Rachel Williams Calls Out “Harmful” Implications of “Inventing Anna”

Rachel Williams’s relationship with Anna Delvey is documented in Netflix’s “Inventing Anna,” however the former Vainness Honest worker says the portrayal is overwhelmingly fiction over reality. Delvey was a New York socialite who scammed a number of individuals into funding her life-style. She was ultimately convicted on eight expenses, a few of which included grand larceny and theft of companies. Amongst her victims was Williams, who was conned out of $62,000 positioned on her firm bank card throughout a trip to Morocco. Delvey was by no means convicted for her involvement with Williams, however the former Vainness Honest worker was capable of recuperate her losses along with her ebook “My Buddy Anna,” and American Specific protected her from the costs.

“Inventing Anna” paints an image of Williams, performed by Katie Lowes, as a follower with an absence of power. “I used to be caught off guard when Netflix introduced its description of the character Rachel . . . From what I’ve seen of the sequence up to now: Lowes’s concern for accuracy, in terms of portraying me as I’m, appears restricted to the spelling of my full identify,” Williams informed Vainness Honest on Feb. 15. “I had some unease [about the show], however no one thinks that somebody goes to be reckless with details, particularly when the character is given my identify. To me, it is not making a press release however convoluting reality in a manner that is harmful.”

The previous Vainness Honest worker additionally famous that the sequence was not fact-checked, opposite to her ebook. “I feel it is price exploring at what level a half-truth is extra harmful than a lie . . . Plus, it affected real-time criminal-justice proceedings,” she informed the outlet. “If I begin saying ‘reality’ or ‘fiction,’ I really feel like my voice shall be misplaced and likewise extra of a distraction.”

Insider reported that Delvey was paid $320,000 by Netflix for her life rights, which she then used to pay a few of her restitution and fines from her conviction. A spokesperson for the streaming service informed The New York Occasions, “funds have been made to an escrow account monitored by New York State’s Workplace of Sufferer Companies,” however didn’t specify the quantity.

Whereas chatting with Vainness Honest, Williams argued, “The story earnings her. It is a narrative designed to create empathy for a personality who lacks it.” She added, “I feel selling this entire narrative and celebrating a sociopathic, narcissistic, confirmed felony is incorrect.”

“Inventing Anna” is streaming on Netflix, reaching the top-10 listing within the US for most-watched reveals at the moment streaming on the community.