Since being transferred from prison to house arrest in 2022, convicted Manhattan fraudster Anna Delvey has announced a number of new projects: an art exhibition, a documentary deal, and a triumphant return to social media, among other new responsibilities. A new report suggests she’s expanding beyond the Manhattan/art/Instagram personal brand conveyed by the Netflix series about her exploits, and will be heading to Los Angeles to star in a reality TV show. Dancing with the stars.
Delvey, as you may know, was sentenced to “at least four” years in prison in 2019, after a jury found her guilty of attempted grand theft, three counts of grand theft, and four misdemeanor counts of theft of services. This came after she defrauded people and businesses out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, while falsely claiming to be an heiress planning to build an upscale art social club in Manhattan. Former Vanity Fair staff Rachel Williams is one of many people who say they were scammed by Delvey, detailing an elaborate scheme of cross-border transfers and social engineering that eventually fell apart. (Williams is also portrayed in Netflix’s adaptation of the case, Inventing Annaand sued the streamer for her characterization.)
Anna Delvey was released from prison in 2021, but was sent to an immigration detention facility for the next 18 months for allegedly overstaying her visa. She was released on bail in 2022 and placed under house arrest while her deportation proceedings went through the courts. She is now seeking asylum in the United States, according to CNN, because “there is evidence that she will be deported from Germany to Russia and persecuted,” her lawyer said. John Sandweg speak.
Reports suggest that house arrest rules have been loosened in recent months, with Delvey making trips around town. According to Page Six, she’s now allowed to travel up to 70 miles from home—and was recently “granted special permission to travel to LA” to appear as a contestant on DWTSIn fact, “We hear she’s been in LA preparing for the competition,” the paper claims.
Between the legal bills from her deportation fight, the $199,000 settlement and $24,000 fine she was ordered to pay upon her conviction, and the day-to-day costs of living in New York, it seems Delvey is eager to find new sources of income—after all, it’s unclear whether she’ll be allowed to profit from it. Inventing Annasuccess of. Variety reported that another notorious figure, former Donald Trump Spokesperson Sean Spicer earned at least $125,000 during his spin there in 2019, with contestants who made it through to week three earning a maximum of $295,000. A drop in the bucket compared to the $22 million Delvey reportedly managed to earn at the same time, but certainly a start.
