Anna Delvey, ankle monitor set for ‘DWTS’ with ICE approval

Convicted con artist Anna Delvey says her journey to the most recent season of “Dancing With the Stars” got here with an additional step.

The fraudster fashionista, who impressed Netflix’s “Inventing Anna” collection and was convicted in 2019 of eight felony counts together with grand larceny, mentioned she sought approval from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier than touring from New York to Los Angeles to shoot the long-running ABC movie star competitors present. Delvey (born Anna Sorokin) might be among the many 13 stars vying for the most recent Mirror Ball trophy when “DWTS” returns later this month.

“I form of acquired talked into doing this. I acquired the permission from ICE after which it was form of too late to again out,” Delvey advised the Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday shortly after her casting was introduced.

Delvey, 33, was launched from jail in February 2021 and was taken into ICE custody months later after immigration authorities claimed she overstayed her visa and should return to her native Germany. In October 2022, a decide dominated that Delvey could possibly be confined to her dwelling as she fights her deportation case. Delvey was additionally ordered to put on an ankle bracelet.

Now, the monitor is Delvey’s ballroom accent.

When “DWTS” unveiled its full lineup, it described Delvey in a press launch as a “infamous ankle bracelet fashionista” who will accomplice with professional Ezra Sosa. Delvey’s “DWTS” solid picture exhibits her in a gold sequined gown and ballroom footwear along with her ankle monitor simply above her proper foot.

When requested whether or not the ankle bracelet would have an effect on her strikes, Delvey assured THR that “it’s really fairly gentle.”

Forward of her “DWTS” debut, Delvey confronted backlash on social media for her casting. Some followers on a Reddit web page devoted to “DWTS” questioned Devley’s “star” standing, referring to her swindling individuals and companies out of $275,000. Different followers joked, “that is iconic.”

Delvey’s casting additionally turned a speaking level on Thursday’s episode of “The View,” with co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg, Sunny Hostin, Pleasure Behar and Sara Haines sharing their two cents.

“I feel again to all of the households who’ve had members of the family arrested by ICE, who’ve gone to the courts to get their dad or their brother or their mom again and this lady they gave her permission to go do that,” Goldberg mentioned. “Now, ought to I feel there’s a motive … is there a two-tiered system right here with ICE?”

Hostin added: “I like a come-up however when are there penalties to individuals’s actions?”

Amid the backlash, Delvey advised Individuals, “it’s simply not that critical.”

“If somebody is that upset about casting on a dancing present, I don’t know what to inform them,” she added.

Olympians Ilona Maher and Stephen Nedoroscik, “Bachelorette” star Jenn Tran, Dwight Howard, Tori Spelling and Phaedra Parks are additionally among the many newest movie star dance rivals.

Season 33 of “Dancing With the Stars,” co-hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough, premieres Sept. 17 on ABC.

The Related Press contributed to this report.