Did Sarma pay back her employees?

She ended up paying the employees back via her lawyer and stated that she promises to do better, saying, "I want to be clear that I'll keep working towards addressing it all — one way or another — eventually."

How much did Sarma owe her employees?

Sarma Melngailis stole nearly $2 million from investors and employees.

How much money does Sarma owe?

After her arrest, Sarma's prosperous business was shut down, leaving her in debt. Sarma's net worth was close to $1.5 million when she went to prison. According to the show, she now owes over $6 million to her investors, employees, and others.

What does Sarma Melngailis do for a living now?

What is Bad Vegan doing now? Melngailis is currently focused on telling her story, but she'd love to open a restaurant again someday. She told The New York Post in 2019, “If there was some magical opportunity to open the same restaurant in the same place, I would do it in a heartbeat.

Is Sarma and Anthony still together?

She and Strangis both served time in prison after pleading guilty to charges of theft and fraud, and they divorced in May 2018. But in spite of all that, the show suggests in its final moments that the two are still in contact.

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How much money did Sarma give Anthony?

Sarma and Anthony ended up swindling approximately $2 million from her employees and investors and went on the run for a year before being caught by authorities when they ordered a non-vegan Domino's pizza from a Tennessee motel. The story is wild and has some seriously surprising twists and turns.

Why did Sarma marry Anthony?

When did Sarma Melngailis get married? Melngailis and Strangis married in secret on Dec. 5, 2012, and Melngailis alleged in Bad Vegan that this was a result of Strangis' coercive control over her—and that he told her that if they got married, it would be easier for her to transfer money to him.

Are Sarma and Anthony back together?

Are Sarma Melngailis and Anthony Strangis still together? Melngailis filed for divorce from Strangis in May 2018 and hasn't looked back since. She made it clear that she and Strangis are absolutely not together, and alleged that the Netflix documentary botched the truth about their romance almost entirely.

Does Sarma still own Pure Food and Wine?

A small number of investors meant Pure Food & Wine and spin-off One Lucky Duck in Brooklyn were able to reopen in April 2015, but after Sarma reportedly transferred money into her personal account again, and workers were failed to be paid, Pure Food & Wine shut its doors for good in July 2015.

Is Sarma still in business?

Sarma Melngailis' Parents

Their family used to be bakers, so when her dad retired, he decided to open his own bread-making business in New York City, Black Rooster Food, which he's still operating today.

How did Sarma meet Anthony?

Anthony and Sarma met on Twitter in 2011.

Details are a little hazy, but the documentary covers how the two first connected on Twitter and then met in person sometime in 2011.

Where is Anthony Strangis today?

Strangis was released from Rikers Island in May 2017. His probation, a sentence of five years, was transferred to Massachusetts, where he went to live with his mother.

What did Anthony Strangis do with the money?

What did Anthony Strangis do with the money? According to a May 2016 indictment (opens in new tab) by the Brooklyn District Attorney, Sarma Melngailis transferred more than $1.6 million from her business accounts to her personal bank account between January 2014 and January 2015.

Is Anthony from Bad Vegan still in jail?

Melngailis said that just as Strangis was leaving prison, she was entering Riker's again to do the three and a half months she was sentenced with. But ultimately, "Bad Vegan" revealed that Strangis is a free man who has continued on with his life.

How much did Netflix pay Sarma for Bad Vegan?

Did Sarma pay her employees? In the Bad Vegan documentary, we find out that Sarma didn't pay the Pure Food and Wine employees for five months, leaving them with $40,000 of back pay. But luckily, the former restaurant workers have now gotten paid.