Anna Delvey will ‘almost certainly’ still be deported to Germany despite getting permission to compete on DWTS --[Reported by Umva mag]

DANCING With The Stars contestant Anna Delvey is likely to lose her deportation case and be sent back to Germany, despite her glittering new career in showbiz, an expert has claimed.

Delvey, the infamous grifter who pretended to be an heiress, spent almost four years behind bars on theft-related charges before being released in 2021.

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Anna Sorokin, better known as Anna Delvey, seen in the courtroom during her trial at New York State Supreme Court in 2019[/caption]

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Anna Delvey and her dance partner Ezra Sosa on Dancing With The Stars[/caption]

Delvey’s deportation failed when she refused to leave the ICE detention center to go to the airport, according to German newspaper Der Spiegel.

She was then released and put on house arrest in New York, before a judge granted her permission to fly to Los Angeles after booking a slot on DWTS.

Fans of the show have questioned why she is still allowed to live in the country, let alone work, after her time behind bars.

Contestants on the show are paid big sums of money, but it has never been confirmed how much Delvey is getting for her gig.

Ellen Sullivan, an attorney with Cambridge Immigration Law, told The U.S. Sun there is a possibility she will lose her deportation case.

“She is probably trying to get her criminal convictions overturned, and that may be the reason why deportation proceedings have not been completed yet,” she said.

“Her criminal convictions are for offenses that would leave her with almost no defenses to deportation – unless she could prove that she would be tortured in her home country.”

But Delvey, real name Anna Sorokin, could still have plenty of time to enjoy life in America until her fate is revealed.

Sullivan explained, “Deportation (removal) proceedings can last years. Generally, they run about two to four years right now, but with court delays and appeals, they can last well over a decade. 

“I assume that she applied for asylum and that her asylum case is still open in the immigration court.

“With asylum, she is able to apply for a work permit and can work wherever she wants.

“There may be some stipulations about where she goes based on being in bond release from immigration court, and if so, she must have applied for permission to travel to the DWTS location. 

“She may have periodic check-ins, probably with an ICE facility back where she lives or her check-ins have been transferred to an ICE office closer to DWTS.

“She probably requested permission to work while having an open asylum case and if the request was granted, then, yes, she can get paid for her work with DWTS or any job.”

The U.S. Sun has reached out to Delvey’s rep and lawyer for comment but did not hear back.

With asylum, she is able to apply for a work permit and can work wherever she wants.” Attorney Ellen Sullivan

DWTS boss Conrad Green previously told Variety, “Yes, [Delvey] had the issues she’s had, but we’ve had other people on the show who’ve had criminal issues in the past. She served her time. I think it’s perfectly valid for her to be on the show.”

She is forced to wear an ankle monitor on the show, which does not relate to her previous convictions, but is due to the ongoing immigration case.

Delvey, who was on an ESTA tourist visa and regularly coming in and out of the country for years, is said to have a social security number and has been paid for other work.

Netflix controversially paid Delvey $320,000 for the rights to adapt her life story into a TV series, and the money was used to pay off some fines and legal fees.

“Anna Sorokin’s conditions of release were amended by a Department of Justice immigration judge,” an ICE spokesperson told the BBC.

Delvey’s current immigration lawyer, John Sandweg, told the outlet that lengthy deportation cases are not uncommon in the United States, but that his client’s situation has been “fairly protracted.”

He also confirmed: “Her criminal case has also been on appeal for a long time and that has had an impact.”

Delvey’s bond conditions were relaxed in August after her team argued they were too restrictive.

Sandweg said: “We challenged those. She was banned from social media. We argued that was unconstitutional,” adding that she had kept to her parole conditions.

Delvey’s former friend, Rachel Williams, who is suing Netflix over the portrayal of her character in the series, Inventing Anna, is said to be unimpressed by her being on DWTS.

Williams’ lawyer Alexander Rufus-Isaacs said her participation was “glamorizing and minimizing the crimes she committed, and minimizing the impact on the people she hurt.”

Meanwhile, an insider has told The U.S. Sun that Delvey is annoying her dance partner, Ezra Sosa.

“There is a lot of tension between Anna and Ezra, and it is growing by the day,” the source said.

“Certainly the cause of much of it is that Anna seems less focused on collaboration and more focused on herself.

“She can be negative too about what she can achieve with dances, even though she keeps telling everyone she is a hard worker.

“Ezra has been frustrated, because he really wants to make an impact as the new kid on the block at DWTS.”

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Anna Delvey has been under house arrest in New York but a judge relaxed her conditions allowing her to travel for work[/caption]

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Dancing With The Stars bosses defended casting Anna Delvey on the show, seen here with her ankle monitor[/caption]

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Anna Delvey has faced a lot of backlash for her crimes and the fact she has not been deported[/caption]

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