Fake heiress Anna Delvey — who was the subject of a dramatized retelling of her story in Netflix‘s popular series Inventing Anna — is now heading to the ballroom floor after a four-year stint in prison. The scammer is reportedly joining Dancing With The Stars Season 33 as a contestant.
ABC declined to comment on the matter.
In 2019, Delvey was found guilty of eight charges, including second-degree grand larceny, theft of services and first-degree attempted grand larceny. Born in Russia, Delvey (real name Anna Sorokin) pretended to be a German heiress, swindling thousands of dollars from the New York elite and their favorite establishments. The conwoman was released from prison on good behavior in 2021 after serving nearly four years. She has since been on house arrest following facing potential deportation in 2022 for overstaying her visa.
The terms of her house arrest have recently been relaxed, per reporting from Page Six, which first stated that Delvey would be heading to the dance competition show. She has since been given a Social Security number, allowed to return to social media and travel freely within 70 miles of her East Village, N.Y. apartment. According to the tabloid, she has been granted special permission to travel to Los Angeles, where DWTS films.
Delvey has witnessed an explosion of infamy following the 2022 release of the Emmy-nominated Shonda Rhimes-created miniseries, in which Julia Garner portrays her. The thief has seen a bevy of press, including a New York Times interview where she stated that she is “not sorry” for her actions. Since her exponential rise to notoriety, Delvey is working on a docuseries detailing her life after the Inventing Anna story, launching a celebrity dinner club series, hosting a weekly podcast and dropping new songs. She has also embarked on a series of Instagram deals to promote USA Network’s The Anonymous and opened a fashion public relations agency with business vet Kelly Cutrone.
The Disney+ reality competition series returns Sept. 17, with an official cast announcement coming Sept. 4.
Nellie Andreeva contributed to this report.
