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Exclusive:Anna "Delbay" Solokin is an elaborate scam that influenced the hit Netflix, tricking friendsand businesses over $ 200,000Is about to overturn the belief. Although it is a series, there is one problem. Her ex-lawyer refused to submit her court file.
Due to anomalous behavior, Duncan Levin, a new lawyer for Solokin, a prominent New York-based criminal defense lawyer, sued her Audrey Thomas and made her ethical complaints against her. I started to make a complaint.
"April is my birth month, so I won't work," a former Sorokin lawyer wrote in an email justifying the delay in submitting files.
"I've never seen this kind of behavior from a lawyer in my life," former federal prosecutor Levin told Fox News Digital. "It's definitely not professional. My client is hurt by it. We need a file to properly prepare her case."
This week in the Manhattan Supreme Court According to the proceedings filed, Thomas has held the file hostage for at least four months, stagnating immigration and criminal appeals.
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The filing contains a 27-page exhibit, which partially documents the futile interactions between lawyers.
Anna Sorokin and her photo combination Former lawyer, Audrey Thomas. (Associated Press Mary Altaffer / Audrey Thomas)
Sorokin's best shot in the U.S. is her 2019 pretending to be her wealthy heir. Is to overturn the belief of. Stealing from banks and businesses, living in luxury,was able to hint at the higher society of New York
Instead of returning to Germany, which will soon be free, SoHo's glyphter, 31-year-old Detained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Authority (ICE) at the Orange County Correctional Facility in New York, fighting deportation.
She appealed andimmigrants in 2020 after resigning from her judicial attorney Todd Spodeck, a celebrity in the trendy Netflix series "Inventing Anna" starring Julia Garner. Hired Thomas for the incident.
In an email to Sorokin's new lawyer, Thomas explained why the file was delayed. This includes things like "their requests are unacceptable because reality doesn't work".
In her message on April 7, she said, "I am not working because April is my birth month. Therefore, I will be abroad until April 30, 2022. Anna is fully aware of this. "
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In addition, she wants Sorokin's new lawyer to be kind to her. Unless she warned her not to "contempt" her name. "I'm not the bigger person I've ever been," she wrote.
Thomas says Solokin owe her money — but Levin says she hasn't invoiced his client yet, despite repeated requests. He alleged and was dismissed for "no meaningful, substantive legal work" in the case, according to the proceedings.
Anna Sorokin of the Supreme Court of Manhattan April 2019 19th Her epic theft trial. (The Associated Press Richard Drew)
After Thomas was frustrated, she called Solokin "a ungrateful b-ch" in a statement to insiders. I called it.
Thomas retained Richard Grayson, a lawyer who told Solokin's legal team in an email on May 13 that his clients would leave the country indefinitely due to an airstrike in Jamaica. "I don't know when she can get a plane to return to the United States," he wrote.
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"She literally took the file and ran away with it," Duncan told Fox News Digital.
Thomas has his own legal problems, including his arrest in 2020 and the indictment of a massive theft ofin Queens. Court documents show.
Anna Sorokin May 9, 2019, Manhattan Supreme Court banks, businesses, friends.(Steven Hirsch / Pool)
Sorokin's decision of from 4 to 12 years of at theGrand in 2019 Received. Theftand theft of services disguised as descendants of a wealthy German family with a fortune of € 60 million. She used another name, Anna Delvey, to try to get a $ 22 million bank loan to launch an art club in Manhattan.
Her good behavior in lockup won her early release in February 2021.
But her freedom was short-lived. Six weeks after showing off her celebrity on her social media, conducting countless interviews, and traveling around New York City with her personal videographer, ICE overestimated her visa. I went to pick you up.
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Her relationship with Thomas By September of last year, she had begun to become sour. "You literally call me every day and ask the same question," Thomas emailed Solokin on September 2, 2021. Emotions. "
According to a post on her Twitter page, the lawyer has her own personal venture, including the following book entitled" FAT NUH MEK IT: JAMAICAN AMERICAN'S GUIDE TO SELF-ACTUAL IZATION ". I have.
Sorokin does not allow prisons to undermine herher social media presence.She had a million Instagram followers and she hosted an art exhibition from behind the bar.
"This case is ultimately just one example of those who used her for her self-serving motives," said on behalf of the convicted spokesperson. Spokesman Juda Engelmayer said.Harvey Weinstein "Soon more will be announced and people will find that Anna was used and sacrificed by opportunists."
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The proceedings seek sanctions and legal fees. Thomas's lawyer, Grayson, did not immediately return a request for comment.
Hailey Chishin contributed to this story.
Rebecca Rosenberg is a veteran journalist and book author with a focus on crime and criminal justice. She emails tips torebecca.rosenberg@fox.comand @ReRosenberg.