Famed and shamed - now she wants revenge

01 December 2016 - 10:50 By Andre Jurgens

"He made me famous; I'm going to make him infamous." That's the unequivocal promise made by Sacha Geere yesterday.The 34-year-old mother walked out of the Fat Cactus restaurant in Gardens, Cape Town, without paying when her companion did a runner at the weekend. A video clip of the two enjoying drinks at the restaurant went viral this week.Hell hath no fury like a woman treated to an elaborate meal, then abandoned and saddled with a R1300 restaurant bill. Geere is livid.She said her life had "gone for a ball of toast".Celeste Perry, co-owner of the restaurant, turned to social media for help tracking down the two, who absconded without paying the bill: "These two people spent the afternoon at our restaurant in Gardens on Saturday and ran away without paying their R1300 bill. Please share!"The backlash was swift and vicious. Geere, humiliated by all the attention, presented herself to the restaurant on Tuesday, apologised, settled the bill and left a tip for the waitress.Now she is on a crusade to hunt down her male companion, also using social media."It's just disgusting. I've never in my life been so embarrassed and I really want to find this man, I want him to go to jail."She said the video footage was humiliating. "I can't even go outside in the street. It's hectic."The mother of four said she had known the man - who is not being named for legal reasons - for about three weeks .Explaining how they ended up in the Mexican restaurant on Saturday, she said she had planned to work as a DJ at an event the night before but had been attacked and robbed. The man offered to treat her to a meal the next day to help her get over the ordeal."We had the drinks, we were there for quite a while. The food eventually came and he said: 'I'm just quickly going to wash my hands'. I sat there for 10 minutes thinking, he's taking forever," she said.Explaining why they appeared to be getting cosy, she said: "I'm actually seeing his friend and that's why I was chilling like that, because I'm a tomboy and I sit like a guy."Maybe he was drawing money, she thought while waiting in the restaurant. Then the penny dropped."The waiter came to me and I just burst into tears. I sat there and said I am in an emotional state and have nothing to give them. They said they were going to phone the cops, they took me to the back of the restaurant." After a brief wait she "just got up and started walking". Geere said a friend had spotted her companion "partying" hours after the incident. Afterwards he had "disappeared off the grid" and failed to pitch up for work."He made me famous, I'm going to make him infamous," Geere vowed...

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