Con artist Anna Delvey, whose life story impressed the Netflix sequence Inventing Anna, has signed as much as be a contestant on Dancing With The Stars, the US model of Strictly Come Dancing.
In the previous couple of years, Delvey – whose actual identify is Anna Sorokin – has change into notorious for her crimes, pretending to be a rich socialite in New York.
This yr’s Dancing With The Stars solid additionally consists of two Crew USA Olympians, rugby participant Ilona Maher and gymnastic bronze medallist Stephen Nedoroscik, and Beverly Hills, 90210 actress Tori Spelling.
Additionally on the dancefloor will likely be Oscar nominee Eric Roberts and Actual Housewives of Atlanta star Phaedra Parks.
Sorokin will likely be paired on the present with skilled dancer Ezra Sosa – and will likely be carrying an ankle monitor as she competes. She has worn the ankle monitor since 2022 when she began her home arrest, AP reported. She has been combating a deportation order.
Her spokesperson Juda Engelmayer instructed AP that she was capable of journey inside 70 miles (110km) of her house and wherever inside New York Metropolis underneath earlier home arrest circumstances, however couldn’t touch upon any adjustments to these guidelines.
The fraudster was discovered responsible in 2019 of theft of providers and grand larceny, having scammed greater than $200,000 (£145,000) from banks and luxurious resorts.
She would inform individuals she had a $60m (£46m) belief fund and an bold mission to create an eponymous arts basis.
However she was, in reality, a current journal intern, who got here from an abnormal household of Russian immigrants residing in Germany.
By staying in costly resorts and presenting a jet-set life on Instagram, she managed to trick others into believing her fantasy and choosing up her payments.
Her story got here to worldwide consideration in 2018 after a New York Journal characteristic by author Jessica Pressler.
It was then tailored by Shonda Rhimes, the artistic drive behind Gray’s Anatomy, Bridgerton and Scandal, in a Netflix sequence the place Sorokin was performed by Julia Garner.
Sorokin was paid $320,000 (£230,000) by Netflix for Inventing Anna – however she was not capable of maintain all of the Netflix cash, owing to a New York regulation that stops criminals from benefiting from their notoriety.
“I by no means requested for Netflix to purchase my story, it simply occurred,” Sorokin instructed the BBC in 2021, following her launch from jail. “And every little thing else, it simply spun out of my management.”
The BBC podcast sequence Faux Heiress is on BBC Sounds