Strict conditions after release from detention pending deportation |
Anna Sorokin is out of jail, but…
The back and forth is over. As BILD learned exclusively, the fake millionaire Anna Sorokin (31) was released from deportation custody on Saturday night. This was confirmed by a spokesman for the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Around 5:30 p.m. (local time), Sorokin left the Orange County Correctional Facility in Goshen, New York, accompanied by two security officers in a white van with tinted windows. The hour and a half drive to New York City took place at high speed.
Here she is expected to receive her electronic ankle bracelets in the federal building in Lower Manhattan. These are among the strict requirements imposed by New York immigration judge Charles Conroy.
He had already allowed her to be released on bail on Tuesday. But the final release from prison took several days to come.
And these strict requirements are likely to be partly responsible for this:
► In addition to $ 10,000 bail …
► … the German-Russian impostor has to wear an electronic ankle bracelet. It still needs to be adjusted.
► And the strictest: A house arrest is imposed, during which she is not allowed to leave her new residential address. One of her lawyers to BILD: “It’s still better than prison …”
► Another court order: She must NOT post ANYTHING on social media, either herself or about other people. So far, she had mainly advertised works of art and NFTs (digital assets) for sale on Instagram.
The main reason for the delay may also have been that the lawyers were waiting for the announcement of a residential address where Sorokin can be accommodated. It is possible that the otherwise busy 31-year-old – who posed as a German heiress to millions, caused damage of $270,000 through fraud and spent almost four years in prison for it – had difficulties finding someone who would give her shelter.
Anna’s legal team did not want to give more details. But now there seems to be a place to stay. And once Sorokin gets her shackles, she’ll be taken there.
But one thing is clear: The limited release does not change the intention of the American authorities to deport Sorokin!
Sorokin, born near Moscow in 1991, moved to Germany with her parents as a teenager and then graduated from high school in Eschweiler near Aachen. She then moved to New York via London and Paris, where she posed as an heiress to millions in Manhattan’s high society under the pseudonym Anna Delvey and – according to a court ruling in 2019 – benefits worth more than 200,000 dollars (about 175,000 euros) surreptitiously
Sorokin was sentenced to four years in prison but was released in early 2021 for good behavior. Just six weeks later, she was arrested again because of an expired visa and has been in the ICE immigration facility ever since.
She has appealed several times against being deported to Germany. Her story has achieved cult status under the title “Inventing Anna” on the Netflix streaming service. According to Anna, she is also working on another documentary series and a book, among other things.
Now a new chapter in her life is about to begin. Albeit under house arrest.