Sorokin had asked Williams to book the $4,500 airfare for the four travelers, but her card was declined. He suggested that Williams ignored these warning signings because she was so eager to stay in La Mamounia’s $7,000-a-night suite, which included a private butler and swimming pool. Spodek highlighted a series of red flags that suggested Sorokin, who went by Anna Delvey, wasn’t the German heiress worth 60 million euros she claimed to be - questioning why Williams wouldn’t have seen them, as well. “I didn’t feel the amount of space of the article provided was enough space to tell the whole story,” Williams said defensively. Under the guidance of the NYPD, Williams arranged a lunch date with Sorokin, and, the moment the fake heiress arrived, authorities swooped in to nab her.
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“I didn’t want my trial or my testimony to be misconstrued as something to better myself,” Williams said.Įarlier in the day, Spodek pressed Williams about why she wrote about Sorokin’s arrest in California in her 6,700-word Vanity Fair article but failed to mention that she’d supposedly set her up. She admitted that she had lobbied the court to bar questions about the profits when she took the stand. Then, she testified, she sold her story to HBO for what could amount to more than $335,000 and to Simon & Schuster for $300,000. The former photo editor had written a first-person narrative about her friendship with Sorokin for Vanity Fair and got $1,300. If I could go back in time and not be where I am today, you bet I would,” Williams said. “You stand to make potentially $635,000, not to mention the $1,300 from the article - that doesn’t interest you?” asked Spodek incredulously, as several jurors smirked during Sorokin’s larceny trial in Manhattan Supreme Court.Ī tearful Williams responded, “This is the most traumatic thing I’ve ever been through” as she broke down in sobs. Ex-Vanity Fair photo editor was alleged victim of fake heiress Anna Sorokinĭefense lawyer Todd Spodek repeatedly asked Williams, 31, whether she’d capitalized on Sorokin’s alleged crimes.
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