It’s effectively running a con woman’s P.R.-and putting money in her pocket,” she wrote. Netflix isn’t just putting out a fictional story. “Take it from someone who knows: This is the art of the con, a shell game that proffers irresistible thrills for low stakes, while a sleight of hand carries out the high-roller business unseen. She also expresses her passion for photography and travel on her Instagram.Īhead of Inventing Anna‘s release, Williams trashed the show in an AirMail essay, criticizing Netflix for giving Delvey even more notoriety and attention. According to her website, she works as a freelance writer, photographer, producer, and creative consultant. Tennessee native Williams left Vanity Fair after selling her book My Friend Anna in 2019. She previously sold her own story rights to HBO and Lena Dunham, but she says on the website that the project is not currently in development. In a Q&A on her website, Williams confirmed that she was not involved with the Netflix show. The memoir was re-released in paperback this week, with a new afterword also published in Time. Williams also wrote a book about her experience with Delvey and the grifter’s trial, called My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress. Delvey was found not guilty for the charge in real life, and Williams was left with the debt, though the writer did tell ABC News that her credit card company forgave most of the debt. As in the show, she wrote an essay about her experience with Delvey, and sued her former friend for $62,000 after assisting in a sting operation for Delvey’s arrest. In real life, Williams was working as a photo editor for Vanity Fair when she met Delvey through mutual friends. Though that’s where her story ends in Inventing Anna, the real-life Rachel continues to speak out against Delvey-and has thoughts about Netflix’s dramatization of events.
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After their fallout, she testified against the grifter in her trial and later wrote a book about her experience.
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The real-life Rachel, full name Rachel DeLoache Williams, was once one of Delvey’s closest friends. The show also shows Delvey’s friendship with Rachel, a former magazine editor whom Delvey stuck with an over $60,000 bill for a Morocco vacation. Based on the infamous “SoHo grifter” Anna Delvey, née Sorokin, Inventing Anna follows the scammer’s escapades through New York, after which she was found guilty of defrauding banks, restaurants, and hotels (and stealing a private jet). The most popular show on Netflix right now depicts one of the most dramatic friendship breakups of all time. Anna Delvey’s former friend, who was scammed out of $62,000 by the con artist, says ‘Inventing Anna’ is “convoluting truth in a way that’s dangerous.”
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