Sometimes the outfits weren’t processed by Rikers in time for court, resulting in fashion meltdowns as she rejected subpar substitutes, one day delaying the court proceedings for almost an hour and a half. But, she added, visitors had access to a cash-only coffee machine while she was in prison upstate, though “it doesn’t come in porcelain cups,” as the tea appears to in the show. “Def no tea at rikers!” Sorokin texted from her corrections facility. So, I wondered: Did her jailers really serve tea to her and Pressler in a brightly furnished private room? Anna said that they did not. Still, this was Sorokin, a woman who always manages to create an exception. Sure, reporters get to skip a few buses when they schedule ahead, but that can take a month to finagle and there’s nothing that feels very V.I.P. I’ve often interviewed inmates like Anna at Rikers and other jails, and the scenes of taking that Q100 bus offer a pretty accurate depiction of what family and friends (and eager reporters) go through to visit people behind bars.īut those authorized media visits - what the Netflix Anna refers to as the “V.I.P.” visits - are from a Dream Rikers, based on my own experience.
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(Pressler declined to comment for this article.) The ‘V.I.P.’ treatment at Rikers By the time the guilty verdict came in, she had switched to black. As for the white dress, Sorokin wore it during jury deliberations.
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Sorokin confirmed that the decision to go to trial was her own - and made against the advice of confidantes. (She has been banished by her editors to “Scriberia,” the part of her newsroom where old writers are put out to pasture.) Seeing Anna’s story as her shot at redemption, Vivian curries Anna’s favor by bringing underwear to her at Rikers by helping catalog evidence (“Let me be part of the team!” she says, also unethical) and by loaning Anna a white dress to wear during closing arguments, the better to project an image of innocence.īut Sorokin said Pressler did not bring her underwear according to Spodek, she also did not help catalog evidence. In the series, Vivian is a disgraced journalist at the fictional Manhattan magazine who is looking for a big break. In the real world - or at least in the journalism world - that could have been the story’s biggest scandal.
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But the series hinges on a moment when Vivian convinces Anna to forgo a generous plea deal and go to trial against the advice of her lawyer, all so Vivian can score a career-redeeming article. And yes, good reporting can include flattering and even befriending sources only to air their dirty laundry.
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Yes, office politics can influence decisions and relationships within publications, as in most workplaces. The journalismįor a show that includes a reporter among its producers, the writers pay little attention to what true or at least ethical reporting looks like. Turns out the truth is sometimes better than fiction. (She is facing deportation but has appealed the order.) Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a corrections facility in Goshen, N.Y.
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(A few minor details here are based solely on Sorokin’s word, so given her history, use your own judgment.) She has served her minimum sentence and is now being held by U.S. At the moment, the outcome of the appeal is unclear, so who knows if Sorokin will eventually be deported or will remain in the US.įor now, though, you can watch all 9 episodes of Inventing Anna on Netflix, and if you're caught up, check out our guide to the best Netflix shows streaming now to fill out your watchlist.But how true to life is this telling? I took a look at what the series gets right and wrong, drawing from my own experience and research, which included conversations with Sorokin’s lawyer, Todd Spodek, and friend Neff Davis, and a series of recent phone interviews with Sorokin. She is currently still behind bars in New York. Her application was denied in June 2021, but Sorokin appealed. According to Esquire (opens in new tab), who viewed court documents, Sorokin is seeking asylum due to a "fear of returning to Germany," after Sorokin and her family have apparently been on the receiving end of threats "due to the media coverage of her crimes," and Sorokin is scared she'll be "retaliated against for embarrassing her country."
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She is now facing deportation to Germany, but has applied for asylum. Despite all that, I've yet to be given a clear and fair path to compliance." "I did not break a single one of New York state's or ICE's parole rules. I served my prison sentence, but I'm appealing my criminal conviction to clear my name," Sorokin wrote in the article. "My visa overstay was unintentional and largely out of my control.