“From Courtroom to Dance Floor: How a Convicted Fraudster Plans to Steal the Spotlight on ‘Dancing With The Stars’!”
Anna faked financial documents and checks to substantiate her claims of having a $60 million trust fund.
Her fraudulent behavior went undetected for years—all while she dined at the best Manhattan restaurants, shopped at the best stores, and slept in the best hotels.
Ultimately, she was arrested when the NYPD collaborated with her former friend, former Vanity Fair photo editor Rachel DeLoache Williams, who accused Anna of conning her out of $62,000.
Rachel had put down her Vanity Fair work credit card to pay for a trip to Morocco when the fraudster’s cards magically didn’t work.
People protested her inclusion in the show, arguing that it glamorized criminals
Image credits: Hulu
Image credits: Hulu
In 2022, Netflix purchased the rights to her story and developed it into the Shonda Rhimes-created series Inventing Anna. The show is based on the 2018 New York Magazine profile about the con artist written by Jessica Pressler.
In the show—one of Netflix’s all-time most watched TV series in English—Anna is played by Julia Garner, while the journalist is portrayed by Anna Chlumsky.
The streaming platform reportedly paid Anna $320,000 for the rights to adapt her life into the show. According to insider’s reports, she used the money to pay restitution to the banks, attorney fees, and settle state fines she had.
The 33-year-old, whose story inspired the Netflix show Inventing Anna, was arrested on leniency charges in 2017
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Dancing with the Stars won’t be Anna’s first TV appearance since her prison release. Last month, she made a cameo for USA Network’s The Anonymous, a strategic competition series where twelve players have to deceive each other to win $100,000.
