![]() Inventing Anna is available to stream now on Netflix. Where is Anna Delvey now?Īccording to ABC News, Anna Delvey or Sorokin is currently in jail in the US and ICE are still considering her deportation. Inventing Anna revolves around young Russian Anna Sorokin who, using the name Anna Delvey, fooled some of New York's elite into believing she was a German heiress with a massive fortune, and then. ![]() ![]() Sorokin was released from prison on 11th February 2021 and in March 2021 she was taken back into custody by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) for overstaying her visa. On 9th May 2019, she was given a sentence of 4 to 12 years in state prison, fined $24,000 and ordered to pay restitution $199,000. In 2019, Anna Delvey was convicted of multiple counts of larceny in the 2nd degree and theft of services. The Russian-born German conwoman pretended to be a a wealthy German heiress under her new name and used it to defraud banks, businessmen and women and her wealthy friends and acquaintances. Who is Anna Delvey?Īnna Delvey was born Anna Sorokin on 23rd January 1991 in Domodedovo- a working class satellite town southeast of Moscow Russia. Except for all of the parts that are totally made up." From this, it's clear that the series will tell the story of the socialite con-woman Anna Delvey, who moved to New York and pretended to be a heiress, but will no doubt make up scenes and dialogue for our entertainment. But after she sticks her friend Rachel with the bill for their lavish vacation, Anna's world begins to unravel. As Anna had done with me, I wanted her to believe my lie.Netflix tease in their description: "This whole story is completely true. A synopsis for the series reads: Aided by a masterful social media presence, the young, awkward Anna Sorokin transforms herself into glamorous German heiress Anna Delvey. "Was I afraid that she would discover my involvement in her arrest? Most definitely," Williams wrote. Williams texted Sorokin and invited her to lunch under false pretenses, knowing police were waiting for Sorokin outside. Williams revealed in her memoir that she was contacted by New York authorities to help apprehend Sorokin, who was then at Passages treatment center in Malibu, California. In late 2017, Sorokin failed to show up in court on misdemeanor theft of services charges. The series' sixth episode – and Williams' 2019 book, "My Friend Anna" – details their Morocco vacation from hell, when Williams charged $62,000 to her credit cards after Sorokin assured she'd pay her back. In the show, Anna burns bridges with most people in her inner circle, including personal trainer/life coach Kacy Duke (Laverne Cox) and Vanity Fair photo editor Rachel DeLoache Williams (Katie Lowes). It's like when you hear yourself on TV and it's not really the voice you hear in your head when you speak."ĭid Rachel Williams help police arrest Anna? Some of it she gets right – but not everything. I don't feel like I sound like that. "I think she kind of falls in and out of it. "I don't think it's off," Sorokin said of Garner's accent, in a recent interview with Insider. In 2018, New York Magazine broke the internet with journalist Jessica Pressler’s story about an alleged German heiress who was accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from banks. The so-called "SoHo Grifter" was born in Russia, raised in Germany, lived in America and "loved to watch 'Gossip Girl,' " Garner told W Magazine, which may have contributed to the confusing combination of sounds. In interviews with the actual Sorokin, Garner's speech sounds very similar. Russian-born Sorokin went by the name of Anna Delvey and posed as a wealthy German heiress to. One of the most striking parts of Garner's performance as Sorokin is her unusual accent and vocal fry. She asked a Supreme Court judge to punish Audrey Thomas with potential jail, fines and attorney fees. 'Inventing Anna': Julia Garner on playing a likable sociopath in Netflix scammer series Is that really how Anna talks? Wiesenthal "had briefly socially run into her, and him knowing her through those circles, we felt she was good for payment, so we booked her for the flight." "We’ve let people slide in the past, quite frankly, and they’ve paid," McCormack said. The payment never came.īlade's chief financial officer, Kathleen McCormack, testified during Sorokin's trial that the company thought she was good for the money, according to Rolling Stone. ![]() Seeking to attend Warren Buffett's annual investment conference, Sorokin booked a $35,000 jet from New Jersey to Omaha, Nebraska, "by sending them a forged confirmation for a wire transfer from Deutsche Bank," according to Pressler's reporting. As depicted in the show, Sorokin was introduced socially to Rob Wiesenthal, CEO of Blade, a company that offers private and shared charter flights.
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