German impostor was sentenced to prison in New York

A court in New York sentenced the 28-year-old to four to twelve years in prison on Thursday. The filming of her story is already being planned.

The daughter of a Russian truck driver had invented a new identity as a wealthy heiress in the USA and swindled a luxurious lifestyle at the expense of others. For the sentencing, Sorokin wore an elegant black dress and huge black horn-rimmed glasses. At the end of April, a jury found her guilty of theft and the theft of services totaling around $ 275,000. District Attorney Cyrus Vance said she committed “real crimes” during her “long masquerade”.

Clever lies and self-confident demeanor

According to the prosecutor, through clever lies and self-assured demeanor, Sorokin managed to get tens of thousands of dollars in loans from various banks between November 2016 and August 2017, to travel for free in private planes and to live for months in luxury hotels in Manhattan in New York without them Pay bills. The sentence stipulates that she must spend up to twelve years behind bars. Only with good guidance can she be released after four years. She was also sentenced by Judge Diane Kiesel to repay a total of nearly $ 200,000 to her victims and pay a fine of $ 24,000.

Girlfriend cheated on

A friend at the time, the “Vanity Fair” photographer Rachel Williams, was invited by Sorokin to the luxury hotel “La Mamounia” in Marrakech, Morocco, where a night cost 7,000 dollars (6,253.91 euros). Ultimately, Williams stayed on the bill, which at $ 62,000 exceeded the photographer’s annual salary. Sorokin also tried to set up a mixture of nightclub and art gallery, borrowing $ 22 million – using forged documents. An influential builder wanted to give her a building on Park Avenue.

Sorokin’s attorney Todd Spodek tried to draw a parallel between the young woman and Frank Sinatra, who once sang about “New York, New York”: “In a city that loves money and the appearance of money, they both have each other creates their own opportunities. ” Sorokin really believed that the nightclub project she was planning would be successful and that the loans and unpaid bills only “bought himself time,” he argued. However, he did not convince the jury.

Grew up in modest circumstances

Sorokin comes from a humble background. She is the daughter of a Russian truck driver. When she was 16 years old, the family moved to Germany. In 2016, Sorokin came to the United States and crept into New York high society under the name Anna Delvey.

The case caused quite a stir in the United States. The streaming service Netflix and the broadcaster HBO want to film Sorokin’s story. HBO has acquired the rights from photographer Williams, who first sold her story of the expensive Morocco trip to the “Vanity Fair” and then to the US cable broadcaster.