NEW YORK—It’s a weekday afternoon and Anna Sorokin is on house arrest in a New York apartment building that has been condemned as imminently perilous to life. So she’s attempting to capture outside attention and relieving her boredom in the most quotidian way: starting a podcast.
For now, she wants to reimagine her public image to shake her reputation of being a con artist and a scammer.
“I’m on 24/7 house arrest. I’m only allowed to leave for my parole check-ins, my ICE check-ins, and for medical emergencies,” she said. Behind her is a life-size cutout of her likeness—created by artist Kenny Schachter—which, like Sorokin herself, is wearing an ankle monitoring device….