Anna Sorokin: the fake heiress who fooled everyone | podcast

For years Sorokin passed herself off as ‘Anna Delvey’, a German heiress worth $60m. Today she will be sentenced in New York and faces up to 15 years in prison. Hadley Freeman discusses how Sorokin was eventually exposed and why her case has attracted so much attention. Plus: Helen Pidd on the inequality between London and the rest of England

Today Anna Sorokin will be sentenced in New York for masquerading as Anna Delvey, an extravagant socialite. Sorokin bankrolled an implausibly lavish lifestyle with tens of thousands of dollars she swindled from banks, hotels and friends who believed she was a wealthy German heiress.

The Guardian’s Hadley Freeman, who lived in New York for many years and previously covered fashion, discusses with India Rakusen why Sorokin’s case has attracted so much attention. Jesse Hawk, a photographer who was invited by Sorokin to shoot video on one of her trips, and then never paid for his work, speaks about what it was like to spend time with her.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2YlQv0R