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An exclusive interview with the fake heiress Anna Delvey

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3.91.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

What happened when Laura Pullman met the newly released Anna Delvey (AKA Sorokin) for The Sunday Times? Anna is a modern day Gatsby who scammed New York’s high society and ended up in prison.

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Guest: Laura Pullman, New York correspondent for The Sunday Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Laura's piece for The Sunday Times is available here.

Clips used: ABC, Vanity Fair, EuroNews.

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0:00.0

Hello, it's Jamie Leng and Sophia Booth from the book car. Well, it's actually Sophie Leng,

0:06.2

but that's okay. From Newlyweds, the British Airways business class sale is on huge savings on

0:12.8

flights and holidays to the USA and Europe. You could say it's an elevated flying experience.

0:18.4

Now, feast your ears with these discounts save up to £1,000 on business class flights to the USA.

0:25.4

Package holidays include return business class flights and a hotel stay.

0:29.2

So treat yourself or your loved one, Sophie. To a wild reserve break,

0:33.2

sell ends 13th of November, book at ba.com forward slash sell.

0:37.5

Office subjected to availability, holidays are at all protected, terms and conditions apply.

0:43.7

Picture this, static cars, idling engines, angry horns.

0:51.4

Now picture you, zooming past it all, light and breezy.

0:59.7

The sweet feeling of whizzing past traffic.

1:03.3

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1:07.7

AvantiWestcoast, feel good travel.

1:18.9

It was an interview I really wanted. I've got to be honest. I was kind of desperate for it.

1:24.4

Every once in a while you get that interview.

1:28.4

The one that's been years in the making. Sometimes it might take months of lengthy negotiations

1:34.5

to pull it off. And sometimes you just have to wait for the interview to be free.

1:43.5

And as soon as I got out of prison, I said we could probably get you on the cover of the

1:48.9

Sunday Times magazine. She really wanted to cover it for you.

1:51.7

The remarkable rise of Anna Sorokin, the woman who dazzled and duped New York's elite,

1:58.0

has spurred podcasts, documentaries, and now even a Netflix series.

2:04.4

Not even a spell in prison has dimmed the fascination in the fake Eris.

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