Rachel DeLoache Williams claims in a viral essay that she was conned out of $60,000 by the notorious fake heiress.
The show used Williams’ real name, employer, neighborhood, and alma mater, according to the lawsuit. Williams says Netflix didn’t have to use so many identifying details.
article about her experience and her memoir to rival HBO for yet another adaptation about Sorokin/Delvey.The lawsuit explores multiple alleged defamatory portrayals in the series, 16 in total. Here is a sampling:Neff discussing with Kacy why Rachel won’t go to Rikers to visit Sorokin in episode 2 An interview with the journalist character where Neff says Rachel was “trying to be Anna” in episode 5When Rachel offers to book an upgraded space on the famed Morocco trip in episode 6
In Morocco, Rachel pressures Sorokin to pay for massage, tennis lessons and a private museum tour in episode 6The lawsuit alleges that interviews with show creator Rhimes constitute actual malice, the legal standard needed to be met for successful defamation lawsuit. “For this particular show, having someone who has read every transcript of the trial, who was paying close attention to every detail in Anna’s life, was really, really important, because we wanted to know what we were thinking.
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