Inventing Anna: Netflix in court over complaint from an old friend of the scammer

after its extraordinary successInventing Anna who got 7^to Netflix, the place where the most popular TV series in English (with 511,920,000 hours watched in its first 28 days), is at an unexpected disadvantage. The Platform does indeed find itself before the courts after a complaint is filed against her by an old friend of Anna Delvey’s (aka Anna Sorokin). Dissatisfied with her portrayal in the mini-series that went online last February, Rachel DeLoache Williams has indeed decided to seek justice.

old photo editor vanity Fair, She is played by Katie Lowes in this series created by Shonda Rhimes (producer and creator of the film). Grey’s Anatomy, ScandalHTo Avoid Murder or even Bridgerton Chronicle), accusing Netflix of defamation. “ This (legal) action will show that Netflix has deliberately chosen for dramatic purposes to show that Rachel does or says things that portray Rachel as greedy, snobby, disloyal, dishonest, cowardly, manipulative, and opportunistic. Indicates a complaint filed in a Delaware court, according to a passage quoted by People Magazine.

She didn’t like being shown the young woman criticizing the scammer’s friend (played by Alexis Floyd), Neff Davis, for using an abandoned friend or even an old friend in Morocco while Anna was having problems, according to the American website. . The series also recounts how he lied to anyone claiming to have dumped his friend when he could no longer pay for his purchases or helped the police arrest him, which wouldn’t have actually been the case. There are so many elements that Rachel DeLoache Williams rejects today.

“ In fact, he never said or did these things. These actions are based on statements that are clearly false.”Continuing to his lawyer, stating that the complainant was taken, ” online harassment, negative qualifiers, and a barrage of face-to-face criticism” after the series aired. ” Netflix gave many heroes imaginary names (…) but did not give Williams the same protection. They used his real name and personal information (such as employer and neighborhood) and chose an actor who looked like him. This decision shows the intent to tarnish Netflix’s reputation, which justifies its claim for damages, especially if Netflix made this choice because Williams sold the rights to a competing project developed by HBO. says the complaint. Rachel DeLoache Williams actually signed a contract with the channel to tell her story after she spoke the truth in a book published in 2019 (My Friend Anna: The True Story of a False Heir).

As a reminder, Inventing Anna It tells the true story of Anna Delvey (Anna Sorokin), a young Russian who manages to convince American high society that she is a wealthy German heir. A scam that allowed him to defraud thousands of dollars.

Clara Kolodny