Youd have about the same luck flipping a coin as to whether your results were right or wrong, Cheung said. A very entertaining skirmish ensued. But she. Ms. Holmess resolve was so forceful, and fit so neatly into the Silicon Valley clich of achieving the impossible by refusing to admit it was impossible, that it inspired belief right up to the moment on Monday when a jury officially convicted her of four counts of fraud. During the trial Holmes accused her ex-boyfriend and business partner, Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, of emotional and sexual abuse at the time of the alleged crimes, impairing her mental state. Elizabeth Holmes is a scammer and a jerk but all the talk about her voice being "fake" and the jokes about it *really* rub me the wrong way. Did the voice do the heavy lifting? The Theranos scandal has been turned into a book, hit podcast, and HBO documentary. He had called the claims "outrageous". A brown man made her do it! Video, On board the worlds last surviving turntable ferry, convicted by a jury in California on four counts of fraud, King Charles to wear golden robes for Coronation, Shooting suspect was deported four times - US media, Yellen warns US could run out of cash in a month, More than 100 police hurt in French May Day protests, Street piano confiscated as public 'break rules', Explosion derails train in Russian border region, MasterChef Australia host Jock Zonfrillo dies, US rock band Aerosmith announce farewell tour, NFL player's daughter, aged two, drowns in pool. What's the Deal with Elizabeth Holmes 'Never Blinking'? - Vice Elizabeth Holmes, (born February 3, 1984, Washington, D.C.), American entrepreneur who was founder and CEO (200318) of the medical diagnostic company Theranos Inc. Some people are finding creative ways to fight back: one TikTok user said they had submitted 742 fake reports of the governor, Greg Abbott, getting illegal abortions. Vivienne Westwood died today, peacefully and surrounded by her family, in Clapham, South London. Holmes, the former head of the blood-testing company Theranos, faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted of defrauding investors and patients about the company's technology. ", On June 15th, 2018, Holmes and Balwani were indicted on federal wire fraud charges. Between 2003 and 2014, Holmes grew Theranos by securing funding from investors, building infrastructure, and developing the companys proprietary processes in secret. These are really tricky allegations to discuss. Also among those investors was the former US secretary of state George Shultz . As the Theranos scandal reached trial, commentators said it was remarkable how tightly Holmes clung to her original story, and people who knew her said they doubt she has changed. literally no one: co-star : pic.twitter.com/fmBJ2PlAax, mammon brainrot (@saeyovn) March 5, 2019, Tired Van Etten (@natchalatte) March 17, 2019, The app is personally attacking its users, Everyday CO-STAR attacks me pic.twitter.com/xxJhP4Dq86, ashOley // blm (@softboypegger) March 4, 2019, So relevant to how my day is going. It's Been Two Years Since This Meme Started, Think, Mark, Think! "And she just seemed absolutely confident of her own brilliance. Like every other #girlboss, she was molding herself to a style of leadership that had been dictated by men, while using feminism as a marketing strategy. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Business Transformation, Theranos founder Holmes ordered to jail after appeal snub, Theranos' Sunny Balwani gets longer sentence than Elizabeth Holmes, Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to 11 years in prison, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes's arguments for new trial deemed spurious just like her tech.