Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerAnna Sorokin, the fake heiress who swindled the high society elite of Manhattan, has been granted parole.The rights to her story were acquired by Netflix, with Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal creator Shonda Rhimes attached.
Lena Dunham is also working on a Sorokin project for HBO.Sorokin, now 29, could be released as soon as early next year, her attorney Todd Spodek told the New York Post on Friday.“Anna has paid her debt to society handsomely, and I hope society repays the favor,” Spodek said.Sorokin scammed an estimated $275,000 from her friends while pretending to be an heiress with funds tied up in various transit.Sorokin is incarcerated at Albion Correctional Facility, a medium-security facility in upstate.
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