Con artist Anna Sorokin to join Dancing With the Stars – with ankle bracelet

woman who falsely built reputation as a wealthy German heys named Anna delie finds newest Venture Anna sokin the con artist who was convicted of swindling Banks hotels and friends in 2019 after falsly building a reputation as a wealthy German ays named Anna delie has found her newest Venture Dancing with the Stars described as the notorious ankle bracelet fashionista in a press release sokin was announced on Wednesday on Good Morning America along with the likes of the former NBA starred Dwight Howard actor Tori Spelling and Jen Tran The Bachelorette lead whose season ended in heartbreak just Tuesday night Tran the first Asian-American Bachelorette was a contestant on Joey graia day's season of The Bachelor and he to will be vying for the trophy compli ating sorokin's latest starring role is the ankle bracelet she's worn since October 2022 when she started her house arrest though the show appears to be leaning into it with a promo image of sokin in a glittering dress and an ankle monitor on her leg while she was released from prison in February 2021 immigration authorities picked her up shortly after she got out claiming she overstayed her visa and must be returned to her native native Germany the inventing Anna inspiration was in Immigration and Customs Enforcement ice custody for over a year before a judge cleared the way for her to switch to home confinement in October 2022 while she fights the deportation case ice has not returned requests for comment regarding changes to sorokin's house arrest conditions to accommodate filming in the Los Angeles area sokin spokesperson Judah Angel Meer confirmed on Tuesday that she could travel within 70 miles 112 kilometers of her home base and anywhere in the five buroughs of New York City under previous house arrest conditions but could not comment on any changes to those rules while under house arrest she had to abide by the immigration judge's condition that she does not use social media but sokin kept busy she started a podcast the Anna delie show that featured guests such as the comedian Whitney Cummings and Technology journalist Taylor Loren who traveled to her apartment in New York's East Village to record so many people became famous for bad things and were able to kind of segue it into something different she said in a June 2023 interview with the Associated Press Dancing with the Stars is the first mainstream way sokin is attempting to accomplish that goal she will be competing in the upcoming 33rd season which Premier on the 17th of September on ABC and Disney plus sokin will be joining team USA's breakout star from the Olympics Steven nashik better known to the internet as pommel horse guy the 25-year-old who won two bronze medals in Paris was the first contestant announced in August fresh off his Olympics high he became an internet sensation thanks to memes of his preparation before competing in of his superman-like transformation before hitting the floor another us Olympian will be competing Ilona Mah the rugby player and bronze medalist who became a social media darling for her funny Tik toks and body positivity content the series hosted by Alfonso rerio and Julian Huff also announced that Ezra Sosa a previous member of the show's troop of dancers will be among those promoted to a pro this season he is partnered with sokin artam ch vinv who was arrested last week on a domestic violence charge will not be return as a pro the full list of celebrities competing on the upcoming season of Dancing With the Stars One former Super Bowl champ Champion Danny amandola two Anna sokin who is being build as Anna delvie three Joey graad from The Bachelor four former NBA champion Dwight Howard five Chandler Kenny star of Pretty Little Liars original sin six rugby player and Olympian Elona marah seven model Brooks nater eight gymnast and Olympian Steven narash nine fedra Parks attorney and Real Housewives of Atlanta Star 10 Eric Roberts prolific movie actor brother of Julia and father of Emma 11 Tor spelling of Beverly Hills 9,210 12 Jen Tran from The Bachelorette 13 Reginald V Johnson of Family Matters and Die Hard