She even befriended a concierge there named Neffatari Davis, who was interviewed for Pressler’s story.Īfter a few months, hotel management noticed that Sorokin did not have a credit card on file, so they asked her to pay her bill, which was up to $30,000. For years she managed to get away with not paying her bills for restaurants and hotels properly, providing fraudulent checks or forged wire confirmation slips to show proof of payment when confronted.īy February 2017, she was staying in different hotels, most notably the 11 Howard in SoHo, where she became known among the staff as a generous tipper. Posing as a wealthy heiress from Germany, she scammed countless people, hotels and banks with fake bank accounts or credit cards in her efforts to appear much wealthier than she is. Her father told New York magazine of his daughter’s supposed finances, “Until now, we have never heard of any trust fund.” What did she do that made her infamous?Īfter moving to New York City, where she lived from 2013 to 2017, Sorokin began her streak of swindling the rich and well-connected people in its high society. When Pressler came into contact with her family, they asked to remain anonymous at the time, as the news had not yet reached their small community at home. She transferred over to Purple magazine’s New York office.Ĭurrently, Sorokin is not in contact with her family, with her father apparently stating that he has disowned her. While in New York for New York Fashion Week during the summer of 2013, Sorokin decided she wanted to stay in the city full-time rather than be in Paris as she supposedly found it easier to make friends there. However, she quit and returned home to Germany before relocating to Paris, where she began interning at a fashion magazine, Purple, and started identifying as “Anna Delvey.” When she was 16, her family moved to Germany.Īfter graduating high school in 2011, she moved to London to pursue an education at Central Saint Martins, a college well-known for its fashion program. 23, 1991 and is from a small town in Russia called Domodedovo, just an hour outside Moscow. Who exactly is Anna Delvey?Īnna Delvey, née Sorokin, was born on Jan. Here, WWD breaks down all the details we know about Anna Sorokin so far. They Are Wearing: Paris Fashion Week Spring 2023
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