![]() ![]() It would be Rhimes’s first series for the streaming service. The rights were eventually acquired by Netflix, with Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal creator Shonda Rhimes attached. Anna Delvey (L) is played by Julia Garner Anna Sorokin - a Russian-born German citizen - is played by Julia Garner (Ozark), who adeptly captures her unusual accent and blunt way of speaking. An estimated dozen producers were pursuing the story for a screen adaptation for TV and/or features. ![]() ![]() The brazen scam made Sorokin a hot Hollywood commodity after she was profiled in a New York Magazine article, How Anna Delvey Tricked New York’s Party People, by Jessica Pressler. She is expected to be sentenced on May 9. Sorokin, also known as Anna Delvey, was convicted of attempted grand larceny, three grand larceny counts and a misdemeanor charge of theft of services, District Attorney Cyrus R. Sorokin was convicted for stealing more than $200,000 from banks and friends, who fueled her entry into upper crust society under the belief she was heir to a fortune, but having difficulty juggling funds. Sorokin claims she’ll write a memoir about her exploits, and also a second volume about her stint at New York prison Rikers Island.Īfter serving her time, Sorokin will likely be deported.ĮARLIER: Anna Sorokin, who posed as a German heiress and scammed money, hotel rooms and travel from unwitting banks, hotels, friends and others, was found guilty of attempted grand larceny Thursday in Manhattan. “My motive was never money,” she said, adding, “I was power hungry. Williams was laid off from her position at Vanity Fair in 2019, and later that year she published a book on Sorokin titled My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress. Sorokin used the name Anna Delvey and claimed a 60-million-euro fortune. Sorokin was sentenced Thursday to four to 12 years in prison for her theft. “I regret the way I went about certain things.” “I’d be lying to you and to everyone else and to myself if I said I was sorry for anything,” Sorokin told The New York Times. UPDATE: Anna Sorokin, who faked being an heiress and scammed hotels, friends and others out of huge amounts of money and services, told the New York Times in an interview that she’s not sorry. She was convicted in April of last year of attempted grand larceny, theft of services, and larceny in the second degree and sentenced to serve 4 to 12 years in state prison, fined $24,000, and ordered to pay restitution of about $199,000. She faces deportation to Germany upon release. Sorokin is incarcerated at Albion Correctional Facility, a medium-security facility in upstate New York. Sorokin scammed an estimated $275,000 from her friends while pretending to be an heiress with funds tied up in various transit. Read more French fashion giant accused of. “Anna has paid her debt to society handsomely, and I hope society repays the favor,” Spodek said. Lena Dunham has a deal with HBO to create a series on fake German heiress (and real Russian scammer) Anna Delvey. Sorokin, now 29, could be released as soon as early next year, her attorney Todd Spodek told the New York Post on Friday. Lena Dunham is also working on a Sorokin project for HBO. The rights to her story were acquired by Netflix, with Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal creator Shonda Rhimes attached. Anna Sorokin, the fake heiress who swindled the high society elite of Manhattan, has been granted parole. ![]()
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