Woman Sues Netflix Over Portrayal as Backstabbing Friend in 'Inventing Anna'

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Rachel Williams, the woman who claims she was wrongfully portrayed as a backstabber in the series "Inventing Anna," filed a defamation suit against Netflix. The Law&Crime Network's Jesse Weber sits down with Alexander Rufus-Isaacs, the attorney representing Williams in this case.
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@babycakes4206 Год назад

“This whole story is completely true. Except for all the parts that are totally made up.” - Inventing Anna

@snowcattish Год назад

She was portrayed as being a bit gullible and definitely manipulated by Anna. I don't think she was made to look particularly bad. I don't see her grounds for a lawsuit.

@jmpayne333 Месяц назад

She’s worthless trying to get rich off other people.

@eileenbradley9838 Год назад

The scenes in Morocco when she was getting increasingly desperate and scared actually made me feel bad for her. The part where she lost me was when it turned out that the credit card debt was already excused, she had a book deal for a lot of money and was standing to make even more money if it was brought to television. Like, you're already out of debt, and made a lot of money, with probably more to come. What more do you want?! And in terms of defamation, she had already written an article about it so people already knew her name. Plus, she wrote about Anna before Anna was even convicted, so at that point still considered innocent in the eyes of the law. She could have been sued for that I think? Quit while you're ahead sugar, cause you're ruining your own reputation now.

@lord_shaking_n_crying7772 Год назад

Same here. She totally lost me on her actions even after the stress of Morocco. You are still making money of off Anna. Yeah Anna's not a good person but Rachel's just as opportunistic

@christyfig 6 месяцев назад

Just because Rachel got her money back does not excuse what Anna did to her. I’m sure it was very traumatizing for her to be stuck in a foreign country with no way out. It’s not just about the money it’s the principle of the matter. Anna can’t just get away with it. Good for Rachel for standing up for herself.

@freedomrings.0007 Год назад

So is this the same money hungry friend who signed a 300,000$ book deal about Anna just before the trial began?

@Nickname006 Год назад

What is wrong with that?

@freedomrings.0007 Год назад

@@Nickname006 "money hungry." That's what's wrong with that- So which backstabbing friend are you babe? Go back to the upper east side where you belong snob.

@rainydayjane8257 Год назад

@@Nickname006 Are you her PR person? I hope she gives you a cut!! 👍👍

@leatharay3565 Год назад

I don ‘t blame Rachel

@eileenbradley9838 Год назад

@@Nickname006 Anna wasn't convicted yet and still innocent in the eyes of the law. I'm surprised they didn't bring into question how Rachel's actions, the article and the book deal, hindered a fair trial.

@kaedonsmith6777 Год назад

I wasn’t prepared for that voice

@deborahbaker4770 Год назад

Try listening to it watching the movie ‼️🥴 the real person the movie is about didn’t have a voice like that so I’m confused as to why she did it’s not her normal voice

@xmissconductx Год назад

How much will the disclaimer protect Netflix? "This story is true, except for the parts that are totally made up"

@roselineeze7897 Год назад

But Netflix issued a disclaimer that the story is true except the part that was made up so I am confused about the lawsuit.

@mastatema 3 месяца назад

My question is why change everyone else's name (obviously Annas is her real name) except hers? Its almost like they went out of their way to villainize her and didn't even change her name like they did everyone else

@missJolie85 Месяц назад

@@mastatema Probably because she didn that Vanity Fair article and was considered being a public figure in regards to the story.

@theRealSara Год назад

She wrote a book - she can’t sue Netflix. That won’t work. “Falsified events” -yes that’s called a movie BASED on a true story - not an actual true story. Just ask Ted Mosby from How I Met Your Mother.

@DK-421 Год назад

"True story." - Barney Stinson

@babycakes4206 Год назад

“This whole story is completely true. Except for all the parts that are totally made up.” - Inventing Anna

@freedomrings.0007 Год назад

@@babycakes4206 ha ha ha, lol 😂

@Immortal_BP Год назад

defamation is real tho

@sheiladandrea2453 Год назад

@@Immortal_BPyou are right "billions and billions of stars..."

@awayawaygoaway1531 Год назад

Gee she's not money hungry at all! I think Netflix had it pretty close to right!

@Immortal_BP Год назад

well to be fair thats a catch 22, if she doesnt sue its basically true but if she does sue then its also true... lol

@angelsadventure4996 Год назад

Girl thought Netflix was filming her biography...

@adeel-eh7xq 8 часов назад

@@angelsadventure4996 😆

@rainydayjane8257 Год назад

This lawsuit confirms that Netflix portrayed Rachael Williams correctly....she's an opportunist focused on financial gain.

@rainydayjane8257 Год назад

@@realessayog6947 Yup....just like your comment. It can totally be twisted. 😁👍

@caldelt Год назад

So you'd be cool if you were intentionally misrepresented on a giant platform causing harm to your lifelong personal and professional prospects? Good to know you're crazy.

@wayne8498 Год назад

So there's no merit to her case?

@HesperianHorsePower Год назад

@@KreatureCargeaux whoa, I didn’t know all that. The only thing I saw on this story was a “documentary” awhile back and it left me thinking she had all her credit cards racked up and she never saw any of that money back from Anna. So what’s the truth?

@Nickname006 Год назад

Wow, you are a horrible person. Imagine yourself in the same situation.

@ella-shanieorbach9520 Год назад

I didn’t see her as portrayed negatively ….nor anybody I know..I don’t understand this lawsuits

@stephen4782 Год назад

Shit’s gonna get dismissed so fast

@wnd2845 Год назад

She must really be struggling 😬

@ssiriiin Год назад

Literally proving their point lmao

@Ronnie86753 Год назад

Exactly!

@missJolie85 Месяц назад

I've read her book and seen interviews of her. At one point she was everywhere. I don't believe the series is that different from her own story. I mean you can't sue people for not liking you or agreeing with your perception of yourself.

@aClownBaby- Год назад

No one cared about her, she defamed herself basically by suing

@crocha1221 Год назад

Her lawyer is taking her money knowing good and well she has absolutely no case.

@Nickname006 Год назад

Why doesn't she have a case?

@crocha1221 Год назад

@@Nickname006 I can see problems with at least two of the 4 things that must be proven to be awarded damages. 1- Her character must be proven to be presented as factual. I promise you there is legal documentation that the characters are portrayed as fictional based on actual people. 2- She has to prove that she lost income, future income, or opportunities for income as a result of the film.

@theresamaher3893 8 месяцев назад

Then Netflix shouldn't have used her name, like they did with other characters in the series.

@missJolie85 Месяц назад

@@theresamaher3893 She went public when she wrote that article about this case. They probably considered her a public figure because of that. With that said ALL of them were named in the lest episode, even with real pictures of them. None of them were kept anonymous.

@stellabella310 Год назад

Jesse, When Rachael Williams broke her side of the story, I think to People Magazine, she acted in print exactly like she acted in the movie! That was my personal opinion before I knew anything about Anna! Once again I'm wondering if Rachael is trying to further gain financially because she really isn't a shining star in this story. I think she expected a bigger payout, but wasn't given anything! She needs to put on her big girl hat and move on! There are NO heroes in this story!

@-Reagan Год назад

Yes, this is how one grasps a tenuous claim to fame and worries about damage done to a harmed ego. That, and repercussions of selfish decisions and cowardice that cash checks you can’t cash. It hit close to the bone - and that’s evident. It’s a bad look, better forgotten if she can’t embrace it to build upon. Let her talents and skills take her further or put it to rest with her own actions and virtue... but, be a martyr to it?? C’mon! Grow up! It seems that scandal portrays - or caricatures(??) aspects of her, more closely than she’s accepted. She can look in the mirror, accept the flaws that have been exposed, the truth that dispels exaggerations, then she can compel us to relate to whomever she is. If she can’t do it...? So... which image does she want to chase, now? The It Girl who gets it all, without a conscience or the virtuous, intelligent and skillful woman exploited by a... narcissistic child? The slut or the virgin - it’s so tired, but true, a dusty, misogynistic question. You can’t have both - at least not without being 3D and humanizing yourself by showing some vulnerability and truth.

@stellabella310 Год назад

@@-Reagan Thank you for your very eloquent reply!

@mariadelgadillo1973 Год назад

Doesn’t a show disclose that events are embellished for dramatic purpose?

@Samu_T Год назад

That part!!

@sjnavarrete Год назад

Now I'm super annoyed by this woman. How many disclaimers were on that show? Multiple times an episode so frivolous. She is just attention seeking at this point.

@fercho3689 Год назад

So who is the scammer and opportunistic? That’s right Rachel

@stuckn.derplahoma562 Год назад

Oh, well, she wrote a book. I'm sure it was 100% factual 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@violadd Год назад

These comments are exactly why she’s suing for defamation

@missJolie85 Месяц назад

I've read her book and seen interviews of her, I don't believe the series is that different from her own story. I mean you can't sue people for not liking you or agreeing with your perception of yourself.

@ca8427 День назад

@@missJolie85remember Anna was not guilty for anything against Rachel!

@nycapplesJH Год назад

At the beginning of every episode of the show it says “all of this is true, except the parts that are made up”….where is their case lol

@SixStringHarmonies Год назад

Hopefully the judge tosses it out after 5 minutes. Once the jury sees that disclaimer, the whole foundation of this frivolous suit is crumbled. Any excuse to file suit. Just a cheap attempt at easy money with a quick settlement. I hope Netflix throws an entire firm at this and fights it to the end - then countersue for attorney's fees. None of this would have any effect on her were she not the one seeking media attention on a constant basis and attaching her image and name to a series which has already been forgotten.

@rollingthunder3551 Год назад

I know nothing about this TV show, but unless it's marked as a documentary I don't see a case here. Works of fiction about real life are always dramatized for entertainment purposes. So long as they are not advertised as presenting fact, I don't think there's a claim to be had.

@zanewood20 Год назад

Rachel wanted a rich friend who she can use, but she got scammed, poor her.

@jillronan6786 Год назад

Except she wasn’t even portrayed as a backstabbing friend- she was portrayed as a naïve friend who let Anna use her corporate Visa card to pay for a fancy hotel and then was increasingly desperate to get paid back because her job depended on it. I really don’t think they even portrayed her badly 🤷🏻‍♀️

@Ksizzle316 Год назад

This is ridiculous.

@IMOO1896 Год назад

How could Rachael be a close friend, hanger on to Anna and be the person the lawyer is trying portray?

@daily_rhetoric Год назад

Her claim to fame. Didn’t she write a book about being taken for a ride? 😂 she was an opportunist in the 🎥 and is so much in real life apparently.

@Nickname006 Год назад

How is it opportunistic to write a book? You clearly are interested in the story.

@freedomrings.0007 Год назад

@@Nickname006 how is it that you are all over this comment section harassing everyone? Because you're the one person trying to defend this money hungry beast just shows that you're probably just as selfish and money hungry too. You've definitely reached stalker status in this comment section.

@fbdaddyissues Год назад

I hadn't even heard of the show but based on the fact I just looked at her insta and the comments are limited on her post, it shows she knows she's disliked and it gets to her.

@cspartacus716 Год назад

With this lawsuit, Rachel has succeeded in confirming what so many suspected.

@pippadawg7037 Год назад

Yes that she is the innocent victim who was exploited. Anna Sorokin is a sociopath and a thief con artist. Netflix is evil like most cooperations and had ulterior motives in victim blaming and celebrating a sociopath and con artist. I suspected this all along and now I know it for sure.

@lindalw1163 Год назад

It wasn’t a documentary.. was it ? Like The Crown fictional drama - these things are fiction & for entertainment. Maybe sue the fools that take these fictions seriously! 🤷🏼‍♀️

@Illhostility Год назад

It is not a documentary! I don’t know any of the details, just from headlines then searching videos here. My guess is that the ‘reputation damage’ is social media chatter. I can’t imagine a professional not understanding what dramatized means. I’m sure their are people who will take fictional drama as reality, but you get that with conspiracy theories too. So, idk either.

@LorTay-ho6wd Год назад

She is, as many similar people are, exactly like this. Just after more money

@IMOO1896 Год назад

AH testified under oath also, didn’t mean she was telling the truth.

@nickmalone3143 Год назад

Interviewer: " what is your lawsuit about ?" Lawyer:" i choose not to speculate" ...uh what ?

@Johno144 Год назад

humanity is doomed

@elizabethgrassi9444 Год назад

Oh. ............please she was Anna's party bff.....

@sleepyandhollow. Год назад

this girl is smarter than anna. she has made even more money than her from this whole ordeal.

@imcoorey Год назад

just milking it as BEST as she can at this point.

@ircjesselee 7 месяцев назад

It's a story on Netflix, not a news article.

@jbt8922 Год назад

She probably hoping Netflix will just settle with her to make it go away.

@hollyghere5886 Год назад

I guess I didn't watch the same series. My perception of the character portrayed was that she was victim placed in dire straits due to the behavior of Sorokin. At no time did I construe the Netflix character to be any of the things alleged in the lawsuit. "The lady doth protest too much, methinks."

@EughhBrothereughh Год назад

Jesus this Rachel chick is delusional. She got her money back from AMEX and milked this story and got her cash. So omg she used anna so many times and keeps riding on her name and getting money. She's terrible and her portrayal wad absolutely correct

@lynne709 Год назад

Rachel proved her own critics right by filing this lawsuit. She’s just mad because the world now knows she’s not a victim and as a result she’ll never be able to profit off of her relationship with Anna again.

@CAJames902 Год назад

It'd be cool if South Park did an episode with her appearing lmao "PARODY ACT"

@miacoleman-od2vi 5 месяцев назад

The real Rachel is very much like the actresses portrayal. The fact that both her parents were psychologists is insane

@brushstroke1991 Год назад

Everybody is after financial gain, I watched the show and just saw a person gets scared out of her money just like Anna did to the big companies

@lovepet4565 Год назад

This law suit is ridicules to me

@DawzeyJ Год назад

It doesn’t feel nice to be ridiculed

@missJolie85 Месяц назад

@@DawzeyJ I've read her book and seen interviews of her. At one point she was everywhere. I don't believe the series is that different from her own story. I mean you can't sue people for not liking you or agreeing with your perception of yourself.

@wayne8498 Год назад

If her case actually has merit, then more power to her. She already has money?, that's nobody's business.

@s22centuaryfox Месяц назад

Netflix obviously didnt seek legal advice.

@jpo5167 Год назад

How do they expect to win this case when thru the entire show every episode repeated that this show is true except for everything else that was completely made up.

@SlumberSource Год назад

Her attorney appears to be from the UK where loser pays keeps frivolous suits like this out of the courts. Unfortunately the US courts will never have loser pays.

@fbdaddyissues Год назад

Low-key she seems like the kind of girl that would sue them for whatever she could.

@SR-vl8uw Год назад

The “NO” killed me 😂

@Swansong321 Год назад

Yeah ..she won't win!..but she'll make this show really successful..EVERYONE will watch it NOW!❤🙄

@darrylbowman1082 Год назад

Unfortunately it's all about the ratings and the money 💰 🤑 💸. That's what makes the world go round.

@jimbobbyrnes Год назад

"defamation" "cancelled" "freedom" "dystopia" the 4 words that describe modern times in perfect detail.

@MyHeart1955 Год назад

Did she sign off (give permission) to allow the airing of the “show”?

@go5582 Год назад

Hi Jesse. Great voice.. Great show.

@billcudd7844 Год назад

You gotta call a spade a spade.

@razamanaz8199 Год назад

F… this! If you’re a part of this story, this is what will happen! Suck it up.

@IcarusLhooq-bc7uq 3 месяца назад

She should really just stop it and move on wow

@ashtonf5521 Год назад

I triggered myself I thought this was about anorexia

@usakiwi1986 Год назад

I was going to ask if there was a disclaimer at the start, I watched the whole thing but didn't pay attention to any disclaimer

@kdooley3435 2 месяца назад

Hello Netflix lady hello? 😢📞- R Williams when the series came out

@bhgirlhello3819 Год назад

They should have used a different name … but how the lawyer will prove that the real Rachel is not a freeloading, upstanding person? What reputation RW had before?

@tangiechapman6219 Год назад

Whatever happened this young lady got paid 10 times over she made money off of it

@DawzeyJ Год назад

Imagine what Jack Gleeson could have sued HBO for his portrayal as Joffrey 😂😂

@onewinter9411 5 месяцев назад

As someone who was screwed over by my employers causing me to go broke, I would definitely write a book and profit off of it if I'm not too lazy to write.

@krisbest6405 Год назад

Friends break up just like couples . I ended one because of 8 years of borrowing, l finally woke up.

@mariadelgadillo1973 Год назад

She still needs money to pay back the company credit card

@kristybrodersen5853 Год назад

Neff said it best… in many quotes during this series. One being that she is always prepared on picking up the bill in any situation. Second, being she was always there for the free training sessions, massages, hair, countless fancy dinners & trips etc. Unfortunately, RW was only around for the money & freebies. Lastly, she’s an opportunist & set Anna up to be arrested & played her victim role for financial gain. love neff & she was right on & so refreshing to see Anna to have such a good friend through all of this. Every girl needs a Neff!

@hugolols55 Год назад

It should be sued for the WOKE crap …other than that it’s a good show

@mattfiorello1885 Год назад

Hi Law And Crime Network What Show Is This

@maverickpictures6895 10 месяцев назад

also I as a viewer, did NOT think Rachel was made a villain AT ALL

@krisbest6405 Год назад

There are guidelines for common decency in the comments but it fails miserably.

@golnaz.shoush Год назад

the access portraying Anna does not look at like her

@azraiel1984 5 месяцев назад

Based on everything I read about Anna , I absolutely would sue Netflix, just like I would sue them over the Cleopatra fake documentary.

@JuvieJones Год назад

Oh she's gon prove her case w/ HER OWN book & HER OWN testimony 🙄

@ReviewForReel Год назад

Was a defender of Rachel Williams but this is just absurd

@marlimarlirni Год назад

Same I was with her when she wrote the book

@Nickname006 Год назад

How is it absurd? Imagine yourself in the same situation.

@rubemortenson1724 9 месяцев назад

Todd put it best in the Netflix series. "If this is the worst thing that's ever happened to you, we should all be so lucky". A-fuckin-men. Idk if he really said anything like that but I really hope he did.

@user-hc4qk8vz8m 3 месяца назад

Rachel is pathetic. She is the one who put her name with the case by writing an article at her job about her side of the story. Now she doesn't wanna be recognized with this case?? If you ask me, she's acting how she was portrayed in the show. I hope netflix gets justice

@branstark3557 Год назад

Ruth ?

@thefreedommovement 5 месяцев назад

Not sure she’s a victim any longer. Lots of people have been betrayed by friends. I got deported when the man who I thought was my best friend bailed on me 3 days before we filed for my new visa with him as my sponsor, after over a year of planning and a move of my whole life and my dog to a new country. My life savings, the home I had come to know, all my friends, my whole life… gone. I never got A THING as a result of this except extreme loss. And yes, even if I got my money and home back, the betrayal would always hurt. But this girl has made the money back by selling the story, and every other video I see about Anna is an interview with Rachel. If she didn’t want attention, don’t sell the story. Cause not all attention is positive.

@Other-eye Год назад

imagine if this goes thru. South Park is SCREWED.

@usakiwi1986 Год назад

Tell Kanye West that, with all his horrible posts about Pete Davidson, he said it was "art"

@donnatravel 2 месяца назад

Did Rachel win against Netflix?

@user-mn3ez2kl3v Год назад

Rachael is trying to get famous off of 'being a victim' after getting into something which was a result of her bad judgment.

@jmz7239 4 месяца назад

They stated in writing in every episode that this story is true and then there are times it's totally made up. So I think Netflix has it covered I would hope. They are a massive company they have lawyers. When I watched it I felt bad for Rachel actually. I didn't think they portrayed her badly. That was awful what was done to her and Anna acted like it was no big deal.

@jmpayne333 Месяц назад

So this girl isn’t a money chasing clout chasing no one who wants to make it off her associations with other people? She didn’t cry victim for going on an expensive trip ? She didn’t volunteer her Amex card? I’m confused.

@deeznutz3633 Год назад

Some of the worst acting I've seen in a while.

@Biotoze Год назад

If Jerry West didn’t sue HBO then this isn’t gonna get anywhere close.

@Mandola-Jane Год назад

I must have watched a different show. I felt sorry for her that she was taken advantage of by Anna. Seems like every one wants a piece of the pie.

@maverickpictures6895 10 месяцев назад

it was very polite to ask the attorney what is his interpretation of the netflix disclaimer --- because THERE IS ZERO need for interpretation LOL, it says it clear and simple : “This whole story is completely true. Except for all the parts that are totally made up.” ...was this lawsuit even entertained....?

@missmaija90 Год назад

There she is trying to milk out more money 😆😆😆

@helmutschmitt4504 Год назад

This spray tan guy is hard to look at.

@JonathonBall Год назад

I had zero interest in watching this until I heard about the lawsuit. Hello Streisand effect!!

@-Reagan Год назад

I am surprised it took her this long, guess she rode the attention she was getting from buzz about the film until it died down - bc she didn’t want to quash any of it with a lawsuit - that was attention she benefit from as an “It” girl, and it would have drawn much more interest to journalists, who might look for more of her behavior to bring to light. Now, she’s going for reparations $$$ plus more attention ⚠️ - this is definitely timed to be advantageous to her. She probably really believes that she is innocent and all this is just hApPeninG to her without recognizing her behavior. Zero self awareness.

@marlimarlirni Год назад

Omg Rachel needs to stop with writing her books and suing. She’s such an attention seeker. I am sure she has a secret talent that she can benefit off of vs. this