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To be Elle Dee (left) with Anna Delvey (real name Anna Sorokin ) used in the picture, in the widely shared exposé

The Rise and fall Of Anna Delvey - a magazine Intern who pretended to be a multi - millionaire Social Media On Fire . Here, Elle Dee - DJ, met you, on the New York party circuit 2014 - shares its story.

I began the texts, E-Mails, calls and Instagram messages about a year and a half years. Friends and family were checking to see if everything was ok, or simply because they were curious like all the others. I got E-Mails from people who asked, I had not seen in years, I Work with people I hardly Knew - even my local New York deli guy. They turned from home in Brazil and from all over The World , including the German TV gossip shows.

News had broken about Anna Sorokin , aka Anna Delvey , the German girl, the crosses had a, New York pretends to be a wealthy heiress. Everyone was immediately captivated by this Character - the so-called Soho Grifter - who had appeared out of nowhere, tricking friends and companies from hundreds of thousands of dollars to. And if in The Middle of 2018, One of The Photos you selected to illustrate Anna 's party lifestyle was of her and me.

The photo included in The Standard , The Hotel had been, in the year of 2014 of nightlife photographer at The Top -bar in Manhattan, where I DJ'ed on and off for almost 10 years now. Once the image was published, in conjunction with Anna , the cast issues... I Was ok? I was scamming a victim of her? I would visit you in prison?

My standard answer to everyone who reached out to was the time that I barely Knew that Anna Delvey - what's wrong most of the time, But The Real story, as you will see, is a bit more complicated.

I've been silent Until Now , But with Netflix and HBO-production Anna Delvey -series and a BBC podcast This Week , the news always have to come in again. It seems that this strange saga to go away soon. And to debate, so After All This Time , and about whether or not I ever go there, I've finally decided to put The Questions to rest. For what it's worth, here is my Anna Delvey history.

I met with Anna , in may, 2014 in Montauk, a party-town in The Hamptons where I have been booked to DJ at the Surf Lodge hotel.

in the early afternoon, night promoter Tommy Saleh, life knocked on the door of my room, followed by a girl who was extremely overdressed for The Beach . He introduced them as Anna and asked if she could stay With Us for The Night .

Our immediate thought hell no "was". There were three of us in The Room , sharing two beds. Plus, you don't seem very friendly. During the entire interaction, she stood there with a blank expression and didn't say a single word to us, not even a simple Hello. It was only when One of my friends commented on how beautiful the dress was, she spoke finally with a word: "Balenciaga". The designer.

For the rest of The Day , their answer was our inside joke. My friends and I look at each other very seriously, and that the brands proclaim to all what we saw, wore and touched. "Corona," we would say, to the reference to our Beer .

Anna Sorokin (on the left) with the Elle Dee (second left) Later, Tommy told us what he had heard about Anna . Apparently, she was a very rich heiress from overseas, who had worked long, Purple fashion magazine In Paris , But now lives in New York and Knew no One .

In fact, the magazine was the current Intern, from a normal family of Russian immigrants in Germany. You went to subsidize other your luxury lifestyle-and gave way to a huge hotel bills. But we had no idea of This Time . My guess is, your New York scams.

"Anna needs friends"," Tommy told us. Your story seemed worthy enough. She was, in fact, wearing a very chic outfit, and she had an unusual European accent. But we were not particularly interested in, and so we moved on.

But later That Night , I remember feeling bad about not and offers her a place to sleep. Whatever Her Story , she was not from here and didn't know anyone, and this is something I can relate to, as a girl, moved to New York from Brazil alone, many years ago. I went to her to apologize to her, and struck a blow-up mattress at The Front Desk. But the only reaction I got was a raised eyebrow. You never came back to our room in The Night .

the next day, around noon, I ran outside to get a coffee, and was shocked to see you sleeping in One of The Cars in the Parking lot. She looked like a doll, there in the pink dress in the same designer, her face flushed from The Heat , the merciless Sun - it was an unusually hot day in may. The Scene looked like something straight out of a horror movie where the pretty girl dies at the end. As I approached The Car , to ensure that she was breathing, I was actually a little scared.

In that moment, it also occurred to me that something was very strange about the whole heiress story. She could not get a room in One of the many hotels around The Hamptons ? Or maybe a car service to call back to The City ?

Over the next few months I continued to see Anna at events and parties I DJed or attended. They would show up everywhere. You have a lot of other photos with me, mostly to the DJ booth. A large part of my task was then to establish contacts and talk to people. She would often drag to wait for the old trick to get a photographer, And Then appear on my page. It was pretty obvious at the time that they tried to make their way into the Manhattan scene.

On One of these occasions, she asked me for my phone number.

The First Time I Heard of Anna was right, as she sent a text invited me to a "dinner thing" at The Standard Hotel in the East Village , where they remain, and only lived a few blocks from where I was. In spite of the strange mood that I have of her, she came off as someone who was just trying new in town, to make friends, so I decided to give her a Chance.

It was a strange night.

When I arrived, she was sitting by herself at The Bar . As the people began to slowly, it seemed like she hardly Knew you -As If it was maybe the second time you ever met, as is the case With Us . Everyone just sat around, silent, staring at their own phones.

When we asked finally moved to a table, whether I could drink, pay for your. "I left my wallet upstairs," She Said .

conversation was difficult because she was always staring at your phone number. She asked me a few basic questions about my Work - castigating me for not enough Instagram followers, and I quickly Coming Up with all sorts of excuses began to get my head out of it.

But before I mention my exit, she was sure, that she was looking at a $12,000 (£9,000)-per-month, six-room rooftop apartment on the West Side for rent. "Six Bedrooms ? This is a bit much, isn't it?" I said. She laughed and replied, "really", before they Digest quickly pull up photos on your phone for an apartment that looked As If it were straight out of Architectural.

I went out of The Hotel giggling to me. It all seemed so strange. The red flags were everywhere.

I didn't want to see Anna for weeks, that. The photograph that finally turned my phone into A Nightmare was ceremony on a price and after-party. We came to be wearing very similar clothes, a Long Black skirt with a small leather jacket. The Event photographer thought it was funny and asked you take a photo of us. I was not wildly keen. If Only I Knew this photo come back to haunt me later...

Anna stopped, sniffing around her, The City , and many other strange interactions happened Between Us . But finally, I was not interested to know you properly. You seemed entitled, and it means - especially for people in the service industry. I was never One of their victims, But in hindsight, I wish I would have avoided your presence in General.

My experience was completely different from Rachel Deloache Williams, who was "friends" with Anna and got for a holiday you took together.

But Anna had to try her luck with me. It's the Paris Fashion Week 2014, and I played the after-party for One of the shows, when I said a text from Anna , she was to be in The City . I was with my ex-boyfriend, who had a successful start-up in San Francisco , which had earned him a place on the "Forbes" 30 Under 30" list (which is only relevant because of what happens later).

you are suggested to come to your hotel for a drink afterwards, because it was a party of your own. It is the all familiar feeling, and I warned my friend that it's probably weird, But , hey, we had time to kill, so Why Not ?

" € 35,000", She Said .

I can still hear, how you say it -As If it were no big deal.

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Source of news: bbc.com