'Inventing Anna' is 'completely detached from the majority of truth,' says Rachel Williams

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'Inventing Anna' is 'completely detached from the majority of truth,' says Rachel Williams
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In a recent British TV interview, the victim of Anna Sorokin criticized the liberties the Netflix show took with the true story.

, meanwhile, is a fictional character, extrapolated from one line in Pressler's article about a boyfriend of Anna's – and no, his awful-sounding crowd-funded dreams app is not real either.

In the interview, Williams brought up a scene from the show in which the character based on her is humiliated on the witness stand for profiting from her story. In Williams' view, it is unfair that she was criticized for this, while Netflix has received less scrutiny for paying Sorokin over $300,000 for her story.

Speaking of the real life moment when this happened in court, she said:"During my testimony, I was accused of using my testimony as content for entertainment because I had a book deal. And I was made to disclose the amount that I could possibly earn from from that. But at the same time, I was aware that Anna's lawyer and Anna herself were working with Netflix, and there were Netflix writers in the courtroom.

has sent its own request for comment to Netflix about Williams' claims, and will update this article if there is a response.Katie Lowes as Rachel Williams in"Inventing Anna." The real-life Williams has criticized the Netflix show.

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