![]() Sky News has contacted Netflix and representatives for Sorokin for comment. The lawsuit seeks a jury trial, as well as unspecified damages and an injunction to have the alleged defamatory material involving Williams edited out of Inventing Anna. Mr Rufus-Isaacs suggested the reason for this was that "she had chosen to play for the other team, ie, HBO".Īccording to Williams' website, HBO and Lena Dunham had optioned her book My Friend Anna, but this option expired and the project is not in development. ![]() also paid 35K by HBO to option her book into a project by Lena Dunham. Anna Sorokin better known as Anna Delvey, the 28-year-old German national, whose family moved there in 2007 from Russia, is seen in the courtroom during her trial at New York State Supreme Court. (HBO picked up the rights to Williams’ story, with Lena Dunham penning the competing. Williams, 34, wrote about her experience with Sorokin, 31, in 2018 for Vanity Fair, where she worked as a photo editor when the fake German heiress allegedly conned her into incurring around. Emmy winner Julia Garner ('Ozark') stars with Anna Chlumsky ('Veep') in a limited series created by Shonda Rhimes ('Scandal'). Starring: Julia Garner, Anna Chlumsky, Arian Moayed Creators: Shonda Rhimes Watch all you want. Why didn't they do this for her, when they did for so many other characters in the series?" Netflixs latest drama, Inventing Anna, has left viewers on the edge of their. Delvey was paid 320,000 by Netflix for her life rights, which went toward paying her restitution. A journalist chases down the story of Anna Delvey, who convinced New Yorks elite she was a German heiress. He added: "The devastating damage to her reputation could have been avoided if only Netflix had used a fictitious name and different details. That’s if Robbie doesn’t find herself called upon by Lena Dunham first, because a rival series about Delvey’s life has been commissioned by HBO, written by the Girls creator and based on the. ![]() Williams' lawyer, Alexander Rufus-Isaacs, told E! News: "The reason why we had to file the case is because Netflix used Rachel's real name and biographical details, and made her out to be a horrible person, which she is not." Sorokin, now 29, could be released as soon as early next year, her attorney Todd Spodek told the New York Post on Friday. It's effectively running a conwoman's PR - and putting money in her pocket." Lena Dunham is also working on a Sorokin project for HBO. In an article written when the show was launched, Williams said: "Netflix isn't just putting out a fictional story. Girls creator Lena Dunham has unveiled her new New York-based production company, Good Thing Going, which has a portfolio of projects that spans television, film, theater and podcasts, with. Image: Garner as Delvey in Inventing Anna.
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