Fake heiress Anna Sorokin says her 24-hour home confinement and ban on social media are “more restrictive” than being behind bars, new court documents show.
Sorokin, who rose to infamy under the alter ego Anna Delvey, has been forced to stay in an apartment 24 hours a day for more than a year as she fights deportation and her 2019 conviction for swindling $200,000 from banks and companies.
Now the scammer is asking a federal judge in Manhattan to intervene and change the conditions of her house arrest, which prohibit her from leaving the house for any reason except for medical or ICE emergencies and court dates, and keep her away from all social networks.
The rules “are extremely punitive and unreasonably infringe on Ms. Sorokin’s freedom of expression,” and also infringe on her right to due process, according to a habeas corpus petition filed Friday morning.
These conditions “have unnecessarily caused Ms. Sorokin severe emotional distress and stress,” the filing states.
Sorokin, 33, star of the Netflix show “Inventing Anna,” says he does not pose a flight risk or danger to the community and has obediently followed the “draconian” restrictions placed on him for more than a year. . .
Anna Sorokin rose to infamy under the alter ego Anna Delvey, a German heiress, which she used to defraud banks and companies out of $200,000. Steven Hirsch Anna Sorokin says her home confinement and social media ban are “more restrictive” than being behind bars. AP
“These restrictions do nothing to mitigate any risk of flight or threat to the community that Ms. Sorokin may present and clearly violate her constitutional rights,” court documents state.
Immigration Judge Charles Conroy, in an October 2022 decision, made Sorokin post $10,000 bail and required him to appear for weekly appointments with the Department of Justice Enforcement and Removal Operations, in addition to home confinement, social media band and the obligation to wear a GPS ankle monitor.
Sorokin had been living in a Manhattan apartment during the lockdown until he moved to a “temporary residence in upstate New York” on Nov. 1 after his lease expired, court documents specify in a note. footnotes.
The judge also ordered that the office would visit her randomly to check her electronic devices and make sure she stays away from social media platforms.
Sorokin is on house arrest in a deportation case and served prison time for a grand larceny conviction in 2019. Steven Hirsch
Conroy later clarified that Sorokin cannot even leave his house to shop for groceries, exercise, look for work or attend medical, legal or business appointments unless it is a medical emergency.
The situation “effectively impedes Ms. Sorokin’s ability to meet her basic needs and seek legitimate employment,” the filing states.
But court documents argue that the immigration proceeding is civil, rather than criminal, and that therefore she should not face “punitive conditions” under her Fifth Amendment rights, which “guarantee Ms. Sorokin’s freedom from prison.” indefinite, unreasonably prolonged or arbitrary.” civil immigration detention,” the lawsuit states.
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His appeal of Conroy’s decision has been pending since then and he is also appealing his criminal conviction.
Sorokin has been confined to the house with GPS ankle monitoring for more than a year and can’t even leave the house to go to doctor’s appointments or shop, she says in new court documents.
“In many ways, Ms. Sorokin faces more restrictive conditions than she would face in an immigration detention center,” the document states. “Although Ms. Sorokin may not be physically ‘behind bars,’ her continued detention constitutes a serious deprivation of liberty and privacy, requiring a periodic review hearing.”
This is the fourth lawsuit Sorokin has had to file since she has been fighting her deportation to Russia and claims that Conroy “harbors a prejudice against” her and is seeking to have him removed from the case.
Sorokin asks a judge to change his conditions so that he can leave his apartment “with electronic surveillance” for “reasonable permissions” to do groceries, go to the doctor, meet with his lawyer, exercise and be able to use social networks again.
Sorokin was only allowed to leave his Manhattan apartment for weekly immigration checks and court appearances. MEGA
Sorokin already served approximately three years in prison for her April 25, 2019 grand larceny conviction and was released on February 11, 2021.
But the following month, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) put Sorokin back behind bars for another 18 months as part of his immigration case. He lost his asylum claim and was ordered deported, which he is appealing.
A spokesman for Homeland Security Investigations in New York and a representative for ICE declined to comment Friday.
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