Inventing Anna,” the Netflix series all about her criminal antics, when it premieres Friday.The “socialite” scammer — who posed as a German heiress called Anna Delvey to defraud banks, hotels and friends in New York City from 2013 to 2017 — is currently languishing in ICE custody in Orange County, NY.Still, the 31-year-old wanted to make sure she was portrayed appropriately by Emmy-winning actress Julia Garner.“Anna asked me, ‘Do I look like a bad bitch?'” her best friend, Neffatari Davis.
told The Post. “I was like, ‘Yes!'”Having served less than two years in prison on charges including grand larceny and paid back nearly $200,000 in restitution, Sorokin is fighting to stay in the US rather than be deported to Germany.“Anna has a good heart, but she has a dark twisted mind,” said Davis. “She’s like aTim Burton character — you love them, but if you’re watching them at night they’re a little creepy.“She doesn’t mean harm … but then again, she might!”Davis, now 31, was a college student with a part-time job as a concierge at Soho’s trendy 11 Howard hotel when she met Sorokin, who claimed to be worth $67 million.“Anna was like a little fairy who had just landed in New York,” said Davis: “I just thought, ‘This is my little weird friend.'”Sorokin told everyone she was an heiress named Anna Delvey.
In reality, she was born in Domodedovo, a working-class town southeast of Moscow, in 1991. Her father, Vadim Sorokin, worked as a truck driver, while her mother owned a small convenience store.
The family moved to Germany in 2007, when Sorokin was 16.She came to New York City in 2013, first showing up at Fashion Week.
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