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27.03.2024 - 03:27 / variety.com
Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer A former friend of con artist Anna Sorokin was allowed on Tuesday to proceed with a defamation lawsuit against Netflix over the Shonda Rhimes miniseries, “Inventing Anna.” Netflix had argued that Rhimes and the other show creators have a “literary license” to give their interpretation of events. In rejecting that argument, Chief Judge Colm F. Connolly found that at least some of the characterizations in the show could cross the line into defamation.
The plaintiff, Rachel DeLoache Williams, was depicted as abandoning Sorokin in Morocco and ultimately betraying her to the authorities. Williams has claimed that 16 separate sets of statements in the series falsely portray her as “snobbish,” “unethical” and “greedy.” Sorokin pretended to be a German heiress by the name of Anna Delvey. She was ultimately convicted of cheating banks and other businesses out of about $200,000, and served nearly four years in custody.
She is now on house arrest while she fights deportation. Williams, a former staffer for Vanity Fair, wrote an article and then a book about her experience with Sorokin, whom she accuses of defrauding her out of $62,000. In its defense, Netflix has argued that Rhimes’ rendition of the high-profile case was protected by the First Amendment.
“Indeed, to allow constitutionally-protected artistic expression to flourish, content creators like Netflix
must be allowed some breathing space to interpret the actions and decisions of those involved in a public controversy like the Sorokin trial,” argued the company’s lawyers, led by Thomas E. Hanson, Jr. Hanson argued that the characterization of Williams was an opinion — and therefore protected by from defamation claims.
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