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Andre Neveling

By now, few people haven’t binge-watched Inventing Anna, which only dropped on Netflix in mid-February. We all know how, from 2013 to 2017, Anna Sorokin (aka Anna Delvey) infiltrated elite circles in New York City and, over a 10-month period, scammed contacts out of US$275,000 after claiming she was expecting to inherit US$67 million.

So where is Sorokin now? Will she stay in the US? Has she paid back her debts? Here’s the latest on the fake heiress that has the online universe buzzing.
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She’s awaiting deportation to Germany

Sorokin ended up back in the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after just six weeks of freedom because she’d overstayed her visa. Now she faces deportation back to Germany from the US, pending her appeal. She tweeted last year that she’ll only agree to “go back to Europe when they give black people reparations”.
She used her Netflix money to pay some outstanding bills, but still owes a lot

Despite her crimes, Sorokin’s fame has given her a surprising amount of leverage. Court documents show Netflix paid Sorokin US$320,000 for the rights to her story. She reportedly used US$199,000 of the Netflix money to pay back banks, including US$70,000 to Citibank, and another US$24,000 for state fines.
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Sorokin has not yet appeared to pay back the US$35,000 she owes for a Blade private jet flight she took to a Berkshire Hathaway meeting. Nor the reported US$23,000 she owes to Signature Bank, according to the UK’s Daily Mail.
She’s officially broke now

This week, Sorokin finally claimed she is broke. The fake heiress has been granted “poor person’s relief” in filing her appeal against her conviction for grand larceny and theft, court documents reveal. The relief was granted to help cover fees related to her appeal and other legal costs.
To have been granted the relief, the 31-year-old would have had to formally prove she had little or no money, detailing any assets she has including property, income, expenses, stocks, bonds and details of bank accounts. The court ruled that Sorokin was “permitted to dispense with payment of the required fee for the subpoena and filing of the record”, according to the Daily Mail.
At this stage, Sorokin still has her own private lawyer, but reportedly requested help with the administrative fees involved.
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She’ll probably leverage her new Netflix fame to stay in the US

Nevertheless, back in August 2021, lawyer Audrey Thomas argued that Sorokin should be able to remain in the US despite overstaying her visa, for the opposite reason.
He argued that Sorokin would “not be a burden to the State as she has very lucrative contracts with Netflix and other well established media groups”.
Thomas stated in various court documents: “She will be self-sustaining for the entirety of her presence in the USA. She has a place to live and means of providing for herself and her business ventures will actually provide jobs for Americans.
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“Ms Sorokin has already provided for several people’s financial security. She has paid out over US$75,000 in legal fees, and has hired camera men/women, videographers, photographers, and a team of American media personnel.”
He added: “Ms Anna Sorokin is truly a force of change that Americans can believe in, and a source of inspiration for those who have fallen to believe they can get back up again.”
The case is ongoing …
She got Covid-19 and she’s taking legal action over it

If there is one thing we know about Sorokin, it’s that she knows how to take advantage of a lucrative opportunity. And that doesn’t exclude the pandemic.
Sorokin is currently one of several detainees in the US suing federal immigration authorities for refusing to give her Covid-19 booster shots while being kept in prison, and claims she tested positive for the virus in January.
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Netflix’s Inventing Anna brought the story of Anna Delvey, sorry Sorokin, to the masses and now we’re obsessed with her every move – so what’s her current status?
The Russian-German fraudster is still in a New York prison and has just been granted ‘poor person’s relief’ on the grounds that she can’t afford certain legal costs



Far from being heir to a US$67 million fortune like her alter ego Anna Delvey, Sorokin is claiming to be poor, while her lawyers have argued her Inventing Anna Netflix payoff and fame means she should stay in the US
