Having been betrayed by someone I trusted-and to have been betrayed in a huge way. "As I’ve said one too many times, this is the hardest thing I’ve gone through-the betrayal as much as the money. On the question of her own book and her own reasons for telling the story, Williams said it was to help her understand what had happened. “I think there is a false narrative with regard to me not having been a strong person before this entire thing,” she told Vanity Fair. Williams’ own depiction in the series, outlined as “a natural-born follower whose blind worship of Anna almost destroys her job, her credit, and her life,” unsettled her. Williams said that series’ preface-that the events of the story are true, “except for all the parts that aren’t”-gives the series license to tell half-truths, which Williams says are more dangerous than a lie. Still, for Williams, Netflix’s depiction of Sorokin wasn’t the only egregious narrative choice. She told Vanity Fair Netflix had reached out for option rights, but Williams said "no" because HBO had them at the time.) (That project is no longer in development and Williams was given back the option rights. Williams was also reportedly paid $35,000 by HBO for option rights. Netflix reportedly paid Sorokin $320,000 for her life rights in order to produce the story alongside Pressler, a payment that apparently irked Williams, despite the fact that most of the money was spent on restitution, fines, and attorney fees Sorokin reportedly pocketed $22,000.īy comparison, Williams too has profited off the ordeal, selling book rights to Simon & Schuster for a reported $300,000. Williams published her own account of the story, which ran in Vanity Fair in 2018, just a month before Jessica Pressler’s New York Magazine story, the source material for Inventing Anna. (Sorokin is currently in ICE detention, facing deportation.) Williams criticized the series for portraying Sorokin heroically-as a savvy and inspiring hustler, and not as a convicted felon. You watch the spectacle, but you’re not paying attention to what’s being marketed.” “Having had a front-row seat to for far too long, I’ve studied the way a con works more than anybody needs to. “I think promoting this whole narrative and celebrating a sociopathic, narcissistic, proven criminal is wrong,” Williams told Vanity Fair in a recent interview. The upcoming show is set to be filmed inside Sorokin's New York City East Village apartment, with the press release detailing how the episodes will feature "invitation-only, intimate dinners at home," which are part of her efforts at "reinvent herself and her name." No release date has been announced, but it's already (and unsurprisingly) getting attention online.Rachel Williams, the real-life ex-friend of Anna Delvey/Sorokin, who appears in Netflix’s Inventing Annaas “Rachel” and who was, in fact, swindled for $62,000 by Sorokin on 2017 trip to Marrakech, recently lambasted the Netflix series. The unscripted series comes from Wheelhouse and Butternut, the production set up by Courtney White. February 2023Ī Variety article reveals that Anna Sorokin is set to film a reality TV series titled Delvey’s Dinner Club during her house arrest. The court ordered her to post $10k bail, stay confined at home, and possibly most noteworthy, she's forbidden from using social media. Sorokin, 31, is still fighting deportation from the United States after overstaying her Visa nearly two years ago. October 2022Īnna Sorokin has been released from a New York jail, Bloomberg reports. She may be imprisoned, but Anna still seems capable of drawing attention and uniquely gifted at getting people who have money to part with it. The event was well-attended and, while some reviews weren't glowing, sales were lucrative. It featured twenty sketches that apparently reflect Anna's experience before, during, and after her trial. An exhibition of the drawings she has done in ICE detention titled "Allegedly" debuted at the Public Hotel on New York's Lower East Side in May 2022. She used the money for the following:Īnna has also continued to chase her artistic pursuits, even while incarcerated. The popularity of the Netflix series has inspired pop culture references and a flurry of press regarding Anna's thoughts.Īlso in February, multiple outlets reported that Sorokin was paid by Netflix for her Inventing Anna story – a sum totaling $320k. Her legal representation continues to push for her release, and she has maintained that her support system is in New York and has resisted efforts to deport her to Germany. The ending credits of the series informed us that Anna Sorokin was released from prison in February 2021, before being picked up a month later by Immigration and Customs Enforcement for overstaying her visa.
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