‘Inventing Anna’ fraudster Anna Sorokin says she ‘got exactly what I wanted’ after prison release
10.10.2022 - 16:59
/ msn.com
Netflix hit series ‘Inventing Anna’ said she got “exactly what I wanted” after being released from prison to house arrest in a Manhattan apartment. Anna Sorokin, 31, conned her way into New York’s high society by posing as a socialite with a £59 million fortune, culminating in a 2019 prison sentence for swindling US banks, hotels, and friends. Known as Anna Delvey, she collected investment for a planned members-only arts club, but funds were instead used to bankroll her luxury life of five-star hotels, private jet flights, and designer clothes - all inspiring the hit Netflix series starring Julia Garner and Anna Chlumsky.
After her release from custody last Friday, Sorokin told the New York Times she is determined to fight deportation to Germany – where she is a citizen – she is “regretful” about the events that led her to prison, and has “learned so much being in jail”. Asked about staying in Manhattan, Sorokin said: “I’m really, really happy about that. That’s exactly what I wanted.
I’m just hoping to get more freedom eventually. ”Sorokin called her release from custody “an exercise in perseverance” after previously being denied bail, adding: “So many immigration lawyers told me I’d get deported to Mars before I’d get out in New York. “And I just had to find the person who’d align with my vision, not accept ‘no’ for an answer and make it happen.
”The convicted con artist was sentenced to between four and 12 years in prison in 2019 for multiple counts of larceny and theft, and was freed in February 2021 with good behaviour and time served. However Sorokin, who was born in the former Soviet Union, was swiftly taken back into custody amid efforts to deport her from the United States for overstaying her visa. In house
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