For faux heiress Anna Sorokin, crime may not pay. The scam artist who became a hot Hollywood commodity after she was profiled in a New York Magazine article, How Anna Delvey Tricked New York’…
But New York’s “Son of Sam” law prevents people from profiting from their crimes. So the state Attorney General’s office is hoping to convince a judge that any profits from the Netflix drama should go to her victims, according to a“The monies sought to be preserved herein, constitute “profits from a crime,’” said Assistant Attorney General Adele Durand in court papers.
But because Sorokin signed the Netflix deal before her trial, she received money. The first fruits of the deal were $30,000, which went directly to her lawyer. The Attorney General challenge is to block other payments under the Son of Sam law.
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