Nearly a year after complaints surfaced about a Bangor-based wedding caterer named Bethany Marie Gregory, the Maine Attorney General’s Office has secured a judgment against her and one of her business aliases, TTT A Tides Continuation.

The state will now seek restitution for the couples who were left hanging when Gregory canceled catering contracts at the last minute and failed to follow through on promised wedding-day services — though it’s uncertain whether the refunds will ever come through.

Kayla Cannon and her husband, Chase, paid Gregory $22,000 for their October 2024 wedding, only to have Gregory fail to bring enough food and drink. She recently said she wasn’t aware the AG’s office was pursuing restitution, but that it made her “hopeful.”

“I’ve been dealing with this situation for about a year and a half now, and it felt at a certain point that it might have been going stale, and that justice wouldn’t be served, and I’m just really excited to see that the Attorney General’s Office is taking us very seriously,” she said.

As of April 15, 50 formal complaints have been filed with the state against Gregory and her catering business, which used the aliases “Simply Catering By Bethany” and “Vistas and Vows.”

A high of 28 complaints was filed in September 2025, the same month Gregory sent a mass email out to clients canceling their contracts and notifying them she would not be issuing refunds, suggesting that clients initiate chargebacks with their respective credit cards.

That left couples who had prepaid Gregory for their wedding day catering scrambling to find a replacement at additional cost and inconvenience at the height of wedding season, leaving some out as much as $20,000.

It is standard practice in the wedding industry to prepay caterers and other vendors at least 30 days prior to the wedding date, and some vendors offer discounts if you pay in advance.

In the months prior to Gregory canceling all her existing contracts, clients posted a litany of complaints against her on social media, including substitution of foods with inferior products, showing up hours late or not at all, insufficient food and drink for the contracted amounts, insufficient staff, food service violations and failure to refund money paid in advance when contractual obligations were not met. 

A private Facebook group, with about 500 members, has shared stories, contacts, images and information about Gregory and their experiences with her ever since. Many have written posts about their chargeback requests to credit card companies being rejected — many due to time limitations on challenges to charges.

Virtually all the posts expressed frustration and anger at Gregory and their inability to get any satisfaction from the state of Maine.

Most, like Cannon, were not even aware the AG’s office was pursuing Gregory.

Without the state’s help, the couples were left hanging. Though Gregory agreed after the wedding to repay Cannon and her husband half of their $22,000, only $4,000 was received. Cannon and her husband took out event insurance, but their claim was denied.

“I’m just hoping that if we can’t get financial compensation, that moving forward she’s not able to do this to more people,” Cannon said, referring to Gregory.

The office filed its complaint in December accusing Gregory of violating the state unfair trade practices act. When Gregory did not respond, the state obtained a default judgment against her, according to an email sent by an assistant attorney general.

A hearing was set for May 5 at 11. a.m. at the Kennebec County Superior Court, at 101 Court Street, in Augusta, to determine how much restitution consumers should receive, though the hearing it is likely to be moved to May 15.

Some of Gregory’s former clients live out of state and it is still unclear if the court will allow remote testimony or written testimony to be submitted.

“To be included in the judgment, you will need to provide testimony,” the AG’s office email continues. “We will be asking the court to permit testimony by Zoom, but if the court does not allow it, you will need to be physically present in court to be included in the restitution order.”

The AG’s office said anyone can still file a complaint against Gregory through the agency’s website.

As to whether anyone will see any of the money prepaid to Gregory, a spokesperson for the Attorney General’s Office said, “Ms. Gregory has no assets. She also has a large tax obligation that by law is required to be satisfied before any other debts (including court-ordered restitution.)”

Gregory has since moved out of Maine. She created an Instagram page under the alias @megahannemarieceo, where she calls herself the CEO of Megamatic Music & Chef Extraordinaire.

The AG’s office has no legal method to recall Gregory to Maine if she’s unwilling to appear. The state will be asking the court to prevent her from ever doing business in Maine again. 

Cannon said she and her husband are happily married, living in Boston.

“Despite the food, we were still able to make a wonderful day,” she said. “We don’t have to let her and her negligence taint what is really important to us on that day, which was getting married.”