![]() ![]() And while Anna’s enigmatic behaviour ‘…had once been fun and intriguing, it was now alarming.’ Back in Manhattan, the repayment never materialized and in the months that followed, Williams made countless attempts to be reimbursed, all of which Anna dodged, ignored or responded to with increasingly elaborate lies. And I let her.īut when Anna proposed an all-expenses-paid trip to Marrakech at the five-star La Mamounia hotel, and Williams, through an extraordinary set of circumstances was forced to ‘temporarily’ foot the US$62,000 bill on her credit cards, their friendship was compromised. Yet, wanting what she wanted, she set our course and kept me on her raft. When it came to material possessions, Anna was pared down, but when it came to indulgent experiences, she couldn’t get enough… And since Anna liked to have company, she pulled me into the deeper water with her, where I knew my way around (thanks to my job and past experiences with wealthy college friends) but was not capable of floating on my own. Once Williams was part of her entourage, Anna picked up the tab for regular dinners at Le Coucou, infrared sauna sessions, drinks at the 11 Howard Library bar, and regular workout sessions with celebrity personal trainer, Kacy Duke. In 2017, Williams – mid-twenties a photo editor for Vanity Fair living in a studio apartment in New York – meets Anna Delvey, a ‘German heiress’ who was in New York to work on “…the Anna Delvey Foundation, a visual-arts center she was developing that would house gallery space, restaurants, members-only lounges, and more.”Īnna was charismatic, ambitious and generous. And it is the detail that makes this memoir so engrossing. Williams is expected to testify about her experience later in the trial.It took all my restraint to not type ‘Anna Delvey’ into Google as I was reading My Friend Anna by Rachel DeLoache Williams because, although I was vaguely aware of the outcome of Williams’s ‘ Sex and the City meets Catch Me if You Can’ story, I couldn’t recall the detail. ![]() Williams said she expected Delvey, whose real name is Anna Sorokin, to pay her back because Delvey had convinced her she was a wealthy German heiress. When Delvey's credit card didn't go through, leaving her unable to pay the hotel, she convinced Williams to cover the trip's entire $70,000 bill herself. "We roamed the gardens, relaxed in the hammam, swam in our villa's private pool, took a tour of the wine cellar, and ate dinner to the intoxicating rhythms of live Moroccan music, before capping our night with cocktails in the jazzy Churchill bar," Williams wrote. They took private tennis lessons and ate breakfast poolside during breaks, a butler delivered fresh watermelon and bottles of rosé. In her Vanity Fair article, Rachel Williams said the group indulged in every amenity the hotel had to offer. "The riad has a private pool, its own butler, and all the extravagance fit for a Kardashian."Īnna Delvey and a group of socialites at a fashion party in 2014. "The riad is one of the four private accommodations located upon the hotel's grounds," Mays-Williams said during the trial, attended by INSIDER. ![]() They stayed at a riad, a traditional Moroccan villa operated by the hotel, for approximately $6,000 per night. The pair visited the North African country with a friend of Williams and Delvey's personal trainer.Īssistant District Attorney Kaegan Marie Mays-Williams told jurors that Delvey, presenting herself as an influencer, booked a room at La Mamounia, a luxury resort in the regional capital of Marrakech. The prosecution focused on a lavish May 2017 trip to Morocco with Vanity Fair photography editor Rachel Williams, who wrote about her experience for the magazine. In opening statements, prosecutors painted a picture of Delvey as a chronic and sophisticated financial swindler who posed as a German heiress to live a life of luxury she otherwise couldn't afford. The trial of alleged socialite scammer Anna Delvey began on Wednesday morning in New York City. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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