New York Post

Fake heiress in real dump

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IT’S a long way from the Standard Hotel. Page Six has learned that the New York City Department of Buildings has condemned part of fake heiress Anna Delvey’s East Village apartment.

Ex-con It girl Delvey — a k a Anna Sorokin — is on house arrest at the First Avenue walk-up, where she has thrown “party of the century”-contender bashes and art exhibits since she was arrested by ICE for overstayin­g her visa after her release from prison.

When she was making a living as a successful con artist, Delvey lived at the Standard High Line, among other chic hotels.

But now we hear her pad has become so crappy that it’s unacceptab­le even by First Avenue standards.

A Page Six spy spotted a “partial vacate” notice on the downstairs doorway of her apartment building this week saying, “The Department of Buildings has determined that conditions within this premises are imminently perilous to life.”

The sign adds, “This premises has been vacated and re-entry is prohibited . . . Violators of this . . . order are subject to arrest.”

While the notice at first makes it sound as if the woman on house arrest could be arrested for being in her house (a legal bind by any measure), sources close to Delvey tell us that it’s actually only the garbage chute that’s out of commission and the “partial” part of the vacate order means she and the other residents can’t use the chute until it has been fixed.

Sorokin, of course, was arrested in 2017 for conning businesses into giving her money and services because they believed she was a German heiress. In 2019, she was sentenced to four to 12 years in prison. She was paroled in 2021 and has since developed something of a celebrated art career. In January, she hosted Club House Arrest at the apartment, attracting guests including designer Cynthia Rowley and writers Rachel Rabbit White, Cat Marnell and Ben Widdicombe.

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