Following the explosive success of “Bridgerton,” Shondaland’s next big thing is Netflix’s “Inventing Anna,” which brings Julia Garner to the small screen to portray the real exploits of the fake heiress Anna Delvey, aka Anna Sorokin. Fronting a lavish lifestyle in New York City’s social scene, Sorokin didn’t just scam banks and upper-crust circles. One of her victims was her former friend Rachel DeLoache Williams, who was conned out of thousands of dollars. So what happened to Williams? If you were wondering, yes, Williams has definitely publicly spoken about Sorokin, even publishing the 2019 book “My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress.” Here’s what we know about her friendship with Sorokin and where she is today.
Rachel DeLoache Williams’s Friendship With Anna Sorokin
Williams and Sorokin met at a nightclub in 2016 in New York City when Williams was working as a photo editor for “Vanity Fair.” Sorokin had been masquerading as a German heiress, going around telling people that she was worth $67 million and that she wanted to create a private membership club for artists. After a year of friendship, Williams and Sorokin went to Marrakech, Morocco, together in May 2017. Despite inviting Williams on an all-expenses-paid trip, Sorokin asked Williams to foot the bills that started accumulating. In total, the trip cost $62,000 for the flights and an upscale villa on top of lavish meals and shopping trips. Apparently, Sorokin’s credit card stopped working, so…
