Anna delvie is sharing how her participation on Dancing With the Stars came to be after the season 33 cast of the competitive dancing show was announced on Good Morning America the convicted con artist 33 exclusively told people of how she was given clearance to compete for the Mirrorball trophy Amit her house arrest delie whose real name is Anna sorin gained notoriety for posing as a wealthy German AIS and used her social standing to defraud wealthy people Banks and hotels she was arrested in 2017 and convicted of gr Larsen in the first second third degree as well as theft of services in 2019 her sentence included 4 to 12 years in prison which was cut short when she was released in February 2021 for good behavior shortly after her release Delby was taken into custody by ice for violating the terms of her visa she has been living under house arrest in New York City while fighting her deportation case well DWTS approached my team and I had to request ice for permission to travel out of state because it's being filmed in Los Angeles and I'm based in New York she told people of how her stin came to be it took them about 10 days to get it through the system and to get everything approved by the time I got the approval it was very close to the starting day so I kind of flew to La pretty much the next day and I just decided why not delie recalled when asked about facing potential backlash for her controversial casting Del said it's just not that serious if someone is that upset about casting on a dancing show I don't know what to tell them alongside her partner EZ Rosa Delby will compete on Dancing With the Stars under the condition she continues to wear her ankle monitor she told The Hollywood Reporter that her device wouldn't hinder her ability to perform in what way would it affect my performance it's actually pretty light she said on sep four Good Morning America announced other cast members who will join Delby this season the celebrity competitors include fader Parks Eric Roberts Tory Spelling Dwight Howard Brooks nater Joey gra Jen Tran Chandler Kenny Steven nashik Reginal V Johnson and more Dancing with the Stars is produced in front of a live audience by BBC Studios Los Angeles Productions season 33 premieres Tuesday sep 17 at 8:00 p.m. ET on ABC and Disney plus with the episode available to stream the next day on Hulu