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Post\n\n\n\nNow, after a six-year legal battle, Gellis, 40, has finally agreed to publicly apologize and pay Zuckerbrot $240,000, according to publicly available New York court transcripts.\n\n\n\n\u201cYou don\u2019t understand what I lived with,\u201d Zuckerbrot, 55, said of the witch hunt. \u201cPeople watched my life being destroyed \u2014 to them, it was entertainment. 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Olga Ginzburg for the N.Y. Post\n\n\n\nAs the controversy exploded in August 2020, Zuckerbrot went on the \u201cToday\u201d show and released a certificate of analysis for F-Factor\u2019s chocolate fiber/protein powder.\n\n\n\nNBC News had the document independently reviewed by two nutrition consultants, who said the trace amounts of metals, including arsenic and lead, were at safe levels.\n\n\n\n\u201cAnything grown in the soil, even organically \u2026 can contain trace amounts of metals,\u201d Zuckerbrot said at the time.\n\n\n\nZuckerbrot first launched F-Factor\u2019s powders and bars in 2018. Olga Ginzburg for the N.Y. Post\n\n\n\n\u201cIt does not mean that they are not safe for consumption. In fact, we have the highest standards of testing to ensure our products are 100% safe for consumption.\u201d\n\n\n\nShe added: \u201cI do regret that we did not share this information sooner.\u201d\n\n\n\nBut the online onslaught continued.\n\n\n\n\u201cAt first, we\u2019 were ignoring her,\u201d Zuckerbrot told The Post. \u201cWe knew our products are safe.\u201d\n\n\n\nZuckerbrot talks to Sheinelle Jones about controversy surrounding the products, including claims that they caused severe side effects and health complications. 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And reports of symptoms did not, without medical evidence, establish that F-Factor products had caused them.\n\n\n\nBut by the time the true scale of the complaints emerged in discovery, the damage had already been done.\n\n\n\nThe allegations had become a national story, and the New York Times ran a major piece featuring Gellis posing for a glossy photo shoot, headlined, \u201cThe Great Diet Crash: A Crusade Against Tanya Zuckerbrot\u2019s F-Factor Diet.\u201d\n\n\n\nGellis also alleged that Zuckerbrot was sending people to stalk her. WireImage\n\n\n\nAnd what had begun as claims about diet products became increasingly personal.\n\n\n\nGellis compared Zuckerbrot to perverts Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein as well as members of the Sackler family (who owned Purdue Pharma, which played a large role in the opioid crisis) and called her a \u201cdanger to society.\u201d\n\n\n\nShe made allegations about drugs, taxes and criminal behavior, and even claimed that Zuckerbrot was sending people to stalk, harass, and intimidate her.Now, six years later, Gellis has admitted that she got it badly wrong.\n\n\n\nZuckerbrot and Westreich attend the American Friends of Soroka Medical Center Hope Healing and Heroism Gala at The Plaza Hotel in New York, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. Patrick McMullan via Getty Images\n\n\n\n\u201cWhat began as an inquiry evolved into a sustained and harmful campaign that was not grounded in verified facts,\u201d Gellis said in a public apology filed in New York Supreme Court as part of the settlement of Zuckerbrot\u2019s lawsuit.\n\n\n\nOf some of the personal allegations she made about Zuckerbrot, Gellis was even more direct.\n\n\n\n\u201cNone of these statements were true,\u201d she said.\n\n\n\nShe also acknowledged that she went after the relationships underpinning Zuckerbrot\u2019s business, contacting brand partners, celebrity clients and ambassadors and urging them to distance themselves from F-Factor.\n\n\n\nZuckerbrot will receive $240,000 from Gellis after the legal battle. Olga Ginzburg for the N.Y. Post\n\n\n\n\u201cI did not rely on medical, scientific, or qualified expert analysis,\u201d Gellis said. \u201cI relied heavily on unverified and anonymous information from social media, which I presented as fact.\u201d\n\n\n\n\u201cI contacted Bloomingdale\u2019s, her retail partner, and told them they were selling \u2018poison,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cI reached out to brand partners, celebrity clients, and ambassadors \u2014 pressuring them to denounce her, drop her, and distance themselves from F-Factor.\u201d\n\n\n\n\u201cShe told people I worked with, \u2018If you don\u2019t denounce her, I\u2019m coming for you next.\u2019 No one felt safe defending me,\u201d Zuckerbrot said.\n\n\n\nGellis admitted that she blocked Zuckerbrot, her employees and others who attempted to respond \u2014 cutting herself off from information that could have challenged what she was posting.\n\n\n\nAn F-Factor Chocolate Brownie Fiber/Protein Bar. F-Factor\n\n\n\n\u201cInstead of pausing to reassess, I continued,\u201d she said.\n\n\n\nFor Zuckerbrot, those admissions explain why she insists this was never simply a six-year quest to wring an apology from Gellis.\n\n\n\nShe sued, she said, to stop the alleged defamation, cyberstalking and harassment \u2014 and to protect her name, family and business.\n\n\n\nThe apology came with the settlement. \u201cMy actions created a hostile online environment that contributed to humiliation and isolation,\u201d Gellis said.\n\n\n\nZuckerbrot will receive a $500 installment every month for the next 40 years. Olga Ginzburg for the N.Y. Post\n\n\n\n\u201cI cannot undo the damage that was done. But I can take responsibility for my actions, and I do so here, fully and publicly.\u201d\n\n\n\n\u201cTo Tanya Zuckerbrot, I am deeply sorry. Yes, I want to say that again. I am deeply sorry.\u201d\n\n\n\nZuckerbrot\u2019s attorney told the Post, \u201cIn accordance with the Court\u2019s Order entered on September 22, 2026 Ms. Gellis\u2019s comment remains that the litigation between Ms. Zuckerbrot and her has been settled.\u201d\n\n\n\nWith the settlement Zuckerbrot \u201cwanted the amount to reflect the emotional harm she caused. The $240,000 represents the medical bills for the trauma treatment that helped save my life.\n\n\n\n\nZuckerbrot in her Midtown apartment with her F-Factor products. Olga Ginzburg for the N.Y. Post\n\n\n\nGellis talks to Sheinelle Jones about controversy surrounding F-Factor products after claims of alleged health complications. TODAY\n\n\n\n\u201cI explained to the judge that her actions drove me \u2014 a mother of five \u2014 to the point of almost taking my own life. 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Getty Images for End Jew Hatred/ The Lawfare Project\n\n\n\nShe also alleged F-Factor\u2019s fiber powders contained dangerous levels of arsenic and contacted the company\u2019s retail partner Bloomingdale\u2019s to warn that it was selling \u201cpoison.\u201d\n\n\n\nZuckerbrot, who has a master\u2019s degree in nutrition and food studies from NYU, launched her F-Factor 20/20 fiber and protein powders and bars in 2018.\n\n\n\nAccording to court papers seen by the Post, the products were manufactured in a pharmaceutical-grade facility and tested for microbiological safety, heavy metals and the accuracy of their label claims.\n\n\n\nWithin two years, Zuckerbrot said, the company was generating more than $1 million a month and had been valued at more than $40 million.\n\n\n\nZuckerbrot is coming out of a six-year legal battle with influencer Emily Gellis, who accused Zuckerbrot of selling wellness products from her company, F-Factor, that purportedly made people seriously ill. 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And reports of symptoms did not, without medical evidence, establish that F-Factor products had caused them.\n\n\n\nBut by the time the true scale of the complaints emerged in discovery, the damage had already been done.\n\n\n\nThe allegations had become a national story, and the New York Times ran a major piece featuring Gellis posing for a glossy photo shoot, headlined, \u201cThe Great Diet Crash: A Crusade Against Tanya Zuckerbrot\u2019s F-Factor Diet.\u201d\n\n\n\nGellis also alleged that Zuckerbrot was sending people to stalk her. 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