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Mar 2021

34m 15s

An exclusive interview with the fake hei...

About this episode

What happened when Laura Pullman met the newly released Anna Delvey (AKA Sorokin) for The Sunday Times? Anna is a modern day Gatsby who scammed New York’s high society and ended up in prison.

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Guest: Laura Pullman, New York correspondent for The Sunday Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Laura's piece for The Sunday Times is available here.

Clips used: ABC, Vanity Fair, EuroNews.

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