SEPTEMBER 18, 2024:
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Convicted con artist Anna Sorokin has hit the dancefloor on “Dancing With the Stars” with a featherweight — and very sparkly — ankle monitor. The so-called ‘fake heiress,’ who was convicted of swindling banks, hotels and friends in 2019 after falsely building a reputation as a wealthy German heiress named Anna Delvey, debuted the ankle monitor during the premiere of “Dancing With the Stars’” new season Tuesday night (Sept. 17, 2024). She calls the bedazzled ankle monitor “not a big issue at all.” Her dance pro partner, Ezra Sosa, tells The Associated Press the device is “the real star of the show.” The pair danced to Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso,” and even Sorokin says the routine could have been better.
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024:
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The con artist convicted of swindling banks, hotels and friends in 2019 after falsely building a reputation as a wealthy German heiress, Anna Sorokin will now star in the upcoming season of “Dancing With the Stars.” Sorokin is currently under house arrest amid a deportation fight, with immigration authorities claiming she overstayed her visa and must be returned to her native Germany. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has not confirmed any changes to Sorokin’s house arrest conditions to accommodate filming the competition dance show in Los Angeles. Sorokin joins Olympians Stephen Nedoroscik and Ilona Maher, Dwight Howard, “Bachelorette” Jenn Tran and others on the show’s 33rd season, which premieres Sept. 17, 2024, on ABC and Disney+.
JUNE 8, 2023:
NEW YORK (AP) — While under house arrest in New York, Anna Sorokin has launched the podcast, “The Anna Delvey Show.” From her East Village apartment, she tells the Associated Press: “I’m on 24/7 house arrest. I’m only allowed to leave for my parole check-ins, my ICE check-ins, and for medical emergencies.” Arrested in late 2017, she was convicted in 2019 of bilking banks, hotels and wealthy New Yorkers out of $275,000. After serving three years in prison, partly at Riker’s Island jail complex, Sorokin, a German citizen, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and then released after posting a $10,000 bond in the fall to home confinement.
Comments