NEW YORK — Anna Sorokin, the woman who tricked New York’s elite into believing she was a German heiress and whose story inspired the Netflix series “Inventing Anna,” was released from an immigration detention center on Friday. >> Read more trending newsSorokin, 31, was released Friday from the facility in Goshen, New York, and was sent to Manhattan, The New York Times reported. Federal immigration judge Charles R. Conroy ruled this week that Sorokin could be released under certain conditions. While in ICE custody, Sorokin filed appeals, appeared on podcasts, wrote a book and worked on documentary projects, the Times reported. That story became the basis of Shonda Rhimes’ “Inventing Anna.”Netflix paid Sorokin $320,000 as a consultant for the show “Inventing Anna,” which starred Julia Garner in the title role.

Source: New York Times October 08, 2022 17:30 UTC