Netflix Faces Lawsuit Over Inventing Anna Series
The 2022 Netflix series Inventing Anna, centered around the dealings of notorious New York con artist Anna Sorokin, is about to become a bit of a problem for the streaming company after a defamation lawsuit was filed against it over the script's interpretation of the real-life story.
As per The Hollywood Reporter, the claimant is none other than Rachel Williams (played by Katie Lowes), a former friend of Sorokin and the, as well as photo editor and producer for Vanity Fair, and the person who ultimately ended up exposing Sorokin (played by Julia Garner) to the New York City Police Department. According to the lawsuit filed in Delaware’s Federal Court, Williams argues that Inventing Anna portrays her “as a greedy, snobbish, disloyal, dishonest, cowardly, manipulative and opportunistic person,” who only ended her friendship with Sorokin once the convicted thief started running out of money for her schemes.
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In Inventing Anna, Williams is shown to accept all sorts of gifts and niceties from Sorokin, before eventually selling her out to authorities, with one particular scene focusing on Willaims abandoning Sorokin in Morocco after the latter’s credit card is declined. However, the plaintiff claims “that she told Sorokin before the trip that she’d have to leave on a specific date to travel to France”, and that, contrary to the miniseries' intent, she actually paid her own share of dinner checks, drinks and spa treatment when they went out.
Overall, the core arguments of Williams' lawsuit are centered on establishing the plaintiff’s good faith, and that she did not end her friendship with Sorokin due to monetary reasons, but due to discovering the nature of her crimes
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