Anna ‘Delvey’ Sorokin, fake German heiress who inspired Netflix show, expected to be deported

Sorokin’s story is depicted within the Netflix present, “Inventing Anna.”

Sorokin was convicted in Could 2019 on eight counts, together with grand larceny, after pretending to be a faux German heiress and scamming rich New Yorkers out of lots of of 1000’s of {dollars}. Prosecutors argued she by no means had any household wealth, and that she is initially from Russia.

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She served slightly below 4 years in jail and has since been in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, awaiting deportation, in accordance with a lawsuit she filed towards ICE.

She claims the poor remedy in ICE services gave her COVID-19 and that she was not allowed to obtain a COVID booster shot.

Prosecutors alleged she advised folks she was sitting on a $67 million belief fund, however stole $275,000 from New York banks.

“Rumors are swirling in the present day, and I hadn’t heard from her this afternoon, which is our regular apply,” Manny Arora an legal professional representing Sorokin advised ABC Information Monday evening.

Sorokin has lengthy denied claiming she was a heiress, telling ABC’s Deborah Roberts in an interview she “at all times knew” she couldn’t afford a lavish life-style.

“I want to present the world that I am not this dumb, grasping individual that they portrayed me to be.”

She stated she merely “made up” the title Delvey.