What happened was strictly between me and financial institutions, it was none of their business. “They said I paraded around New York, posing as an heiress. “The prosecution totally misrepresented my motives,” she previously told BBC. She also later claimed that the media persona that was created of her was a product of the prosecution. “And everything else, it just spun out of my control. “I never asked for Netflix to buy my story, it just happened,” she previously explained to BBC of Inventing Anna, which is produced by Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes. The streaming giant paid her $320,000 for the rights - but Sorokin ‘s victims got first dibs on the profits due to a New York law that prohibits criminals from profiting off the media attention they receive. The series is set to premiere on the platform on February 11, 2022. When she was released, she was able to enjoy some of the spoils from the deal she made with Netflix, who filmed a nine-episode miniseries about her starring Julia Garner. She was originally sentenced to four-to-12 years in prison, but was released in February 2021 for good behavior. My motive was never money … I was power hungry.” I regret the way I went about certain things. ![]() “I’d be lying to you and to everyone else and to myself if I said I was sorry for anything. “The thing is, I’m not sorry,” she told the New York Times from prison. Sorokin noted following her conviction that she didn’t feel remorse for her actions. However, she was not convicted in other charges related to the bank loan or stealing $60,000 from former Vanity Fair writer Rachel Williams during a lavish trip to Marrakesh, which the writer detailed in an article for the outlet. She stole more than $275,000 from several friends over the course of her scam, and she also forged bank statements to acquire a $22 million bank loan. In 2019, Sorokin was convicted of two counts of attempted grand larceny in the first degree, three counts of grand larceny in the second degree, one count of grand larceny in the third degree and one count of misdemeanor theft of services.
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