/ 01 December 2021

Holmes hits out at partner

Image source: AP
Image source: AP

Disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes took the stand yesterday in what was the most explosive day of her long-running fraud trial. The 37yo is facing 20 years in prison if convicted on charges of ​defrauding patients and investors after her company claimed it had invented a small machine that could run more than 200 complex diagnostic tests from a small drop of blood. And in an emotional testimony yesterday, she accused her ex-boyfriend/Theranos chief operating officer Ramesh ‘Sunny’ Balwani of emotional and sexual abuse during their decade-long relationship. Prosecutors will now get the chance to question her. As for Balwani, he is fronting a separate trial next year on similar charges.

And while we’re talking Silicon Valley types, Twitter’s eccentric co-founder/CEO Jack Dorsey said he’s “ready to move on” from the tech behemoth and will be stepping down to focus on his other success story, Square – and maybe his extensive wellness routine

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