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- Anna Sorokin, the imprisoned fake heiress who took on the last name Delvey and pretended to be a German socialite, penned a letter to former President Donald Trump.
- In it, she provided the former president advice on how to become a “model prisoner.”
- Trump is facing numerous legal cases, the most immediate being his second impeachment trial set to take place on February 9.
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Anna Sorokin, who took on the name Anna Delvey when posing as a member of New York City’s social elite, has spent nearly four years behind bars, including some time at Rikers Island. Given her experience, she decided to pen a letter to former President Donald Trump to share her “newfound wisdom” as he now faces multiple legal battles after leaving the White House.
Donald Trump faces multiple legal cases over allegations brought against him, including a second impeachment trial that follows the deadly insurrection which took place at the Capitol Hill building on January 6. He also faces cases from the Manhattan district attorney’s office, four cases from the New York Attorney General’s office, and cases from multiple women accusing him of sexual misconduct.
Sorokin found viral fame after a massive story was published by New York Magazine entitled “How Anna Delvey Tricked New York,” detailing the inner workings of her scheme to infiltrate the socialite scene in New York City and convince banks to loan her money. Delvey was arrested in October 2017 and later found notoriety when the story was published in May 2018.
Sorokin was held in Rikers during her trial that took place in March 2019. After she was found guilty for attempted grand larceny, grand larceny, and amisdemeanor theft of services, she was transferred to New York’s Albion Correctional Facility, where she has been since.
In the letter, titled “Rikers Island 101 for Donald Trump,” published on her website, AnnaDelveyDiaries.com, Anna remarked that she was heralded as “a model prisoner” and vowed to help Trump thrive in the prison environment. “I agree-I think I handled it beautifully. Not only was I surviving, I was thriving,” she wrote in the letter, “and if I can do it, so, most likely, can you.”
The "fake heiress" went on to explain how to stay out of trouble and what to look out for while behind bars. To start out, she wrote, "get out of suicide watch/mental observation as soon as you possibly can-it's neither a good look, nor something you want to be remembered by."
She later broke down tips into corresponding sections such as "the essentials," "food," "visits," and "recreational activities."
Sorokin ended the letter, writing, "My deviant tendencies aside, I think I'm such a good person in general, and so many great things are happening to me already. And whoever said otherwise, thank god I never listened."
During a hearing in October 2020, Anna was apologetic for her actions. In a transcript of the hearing cited by the New York Post, she said, "I just want to say that I'm really ashamed and I'm really sorry for what I did. I completely understand that a lot of people suffered when I thought I was not doing anything wrong."
It's still unclear how Trump's cases - federal, state, and otherwise - will play out and whether or not he'll ever need Sorokin's tips.