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Ep 0. Fake Heiress

Feb 06, 20252 min
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Summary

BBC Radio 4's 'Fake Heiress' introduces Anna Delvey, a woman who deceived New York City's elite by fabricating a multi-million-dollar trust fund and an ambitious arts foundation. This episode delves into how Anna, originally Anna Sorokin, meticulously crafted her fake persona to secure lavish lifestyles and significant investments, ultimately leaving a trail of unpaid bills and shocked associates. Journalist Vicky Baker and playwright Chloe Moss team up to investigate her audacious rise and inevitable fall.

Episode description

Reporting by Vicky Baker Drama by Chloe Moss

Anna Delvey was due to come into a trust fund of $67m on her 26th birthday. She was on her way to establishing the Anna Delvey Foundation, a multi-million dollar visual-arts centre in the heart of New York City. She filled her time with champagne brunches and stays in penthouse suites, as she wined and dined the New York elites to secure investment for her project. It all sounded wonderful.

Except, it was all a lie.

Behind Anna Delvey, the heiress, was Anna Sorokin, the recent magazine intern. Out of nothing, this otherwise unremarkable twenty-something had reinvented herself as a multi-millionaire socialite, conning businesses and friends out of thousands of dollars in the process.

But how? How did she manage to live a life of luxury for so long? How did she make anyone believe her story? How did she get people to trust her enough to give her their money?

Journalist Vicky Baker and playwright Chloe Moss dig deeper into the New York scandal, and mix drama with documentary to tell the story of Anna Delvey's rise and fall.

Anna is played by Bella Dayne Other parts are played by Chris Lew Kum Hoi, Heather Craney, Will Kirk, Scarlett Courtney, Neil McCaul, Clive Hayward, Ian Conningham, Lucy Reynolds, Adam Courting, Greg Jones, Laura Christy, Jessica Turner, Ikky Elyas, Sinead MacInnes.

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko

Transcript

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I I was watching this whole thing happen, thinking it can't be true, it can't be true. Sociopathic. Well, she's a con artist. Machiavellian. Anna Delvey was going to come into a trust fund of 60 million euros on her 26th birthday. She was on her way to establishing the Anna Delvey Foundation, a multi-million-dollar visual arts centre in the heart of New York City. She filled her time there with spa visits and stays in luxury hotels as she whined and dined city elite.

But her fortune was built on a lie. One which ended up costing friends, hotels, lawyers, and bankers hundreds of thousands of dollars. But how did she do it? How did she manage to live a life of luxury for so long? How did she make anyone believe her story? And how did she get people to trust her enough to pick up her bills? Have you got the price? Between 30 to 40 minutes. Forty million? How does that sit with you? That's great. I'm Vicky Baker, and in this podcast, Fake Heiress.

I'm gonna be working alongside Playwright and Screenwriter. Chloe Moss to dig deeper into this New York scandal and mix drama with documentary to tell the story of Anna Delvey's rise and fall. Seven grand a night? Did I just hear that right? I'm not sure how this is gonna end for you, but it's not gonna end well. I'm so excited. What's your name again? Anna. Anna Delvey. You can follow the story and listen to the complete podcast on BBC Sounds.

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