Anna Sorokin Explains Her Legal Battle Against Potential Deportation After Release From Prison: ‘I’m Trying to Fix What I’ve Done Wrong’
variety.comKatie Reul editor Anna Sorokin, the ex-con-artist who inspired the Netflix series “Inventing Anna,” discussed her oncoming legal battle against potential deportation in her first interview since her release from prison on Oct.
8. Speaking with the New York Times, Sorokin asserted that she is regretful of her criminal actions, which involved swindling the upper echelons of Manhattan by posing as an heiress under the name “Anna Delvey.” “I learned so much being in jail,” Sorokin said. “There’s a very well-documented arc about how I’ve felt about everything.
It wouldn’t be right if I were just to switch in one day. That would be very disingenuous. It’s a process. I am regretful about the way things played out.
The way I’ve tried to see my experience is to learn from it: Who I am today is because of the decisions I made in the past.” Sorokin also explained why she elected to serve a jail sentence in the U.S., instead of fighting for her immigration status from Germany, stating that a decision to leave the country would have given the impression that she was “running from something.” “I just did not want it to go down the way ICE wanted it to.
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