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Fake German heiress Anna Sorokin called out reporters for repeatedly asking her if she is sorry for her scams, during a surprise guest lecture to Columbia journalism students late last month.
The infamous fraudster, 31, spoke candidly about her relationship with the press after agreeing to participate in an Introduction to Reporting course for first-year students via phone from a detention facility on August 29.
Sorokin - also known by her fake name Anna Delvey - gained notoriety after a 2018 New York magazine article exposed her life as faux socialite who swindled hundreds of thousands of dollars from banks, hotels and friends in New York City.
Members of the 16-student class quizzed the scammer about her experience as a 'source' and why she agreed to give interviews that later turned her into a celebrity.
In a transcript of the call shared with DailyMail.com, the con artist emphasized the importance of treating sources with respect and not treating her like she's crazy.
'It's a fine line between getting too friendly or like being friendly enough so that story becomes better,' she told the class.
Fake German heiress Anna Sorokin, 31, surprised Columbia journalism students last month when she appeared as a virtual guest at their Intro to Reporting class
Students were asked to have one question prepared for Sorokin, who was granted 20 minutes to speak through a call service for inmates at Orange County jail in Goshen, New York
'It's kind of like talking to anybody. And you're obviously willing to tell more to the person that you perceive as being friendly or is at least understanding. You're not going to talk to somebody who is hostile or you don't like.'
When asked if there was a particular question she wishes reporters would stop asking her, she replied: 'If I'm sorry.'
Sorokin had drawn widespread media attention after her story went viral in 2018, but she would continue to make headlines in the months to follow due to her blatant lack of remorse.
In a 2019 jailhouse interview following her sentencing, Sorokin infamously told New York Times reporter Emily Palmer that she wasn't sorry for any of her crimes.
Her comments later came back to haunt her when she was asked about the article by the parole board.
Palmer covered Sorokin's trial for the paper as a freelance reporter and interviewed her at Rikers Island several times.
The journalist, who also covered the trials of El Chapo and R. Kelly, is now an adjunct professor teaching Introduction to Reporting at Columbia Journalism School.
Palmer told DailyMail.com she reached out to Sorokin again last month, this time to invite her to participate in a lecture where students would have the opportunity to speak to a source and
