The father of Anna Sorokin, the subject of the popular Netflix biographical series "Inventing Anna," has broken his silence by blasting his own daughter, who tricked New York's elite into believing that she's a wealthy heiress.
Vadim Sorokin spoke in an exclusive interview with Daily Mail and said that his daughter's action was "dishonest and shameful" for their family. Vadim, however, said that Anna is still welcome to stay with them if she returns to Germany.
The "Inventing Anna" subject has been under custody with U.S. immigration as she faces deportation to Germany. In 2019, the Manhattan grand jury convicted her of grand larceny and theft, but she was released two years later for "good behavior." However, immigration decided to put her back in detention in mid-2021 because her visa had lapsed.
Anna Sorokin's Real Family and Childhood
Anna swindled several people, mostly from New York's wealthy class, by pretending she was an heiress with $60 million. The 31-year-old claimed to her friends in America that her father is an oil tycoon.
The truth was Vadim, originally from Moscow, hails from an ordinary family who uprooted to Germany so he could give his daughter a good life. The father said that even while at the immigration detention, Anna has been asking for money to pay people to do things for her.
"She is in detention," Vadim said. "But even in there she hasn't learned how to control her finances."
Vadim, who runs a successful air conditioning and ventilation business in Germany, said that Anna grew up in a normal, regular household, went to a traditional school, and had many friends. After leaving high school, Anna decided to pursue arts for college at the Central Saint Martins in London.
Because of her father's business, Anna was privileged to have private language tutors and designer clothes. Later, she decided to drop out of college and work for a French fashion magazine.
According to Tatler, her father continued to support her with rent money and even bought her a car because her salary wasn't enough to cover her expenses in France. Then, she moved to New York and spun a tale about her pretend-life as an heiress to gain favor from the elites.
Vadim cannot recall a time when Anna has uttered that she loves her parents because all she ever talks about with them is money. Anna would always tell her parents that she was their only daughter, so they had to help her with her financial problems.
Despite denouncing what Anna did in America, Vadim does not believe his daughter is "evil inside." Instead, she needs to figure out what she really wants to do with her life. But even as Vadim said Anna could live with them, his daughter refused and stated that she'd rather stay in jail than with her parents in Germany.
Profiting from "Inventing Anna"
According to Deadline, Anna made $320,000 when she sold her life story to Netflix. She was also made a consultant on the TV series that starred Julia Garner as the fake heiress.
Meanwhile, some supporters of Anna launched a "Free Anna Delvey" art show in Manhattan to help fund her extradition fight. Her legal team allegedly plans to file an O-1 visa exemption, usually given to artists.
Anna has been detained at New York's Orange County Correctional Facility.
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