Anna Sorokin, the convicted con artist who gained notoriety as the “fake heiress” Anna Delvey, is once again at the center of controversy — this time over a photo shoot with live rabbits that ended with the animals being abandoned in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park.

On August 3, Sorokin posed outside a TriBeCa subway station with two rabbits on leashes, her ankle monitor visible beneath her dress. The images, posted to Instagram, were in keeping with her post-prison persona — a mix of glamour, provocation, and staged spectacle. But the following day, three of the rabbits featured in the shoot were found loose in the park, sparking outrage among animal advocates.

In an interview with The New York Times, Sorokin, 34, said she had no role in acquiring the rabbits and was “horrified” to learn they had been abandoned. She described feeling “ashamed and embarrassed” to be associated with the incident.

Terry Chao, a web specialist who also works in animal rescue, recognized one of the rabbits — a Harlequin lop named Parker — from a Facebook adoption group. She said the connection was confirmed by the presence of a cardboard box seen in Sorokin’s Instagram photos, found near where Parker was rescued. Two other rabbits from the shoot, Moon and Joaquin, were later found nearby.

Chao accused the shoot’s organizers of treating the rabbits as disposable props. “They don’t have any survival mechanisms like wild rabbits do,” she said. She and other rescuers criticized photos showing the animals on leashes and, in one case, placed on their backs in a “trancing” position that can be harmful. That image has since been removed from Sorokin’s post.

Responsibility for the shoot remains murky. Sorokin said she had been photographed by Jasper Egan Soloff but had no role in arranging the session, adding that another participant, Christian Batty, had volunteered to source the animals. Soloff’s lawyer disputed Sorokin’s account, saying Soloff had simply been hired to take her picture and was not involved in obtaining the rabbits.

Batty did not respond to media inquiries, but in a now-deleted Instagram story, he expressed regret, saying he panicked when the rabbits were left with him and, lacking resources or experience, released them in the park.

All three rabbits are now in foster care. Chao said Sorokin lashed out at her critics online, but Sorokin insists she has been unfairly judged because of her past. She has since donated $1,000 to a rabbit rescue organization and maintains she does not eat meat.

“I eat fish,” she said. “I would never harm animals.”