He says he grew even more suspicious of his 'friend' Anna after attending her birthday dinner and receiving a call from the restaurant asking for her details, as the card numbers she'd given had bounced. Anna asked to accompany Huang to an exhibition in Italy and promised she would pay back the cost of flights and a hotel stay at a later date, which Huang said only materialised much later on.
Her parents have since said on record they're unsure why she chose the name Delvey, whereas Anna has previously claimed it to be her mother's maiden name.ĭuring the summer of 2013, in her early twenties, Anna spent time in New York and quickly embedded herself in the artistic social scene there, befriending art collector Michael Xufu Huang, who told her of his plans to open a private museum. It's reported that Anna has one much younger brother, who close former friends have described as being one of her emotional 'weak spots' despite their ten-year-plus age gap.Īfter dropping out of her degree in London's Central Saint Martin's art and design college, Anna moved to Paris in 2013 and undertook an internship at Purple magazine, which is when she began adopting the surname Delvey, over her real one, Sorokin.
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She came from a modest background, with her father working as a truck driver and her mother as a homemaker (having previously owned a small shop). She chartered private jets, stayed in some of the plushest hotels imaginable and regularly indulged in designer labels and fine dining.īut what is the real story behind Anna's web of lies? How accurate (and true to life) is Inventing Anna? And where is Anna Delvey/Sorokin now, after being ordered to serve jail time having been found guilty of grand larceny and theft of services? Who is Anna Delvey (real name Anna Sorokin)?Īnna Delvey is the fictional name used by Anna Sorokin, a Russian-born woman who moved to Germany with her family at the age of 16. The programme, starring Ozark's Julia Garner, details how Anna led a jet set lifestyle while claiming to be a wealthy socialite with dreams of starting an art foundation, and conned friends, businesses and banks out of hundreds of thousands of pounds in the process. She has also been paid $AU410,000 by Netflix for her story.You may not be familiar with the name Anna Sorokin, but you'll likely know her alter ego: Anna Delvey, the fraudulent, self-styled German 'heiress' whose true story inspired the new Netflix show, Inventing Anna. She's reportedly writing a book and selling merchandise, has a non-fungible token art project and is being followed around by a self-funded film crew.
Sorokin has given a couple of interviews following her release in February. In all, US prosecutors accused her of stealing some $US275,000 including a $US50,600 bill she failed to pay for a plane she chartered. She defrauded financial institutions and Manhattan celebrities into believing she had a fortune of $US67 million overseas that could cover her jet-setting lifestyle, high-end clothing and lavish hotel stays.Īt the time, Sorokin falsely claimed her father was a diplomat or an oil baron, falsified bank records and forged her identity to further the scam. Sorokin - who went by Anna Delvey, became a darling of the New York elite before being jailed for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars.
"I am trying to turn the attention I am getting into something positive," she said in a recent interview. Fake heiress Anna Sorokin, who served more than three years in prison after defrauding New York Banks and hotels, is back behind bars.īut it seems she also has some big plans.
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