Is Sarma Melngailis’ Dog Leon Still Alive?

Netflix’s ‘Unhealthy Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.’ is a mind-boggling four-part docuseries that surpasses even the confounding features ‘Inventing Anna‘ and ‘Tinder Swindler’ ship. In any case, it consists of not simply purported greed and managed manipulation but additionally guarantees of monetary stability, non-human existence, in addition to pet immortality, amongst far more.

Anthony Strangis (a.ok.a Shane Fox) was the one who made these claims within the hopes of conning his then-partner Sarma Melngailis out of her complete fortune, as per the manufacturing, but the worst half is that he form of succeeded. So now that we understand how issues panned out for the supposed profession legal and the previous vegan restauranteur, let’s really discover out the destiny of her beloved pet canine Leon, lets?

What Occurred to Sarma Melngailis’ Canine? Is He Alive?

Sarma Melngailis adopted a red-nosed, brown pit bull named Quinn from the Sean Casey Animal Rescue (a no-kill shelter) in Brooklyn, New York, in 2010, solely to rename him Leon a short time later. The timing of this was actually excellent for the Pure Meals and Wine and One Fortunate Duck founder/proprietor as a result of she’d parted methods together with her boyfriend on the time, which means that the pup turned her true companion.

Sarma and Leon’s connection quickly turned so unbreakable that she not solely trusted individuals based mostly upon his response in the direction of them, however she additionally deemed him the love of her life. “She wasn’t somebody who dated lots of people,” actor Alec Baldwin as soon as revealed in a candid interview to Vanity Fair. “She labored on the restaurant, did the books, went residence, and handed out together with her canine.”

That’s why, based on the Netflix unique, as soon as Anthony Strangis got here into her life, and Leon appeared to “like him,” Sarma thought, “nicely, he should be okay. This should be for actual.” In different phrases, her pet was primarily her complete life, which her associate quickly realized and allegedly took benefit of by promising his immortality— however provided that she saved on fulfilling his weird calls for.

It took her a short time, but it seems as if Sarma has since understood that none of Anthony’s claims will ever maintain. “My canine isn’t going to reside without end,” she said. “I’m not eternally secure, all my goals and visions that he promised me he’d make occur are usually not taking place, and this colossal mess isn’t all simply going to be undone, like he at all times mentioned it might be. It’s like waking up right into a nightmare.”

With that mentioned, although, the one constructive side is that she nonetheless has Leon in her life, who not too long ago turned 12 however seems to be to be as glad and wholesome as ever, as per her social media platforms. From what we will inform, the duo nonetheless resides in New York, the place Sarma spends virtually all of her free time in addition to him, similar to she at all times has, whether or not for studying or just cuddling— he’s seemingly nonetheless crucial being for her.

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