The Latest: Lawyer: Fake heiress didn't mean to commit crime

The lawyer for a woman who posed as a German heiress to live the New York City high life says his client never intended to commit a crime

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Sorokin is charged with swindling various people and businesses out of $275,000 in a 10-month odyssey that included jetting to Marrakesh before landing in a jail cell. Spodek said Sorokin"had to fake it until she could make it." He argued her actions were civil matters, not criminal.Anna Sorokin traveled in celebrity circles and tossed $100 tips — all the more reason to believe she was the German heiress she said she was.

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