Rachel williams anna delvey2/3/2024 “The devastating damage to her reputation could have been avoided if only Netflix had used a fictitious name and different details. “The reason why we have had to file this lawsuit is because Netflix used Rachel’s real name and biographical details, and made her out to be a horrible person, which she is not,” attorney Alexander Rufus-Isaacs said in a statement. To date, there is no word if the HBO series is moving forward. Williams is among the only real-life people accurately named in the Netflix series. Williams did, however, agree to a deal with HBO for her 2019 book “My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress,” for which she was paid approximately $340,000. Williams also wrote about her experiences with Delvey but was not compensated by Netflix or producer Rhimes. “Inventing Anna” paid $320,000 to Delvey for her life story. Williams also noted that she previously sold the rights to her involvement in the Anna Delvey scandal to HBO prior to Netflix’s “Inventing Anna.” The Netflix series was inspired by Jessica Pressler’s 2018 article “How an Aspiring ‘It’ Girl Tricked New York’s Party People - and its Banks,” which ran in New York Magazine. Sam Levinson Reveals The Weeknd’s Pitch for ‘The Idol’: ‘If I Wanted to Start a Cult, I Could’ Per the lawsuit filing, as reported by Deadline, Williams is alleging Netflix “made a deliberate decision for dramatic purposes to show Williams doing or saying things in the Series which portray her as a greedy, snobbish, disloyal, dishonest, cowardly, manipulative and opportunistic person.” The complaint was filed in Delaware federal court by law firms Rufus-Isaacs Acland & Grantham LLP and Farnan LLP. Williams previously wrote about her experiences with former best friend Delvey in 2018 for Vanity Fair after Delvey allegedly conned her into footing the bill for a $62,000 trip to Morocco Williams carried the debt on her corporate Condé Nast credit card. Williams is portrayed by Katie Lowes in the Shonda Rhimes-produced limited series. While Sorokin has ( for the most part) stood by the series, it’s former Vanity Fair photo editor Rachel Williams who is slapping the streamer with a defamation suit. The Emmy-nominated series stars Julia Garner as convicted fraudster Anna “Delvey” Sorokin, who conned elite Manhattan into believing she was an international heiress. “ Inventing Anna” is accused now of inventing too much, according to a defamation lawsuit filed against Netflix.
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