Anna Sorokin, Played by Julia Garner In Hit Shonda Rhimes Netflix Series 'Inventing Anna', Officially Deported; You'll Be Seeing More of Her Story Soon
Anna Sorokin, the real-life con-artist whose life was chronicled through the television series Inventing Anna, is facing deportation.
In fact, she has either been deported already or is very much on her way there. Sorokin's case became famous through an article written about her, exposing her crimes. She conned her way into the lives of Manhattan's most elite residents and swindled them out of grand sums of money.
Sorokin was officially released from ICE custody yesterday. According to an article on Deadline, various sources have revelaed that the woman who once skated through high society is now being deported and was expected to jet-set to Frankfurt last night.
While her financial crimes, the ones that spurred the creation of the Netflix series, were terrible, those are not the crimes for which the feux heiress was deported. She served her time in a prision in upstate New York for the Inventing Anna explained crimes, but Sorokin is actually being deported on the grounds of overstaying her visa.
In an article she wrote for Insider several months ago, Sorokin penned:
"My visa overstay was unintentional and largely out of my control. I served my prison sentence, but I'm appealing my criminal conviction to clear my name. I did not break a single one of New York state's or ICE's parole rules. Despite all that, I've yet to be given a clear and fair path to compliance. Did I mention I'm the only woman in ICE custody in this whole jail? Tell me I'm special without telling me I'm special."
As Sorokin must set up a new life in Germany, this is certainly not the last we have heard of this history-making woman. She has confirmed that she has a new docu-series in the works that will add more insight into the events explored through Inventing Anna.
