ANNA Delvey was disowned by her real parents after taking money from them and pretending to be a wealthy heiress in New York’s socialite scene.
Delvey, whose real name is Anna Sorokin, was released from prison in 2021 after being found guilty of grand larceny in 2019 but is currently under ICE custody after being arrested again for an expired visa.
While Delvey pretended to be a German heiress with a $60million trust fund, in reality, she was born to working-class parents just outside Moscow in 1991 and moved to Germany as a teen.
Back in 2019, her father Vadim Sorokin told Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Prava that her family did not know what Delvey’s life in New York was like.
“Before her detention we knew nothing about her life in US,” Vadim said.
“Our daughter has never sent us any money. On the contrary, she was borrowing. Of course we are very concerned about her.”
Vadim has a heating and cooling business in Germany, and prior to that was a truck driver.
Delvey’s mom is a small convenience store owner.
The Sorokins moved to Duran, Germany, from their previous residence in Eschweiler, located near the German-Dutch border and Cologne, where Delvey grew up.
The Daily Mail reported Vadim’s heating and cooling business, Califique, is displayed on the mailbox at the $200k house the family rents.
“She has a selfish personality, we can’t do anything about it. We raised her well,” Vadim said of his daughter.
“I don’t know, it comes from nature. Naturally, she is guilty to certain extent.”
Delvey was found guilty of grand larceny and other charges in 2019.
Her infamy as the “fake heiress” has gained global attention, spawning a hugely successful podcast, books and even prompting Netflix to turn her story into 2022’s hit series Inventing Anna.
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