Anna Delvey, Inspiration For ‘Inventing Anna,’ Sued By Ex-Lawyer For $150,000 As She Launches New Podcast

Anna Delvey, who falsely claimed she was a wealthy German heiress and scammed approximately $275,000 from donors, is being sued by ex-lawyer, Audrey Thomas, for unpaid legal fees of over $150,000.

Delvey’s story inspired the Netflix series, Inventing Anna.

The suit comes just as the 32-year-old has launched her new podcast, The Anna Delvey Show. The first two guests were comedian Whitney Cummings and rock star Julia Cumming. 

Delvey, whose real name is Anna Sorokin, started posing as a German heiress after she settled down in the Big Apple in 2013.

She bounced around different hotels, ignoring the bills, defrauding wealthy socialites and duping multiple banks. 

It was not until October 2017 that Sorokin was finally arrested during a sting operation and was found guilty of eight charges in 2019. She was sentenced to four to 12 years in prison, fined $24,000 and ordered to pay restitution of about $199,000. The court has estimated that she has stolen around $275,000 throughout the years. 

Sorokin was released early on good behavior after two years in prison in February 2021, and the moment she was free, she hopped on Instagram and started showing off her extravagant lifestyle again.

Soon, she was taken into custody for overstaying her visa and was granted release again in October 2022, with a $10,000 bail. She is banned from social media.

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Since then, the con artist has been living in an apartment in Manhattan on house arrest. Sorokin has to wear an ankle monitor at all times and is not permitted to leave her house, except for weekly meetings with the officials.

Thomas was Sorokin’s attorney on her fraud conviction and immigration cases until April 2022 when Sorokin fired Thomas.