late, from the mind-blowing Tinder Swindler (opens in new tab) documentary to the tale of con-artist Anna Delvey (opens in new tab). And now there's a third offering from the streaming giant that's proving just as bingeworthy - the wild story of vegan restauranteur turned fraudster Sarma MeIngailis.
From promises of dog immortality to eating cheese and getting caught with a non-vegan Dominos pizza, there's plenty of whacky revelations that have amazed audiences in Bad Vegan. And many want to know what the co-founder of New York's famed vegan eatery - Pure Food and Wine - is up to now, following her arrest and alleged defraudment of $1.5 million from company employers and investors.
Sarma and Anthony then remain on the run, until police eventually caught up with them on 10 May 2016. Authorities were alerted to their presence in Tennessee at a hotel in Sevierville. According to Vanity Fair (opens in new tab), the two had been "holed up for 40 days and 40 nights". But it was a Domino's order in Anthony's name for a "non-raw, non-vegan cheesy pie (plus a side of chicken wings)" which ultimately gave them and their location away.
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