Anna Delvey doing her best in the ballroom.
And that leg also includes a shiny ankle monitor.
The socialite swindler – whose real name is Anna Sorokin – drew attention to this accessory “Dancing With the Stars” Season 33 Premiere Tuesday
Delvey, 33, who was introduced as a “fashionista and entrepreneur” at the top of the show, hit the dance floor wearing an ankle monitor that matched her ombre blue, purple, pink and yellow outfit. A bow appeared to be attached to the device.
Since “DWTS” is filming in Los Angeles, Delvey has been given special permission to participate in the competition series alongside new pro Ezra Sosa.
Sousa shared photos of himself with Delvey in their primetime outfits on Instagram shortly before the season premiere.
Delvey spokeswoman Judah Engelmayer confirmed she can travel within 70 miles of her home base and anywhere in New York City’s five boroughs under the terms of her previous house arrest. associated PressHowever, he could not comment on any changes in those rules.
have also been New York residents forced to wear an ankle monitor Since his release from prison in 2022.
Delvey specifically told The Post that she doesn’t really want the “spectacle” that comes with wearing a GPS tracker.
“Every time I go out, what gets written is that I wear an ankle bracelet or flaunt it,” she explained in August. “People don't want to accept that I have no choice but to wear it.”
Delvey said: “It's like I don't want to make a scene out of this. I would rather go out and not be stared at or have every delivery person ask me if I killed my husband or something.”
While on her way to a court appearance in June, she decided to have some fun with an ankle bracelet. Putting the letter “A” in rhinestones on it. “I've been wearing it for about two years. I feel like, once or twice, it's my right to flash it,” Delvey added, prompting an ICE source to call her a “flashy b—h.”
But as the new season begins, Delvey has some concerns in the fashion department.
“I think the biggest hurdle is over-the-knee boots, but fall weather is still upon us,” she confessed. “I have bigger issues to worry about yet.”
“Fake heir” was arrested in 2017 for allegedly defrauding major financial institutions, banks, hotels and friends of more than $250,000 funding her lavish lifestyle By pretending that she is the daughter of a German oil tycoon.
Two years later, Delvey was convicted of eight charges, including attempted grand larceny, second-degree burglary and theft of services, but was acquitted of two additional charges.
Delvey was released in February 2021 after being sentenced to four to 12 years in prison, including time spent behind bars during the trial.
But his legal troubles were not over yet, as Delvey was detained by immigration officials after his visa expired.
In 2022, Delvey was released from the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), where she spent over a year at the Orange County Correctional Facility.
After the incident, he told the new York Times“I have a completely different outlook now since I first came out in February last year. It would have been impossible to go through what I've been through without changing. I've learned a lot from being in prison.”
This tumultuous storyline inspired Shonda Rhimes to write “Inventing Anna” from the perspective of the journalist (played by Anna Chlumsky), whom viewers believed was based on real-life journalist Jessica.
Delvey has seen parts of the Netflix drama and finds the fictionalised version of her (played by Julia Garner) more “brazen” than her.
“I think I'm more aware of the way I come across, not all the time, but I don't think I'm as brazen and shameless,” she told The New York Times.
