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Anna Delvey’s DWTS Season 33 Debut Includes a Glitter-Embellished Anklet
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Anna Delvey’s DWTS Season 33 Debut Includes a Glitter-Embellished Anklet

Anna Delvey shows her best side in the ballroom.

And that foot is equipped with a shiny ankle strap.

The socialite con artist — whose real name is Anna Sorokin — drew attention to the accessory during the Season 33 premiere of “Dancing With the Stars” on Tuesday.

Delvey, 33, was introduced at the start of the show as a “fashionista and entrepreneur” and took to the dance floor wearing an ankle bracelet adorned with ombre blue, purple, pink and yellow clothing. The contraption appeared to be capped off with a bow.

Anna Delvey and Ezra Sosa make their “DWTS” debut. Instagram/@ezra.sosa
Anna Delvey wore a glitter-embellished ankle bracelet for her “DWTS” debut.
Anna Delvey and Ezra Sosa before their “DWTS” debut. Instagram/@ezra.sosa

While “DWTS” is filming in LA, Delvey has been granted special permission to compete in the competition series alongside new pro Ezra Sosa.

Shortly before the season premiere, Sosa shared photos of him and Delvey in their primetime ensemble on Instagram.

Delvey’s spokesperson, Juda Engelmayer, confirmed that she was able to travel within 70 miles of her home base and anywhere in New York City’s five boroughs under previous home confinement conditions, the Associated Press reported. However, they could not comment on any changes to those rules.

Anna Delvey and Ezra Sosa before their “DWTS” debut. Instagram/@ezra.sosa
Anna Delvey (left) and Ezra Sosa are seen in Midtown on September 4, 2024 in New York City. GC images

The New York resident has also been required to wear an ankle monitor since her release from prison in 2022.

Delvey told The Post exclusively that she has absolutely no desire for the “spectacle” that comes with wearing the GPS tracker.

“Every time I go out, it’s written that I’m wearing the anklet or showing it off,” she explained in August. “People don’t seem to want to acknowledge that I have no choice but to wear it.”

Delvey added: “It’s just like I don’t want to make such a spectacle of it. I’d like to be able to go outside and not be stared at or not have every delivery guy ask me if I’ve killed my husband or something.”

The stars of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” are Ezra Sosa and Anna Delvey. Disney
Anna DelVey was spotted walking around with her ankle monitor. Elder Ordonez/INSTARimages

Heading into her June appearance, she decided to have some fun with the anklet by getting the letter “A” embellished in rhinestones. “I’ve had one for almost two years. I think I have a right to decorate it once or twice,” Delvey continued, with a source at ICE calling her the “embellished b—h.”

But now that the new season is underway, Delvey has some concerns about the fashion department.

“I think the biggest hurdle is the over-the-knee boots, but it’s still fall season,” she admitted. “I’ve had bigger issues to worry about so far.”

Anna Delvey on September 11, 2024 – New York, NY. Stephen Yang for the New York Post

The “fake heiress” was arrested in 2017 for defrauding major financial institutions, banks, hotels and friends of more than $250,000 to fund her lavish lifestyle by pretending to be the daughter of a German oil tycoon.

Two years later, Delvey was convicted of eight charges, including attempted grand larceny, second-degree robbery and theft of services, but was acquitted of two additional charges.

Delvey was released in February 2021 after being sentenced to four to 12 years in prison, including time spent behind bars during the trial.

However, her legal troubles were far from over as Delvey was detained by immigration for overstaying her visa.

Anna Delvey at the “DWTS” press conference on Wednesday, September 4, 2024. Disney

In 2022, Delvey was released from the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), where she had spent more than a year in the Orange Country Correctional Facility.

After the ordeal, she told the New York Times: “I definitely have a very different perspective now than I did when I first came out in February of last year. It’s just impossible to have gone through what I went through and not changed. I learned so much in prison.”

The whirlwind story led Shonda Rhimes to write “Inventing Anna” from the perspective of the journalist (played by Anna Chlumsky), who viewers believed was based on real-life reporter Jessica.

Anna Sorokin and professional dancer Ezra Sosa arrive at DWTS wearing matching anklets to support her. APEX / MEGA
Professional dancers Ezra Sosa and Anna Sorokin arrive at “DWTS” wearing matching anklets. APEX / MEGA

Delvey has watched parts of the Netflix drama and finds the fictional version of her (played by Julia Garner) “more brutal” than herself.

“I think I’m more aware of how I come across, not always, but I just don’t think I’m as brazen and shameless,” she told the New York Times.