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the prosecutors said her story was lie after lie after lie that's what they told the jury I mean of course they would say something like this that's their job to accuse me of all the crimes it's such a fascinating story as criminal anna delvey

socialite

o charlatan German heiress or a con artist con artist who captivated the

elite

of New York City by maintaining an image of fabulous success until everything fell apart people can't look away and they love to watch a train wreck they love to hate people like reality stars and I think Anna Sorkin falls into that category.

This is a story about a woman who pretended to be someone she is not. She actually she was fooling people. She never did a single day of honest work in her life in New York the way she did. he lived handing out 100 tips living in hotels he certainly lived as if he had that kind of money how he supported that i have no idea after a short life given over to the best money could buy delvey real name anna sorokin this morning the fate of an alleged

scammer

is now in hands of a jury was forced to substantiate the web of lies she created a new

york

city jury found

socialite

anna sorokin, the so-called soho con artist, guilty of eight counts, including grand larceny, attempted grand larceny and theft of services when you hear guilty, what do you think I mean?

She only faces the consequences. What she was supposed to break down and cry. Now I do not know. Her saga immortalized dramatically by Netflix in the hit show. Invent Anna. Anna Delvey is a masterpiece. all while sorokin languishes in detention once again by immigration authorities awaiting deportation to germany while she fights for yet another chance and her fans form a silent resistance in hopes that the anadelphi saga continues there was something about anna, she she knew which people she needed to make feel important and she also had this kind of aura about her that made her intriguing and she used that New York City here, Madison Avenue meets Wall Street Finance and it's here, at the beginning of the last decade, where We find a young Innosrican woman born in Russia. raised in germany transplanted to the big apple to find her american dream how did you meet anna delvey?

I met her one night in New York I was out with friends and she joined us that night I certainly wish I had never met her at the time Rachel Delached Williams was a picture editor at Vanity Fair It is during her time at the magazine that Rachel meets Anna and an unlikely friendship begins to take root what were your first impressions she was a little eccentric she was quirky her voice was high pitched she had an accent that was hard to place they were both young they were both in their 20s they both recently moved to new

york

and wanted to hang out in circles. those who didn't really belong.

I liked her and that's why we had a lot of fun together. These two formed a friendship and Anna described herself as someone who had a lot of money and lived a very luxurious lifestyle and Rachel liked that Anna's backstory was shrouded in mystery. Those around her believed that she was the heir to a large fortune abroad who often received support. Because of her tendency to spend lavishly on lavish dinners, tips, and nights out with friends, you'd pay for things mostly when the two of you went out, well, she gave me the impression that she only made sixty or seventy thousand dollars a year, no big deal. .

For me, paying a bill that's a couple hundred dollars. I thought it was a good thing. Rachel fell for the narrative that she was in line to inherit tens of millions of dollars. People have asked if they were red. flags, they never questioned that she was who she said she was, I never had reason to and I wouldn't have thought that way, but beneath those mysteries there was a sobering truth about who the real Anna Delvey was and she wasn't far from mistakes. The skyscrapers of Manhattan and a story began in a small town thousands of miles away in Russia.

How was your childhood? Were you happy? Yes I like it. I grew up as a single kid until my parents had another child when I was almost 13, so I see. me as an only child because I grew up alone, how did you end up in Germany as a family? Well, my father always worked in Germany, so we moved with him at some point. Anna lived in Germany, in Ashweiler, which is how Anna would say more. like upstate new york for her was very boring what did your parents do my dad he's like a solar infrared heating business right now and your mom my mom she's working with him hardworking people good people but certainly not Roland, she clearly felt that she was above it all and was a woman who dreamed far beyond her horizons; those dreams would take Anna to Paris to pursue her lifelong interest in fashion.

She eventually landed a position at a fashion magazine called Purple and before long Anna Sorokin became Anna Delvey. Where is she? the name delphi comes from no it occurred to me that you just did it it's not a last name no you just like it more than sorry yeah you were trying to escape something I think it was about a new beginning and doing something new instead of liking to escape from anything escape or not escape the next thing you know anna crosses the ocean jumps to new york and becomes anna delvey this larger than life personality in new york anna creates a new life Immersing myself in the opulence and wealth of the fashionable life and financial capital of the world during that time I found out that she was working in a club restaurant of an art foundation, just everything and the concept was very interesting and impressive and she referred to this family trust she had which I didn't meddle with but I sort of informed my understanding of her and splurged on fabulous vacations as Anna was a German citizen, she needed to leave every three months to reset the visa and instead of returning to Germany, suggested that we take a trip somewhere warm, Rachel and I.

After brainstorming where we should stay, we headed out with the mamunia, this is a stunning top of the line resort, like a resort full of gold with butlers and everything private, it's a resort built for the one percent, your eyes must have completely out of your head. It was um, I mean, it was amazing until it wasn't enough from the first moment, she said she was paying, but when it came time to pay the bill, Anna's credit cards wouldn't pass by the hotel employees corner. , women and men said: "no." you have a credit card, so I look at Anna and she says, can we use it for now?

She hands me her personal card and also her corporate card. I leave early on Friday morning, when I land I get a text saying the entire bill is being charged to my cards how many sixty two thousand dollars sixty two thousand dollars she owed me more money than I made in a year right now you don't have the money to pay rachel no, how did she respond? a billion and one excuses, I suspected at the time when one domino falls, so do the rest and before long Anna's khan began to fall apart piece by piece, Anna relied on her credit card to pay for things, for which could not fulfill other obligations. like a hotel bill from july 2017, she is arrested for the first time and it is for theft of services and it is related to three things in new york, unpaid bills at the beekman in the w hotel and at le park in meridian, it is her first arrest and everything really starts to fall apart and that's when this story hits the New York Post.

The aspiring socialite becomes a tabloid sensation. Eventually you go to the district attorney's office and what do you learn? I remember that there is an ongoing investigation into Anna Delvey, whose real name is Anna. Sorekin, remember that Anna was supposed to open this art foundation. She went to the banks and told them that she had money abroad. The banks never gave Anna the loans, but she got a line of credit and prosecutors say she used that money and bad checks to finance her lavish lifestyle. This lavish lifestyle Anna had been living all came crashing down on her. accommodation is Rikers Correctional Facility Delphi is charged with 10 different charges and pleaded guilty to eight of them, including grand larceny in the second degree and theft of services to which she is sentenced Four to 12 years in state prison to pay hundreds thousands of dollars in restitution.

You are there for 19 months. Yes, did you have celebrity status in prison? I definitely had it, yeah and then you make a deal with Netflix. Sorkin's case even caught the attention of Hollywood. Grey's Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes is behind an upcoming project for Netflix. She was offered over 300,000 for the deal. I felt like it was the only way to tell my story. Most people go to trial to be found innocent. She went to trial for the story when. We're back from prison but out of time just as Anna Delvey's story becomes a national sensation her fight to stay in the country stay with us Hello everyone George Stephanopoulos, thank you for visiting the ABC News YouTube channel if you'd like to receive it .

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