Some of Anna's Escapades Were Made Up or Exaggerated She did help herself to a private jet without paying for it, she stayed at multiple hotels without settling her bills, and she allegedly left Williams hanging for over $60k in Morocco (though she was found not guilty of that charge).
According to the complaint, while Sorokin paid Thomas a retainer for appealing her conviction and overstaying her visa, for which she faced possible deportation to Germany, she still owes Thomas more than $152,000 in legal fees.
Immediately after she was released, Sorokin settled her debts. She used a portion of the $320,000 she received from Netflix for the rights to her life story to pay back the $200,000 she owed the banks.
By the end of her stay, Anna had racked up a $30,000 bill. While Anna was eventually able to wire money to pay the bill, she was still unable to provide a credit card, and so the hotel evicted her.
In spring 2017, Sorokin invited three friends to a trip to Morocco. As she was unable to afford their stay at La Mamounia, a world-class luxury hotel in Marrakech, Anna convinced one of her friends, photographer Rachel Williams, to pay the hotel bills.
Though she was the one who initiated the trip claiming that “all expenses are covered” at La Mamounia hotel, one of her friends, photographer Rachel Deloache Williams, ended up paying $62,000 on her behalf. Anna promised to pay her back, but of course, it never happened.
Rachel Williams, the former Vanity Fair staffer who was conned out of $62,000 by Anna Sorokin, known as Anna Delvey, never wanted to discuss her former friend again. She purged her recollections of the traumatic friendship in an essay for Vanity Fair and, later, a book, My Friend Anna.
In February 2022, Insider reported that Netflix paid Sorokin $320,000 for the rights to adapt her life story for Inventing Anna. The publication also reports that Sorokin has used $199,000 of the money she received from Netflix to pay restitution to the banks she owes, plus another $24,000 to settle state fines.
Williams is known for being the former friend of Anna Sorokin, who pretended to be a German heiress and was accused of conning Williams out of $62,000, which was only paid back partially by Sorokin but forgiven by her credit card company. Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
In the Netflix limited series Inventing Anna, Anna Delvey went under the pretense that she was a wealthy German heiress whilst living a life of luxury that she couldn't afford. In summary, Anna has defrauded banks, hoteliers, and friends out of hundreds of thousands in American dollars.
Under house arrest, fake heiress Anna 'Delvey' Sorokin launches podcast to rehab public image. Going by the name Anna Delvey, she posed as a German heiress and lied about having a $67 million trust fund to apply for loans, run up debts and secure a historic building for a private arts club.
Of the $320,000 Sorokin received from Netflix she paid 199,000 in restitution, $24,000 in state fines, and $75,000 in attorney fees. After she paid the restitution, the courts let her keep what little is left. Inventing Anna is currently streaming on Netflix.
In reality, Delvey didn't have much money of her own. She used what she had to tip hotel employees lavishly. This approach earned her special treatment at a hotel where she never paid her bills.
Today, the real Todd and Victoria Spodek have two children and reside in Brooklyn, New York City.
Anna's Courtroom Wardrobe
Her legal team hired celebrity stylist Anastasia Walker, who reportedly dressed Sorokin in designers such as Miu Miu, Michael Kors, Yves Saint Laurent, and Victoria Beckham.
The show also shows Delvey's friendship with Rachel, a former magazine editor whom Delvey stuck with an over $60,000 bill for a Morocco vacation. The real-life Rachel, full name Rachel DeLoache Williams, was once one of Delvey's closest friends.
The bulk of her debt was forgiven.
The jury in Anna's trial didn't find her guilty of stealing from Rachel, but Rachel's credit card company forgave the bulk of her debt, ABC News reports. "I'm losing it. I'm up every night having attacks and I'm late for work," Williams testified during Anna's trial.
All in the past. Anna Delvey isn't still friends with Rachel DeLoache Williams — and she's not interested in her lawsuit over Inventing Anna.
As a result, Sorokin deposited $160,000 worth of checks into a Citibank account, of which she was able to use $70,000, which she wired to 11 Howard to settle the bill. However, Sorokin still refused to provide a valid credit card, which led her to be evicted from the hotel.
According to Insider, Sorokin did get a paycheck from Netflix in exchange for the rights to her story - a cool $320,000, no less. Reportedly, she's been using that money to pay restitution to the banks and others she defrauded during her spree.
ANNA now has three directors; original founders Boris Dyakonov and Eduard Panteleev have been joined by Andrew Doman. Mr. Doman was appointed as an independent director and chairman of ANNA.
While Delvey pretended to be a German heiress with a $60million trust fund, in reality, she was born to working-class parents just outside Moscow in 1991 and moved to Germany as a teen.
I later testified at her trial, describing the events that left me with more than $60,000 in credit card debt after an “all-expenses-paid” trip to Morocco with Anna and two others. That debt was well over what I made in a year.
Allegedly, Delvey deposited fake checks into her Citibank account which allowed her to withdraw $89,000 from Citi before the checks bounced. It is presumed that she used these funds to finance her good-faith deposit with Fortress.