Dubbed the “Soho Grifter,” she faced trial in 2019, where she was found guilty of both theft of services and grand larceny, then slapped with a sentence of 4–12 years. Exposed in 2018 by Vanity Fair and New York magazine after periodic punches from the New York Post, Anna Sorokin-known to many by her alias, Anna Delvey-evaded payments for months-long stays at posh downtown hotels, conned collector Michael Xufu Huang into footing the bill for her visit to the 2015 Venice Biennale, and even screwed over her friends on a lavish trip to Morocco, ultimately leading to her downfall. Premiering February 11 on the streaming service is Inventing Anna, a nine-episode miniseries that partially fictionalizes the true story of a fake German heiress who scammed her way into the upper echelons of New York society, the art world included. Netflix, too, is now attempting to merge an out-of-touch story with a politically correct update. Last year saw reboots of both Sex and the City and Gossip Girl that tried in vain to have it all-there are rumors that Girls is next-endeavoring to speak to the social issues of our time while still offering the signature forms of glamour and escapism that are their bread and butter. But in retrospect, this out-of-touch genre, a common problematic favorite, has been in dire need of an update. Television has long been host to fantastical depictions of living large in New York City.
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