Prosecutors cross-examine Elizabeth Holmes on witness stand

[@dominicfaison5889]

It’s been normalized to label many blue collar criminals as thugs, and some deservingly so, but can we also do the same for these white collar criminals please?

[@nastyab8003]

She is still blue collar. Just dressed up to portray an efficient manager. Couldn't even finish school

[@hova2781]

@@nastyab8003 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jamesmcginn6291]

I agree. Think of all the damage she has done with her lies.

[@lombardo141]

Don’t worry about that it will only make you depressed

[@loreneRa]

Why does Holmes hold hands with her lawyer and her mother? My guess is she’s trying to portray herself as a little girl. She deserves an Emmy.

[@buffhuskies]

I think it’s her husband, not her attorney. But, agreed. She is trying to seem like a victim. Noticeably missing: Enron-exec daddy.

[@mrrey8937]

you should have seen and heard what Maxwell did.........

[@litalpeled2055]

It’s her husband

[@mulemule]

(I'd prefer she receive a Worst Actress enema.)

[@youaregoingtolovethis]

Well it won't work so try if she wants she is never going home. Holmes not going home.

[@SweetHomeGeorgia]

I don't know but her holding hands with her mom and husband to buy sympathy from the public, I can see right through it.

[@mulemule]

Actually, *they're* holding *her* hands (to ensure she doesn't pick their pockets).

[@PungiFungi]

@@mulemule 😄😄😄

[@strwind]

@@mulemule hahahahaha

[@dominicfaison5889]

mulemule 🤣😂

[@mrrey8937]

you should have seen and heard what Maxwell did.........

[@strwind]

She can't claim to be the "Stanford drop-off prodigy" and also claim to be ignorant on her company's technical capabilities. She defrauded the patients and played with their lives, and for that, she needs to be in jail for a long time.

[@joolenka]

exactly. on the one hand, wow such a genius this one. and then, oops i had no idea the machines didn't work.

[@Known-unknowns]

She didn’t ‘play with their lives’. The company didn’t hurt anyone. Gamblers we’re coned out of their winnings that’s all. There are other start-ups offering a similar product right now. Send her home.

[@buffhuskies]

@@Known-unknowns you don’t think you’d be upset if you got news your cancer had returned when it hadn’t? Or that you had HIV when you don’t? You should get a minilab and see how well your health pans out.

[@davefoc]

@@Known-unknowns Testing results that were known to be unreliable were distributed to people. That sounds like playing with people's lives to me. Holmes may be lucky that this thing ended when it did. She could be facing murder charges if this had gone on longer.

[@buffhuskies]

I’m bummed Tyler Schultz wasn’t called. He’s a perfect example of how she hurt people through all of this, and could care less. She caused a rift between him and his grandfather, and he was suicidal from the threats of her bully lawyers.

[@johnlewis3891]

Of course she's blaming Sonny even though she started the fraud before he joined the company.

[@johnlewis3891]

@GoodnightRain I'm not sure if what the show says is true, but she did bring him on as COO and he was already wealthy before he met her, so she needed his money.

[@SaxonC]

She’s playing the damsel in distress by conjuring up fake tears.

[@untouchable360x]

"Tears aren't a woman's only weapon. The best one is between her..." Cersei Lannister

[@Lommy9999]

Elizabeth Holmes: I have a revolutionary machine that can test blood Courtroom sketch artist: I can draw

[@buffhuskies]

Best comment ever. The drawings of her are awful!

[@conduit242]

@@buffhuskies I think he drew a clown very effectively

[@winstoncrump4891]

The drawings of her from a few days ago made her look kinda like Kayleigh McEnany (a fellow known liar) which I found hilarious 🤣😎

[@lancelotkillz]

He's terrible

[@bate01071]

Are courtroom pictures supposed to look like something drawn by a caricature artist? I don’t follow stuff like this but it seems strange.

[@emptyhand777]

Facing jail time as a woman? Here's your sympathy kit: claim abuse, shed tears, and before trial, get married and have a baby.

[@frankbalibundi1962]

Dont leave out be blonde/blue/ curvy !

[@cyberlord64]

I was about to comment that no sane man would even dare to touch this trainwreck of a woman, let alone have a child with her. But after reading other comments I realised that this comment is not a satirical hypothesis but rather just describing her current status. Out of all the things I expected to hear from this trial, the fact that someone put a ring on it, is what surprised me the most.

[@emptyhand777]

@@cyberlord64 - she married a trust fund baby, about 5 years her junior. He may not be a sane man.

[@bate01071]

It’s good she dropped the lower tone of voice act and Steve Job inspired turtlenecks. That definitely doesn’t jive with her new image!

[@bate01071]

@@emptyhand777 I have read some things about him. Some speculate it is a publicity ploy for him and that he likes the attention and finds a kindred spirit with Elizabeth. I don’t understand the child part of the equation though.

[@jessiejoseph1093]

Girl, think of prison as some "me" time.

[@jackietreehorn8527]

Hahahahahahahahaha...

[@dominicfaison5889]

JackieTreehorn lol

[@kristenmarielle3497]

Ahahaa

[@Bluetown66]

Brilliant!

[@francismallard5892]

Carreyrou’s book “Bad Blood” is an excellent, scathing indictment of Holmes. A great read. It’s clear this woman is a sociopath.

[@kayscarpetta5502]

Yes, it was very good.

[@parismerriam1090]

Being a sociopath doesn't qualify for a mental defense. She needs serious prison time.

[@Brinah]

The book is so juicy! It reads like a novel!

[@nunyadambidnis2274]

She’s a conwoman

[@latifahgordeeva6198]

Yes. It's scary. I watched her in an interview doing the best Steve Jobs impersonation I've ever seen. Put Michael Fassbender to Shame.

[@nicolelivington9154]

I don't why she even bothered to have a trial , there's overwhelming evidence against .If I were a juror I would find her guilty . She wasting time and tax dollars . Hopefully , she'll be punish for that in her sentencing .

[@MrMannyhw]

Money buys time. They can drag these trials for a long time. That’s how the law is.

[@davefoc]

I've wondered the same thing. I wonder what kind of a deal she was offered if she had plead guilty.

[@internetpolification]

I hate to say it but….I think she will be found not guilty

[@DavidKen878]

@@internetpolification Of course not. As soon as a woman plays the "I was abused" card, they're instantly turned into a victim. At that point, all accountability disappears and nothing else matters.

[@robertburke1486]

It seems like a risky decision. She must have been offered something like 10 years in a plea deal, and that scared her.

[@theovolz3073]

Trying to throw Sunny under the bus is despicable. But the text messages between them completely undermines the narrative that he was abusive, in my opinion.

[@thecalmwayhome8483]

She’s calculated.

[@bate01071]

Yeah, more likely than not, they are both abusive and good for each other in their own ways , but not in the way she is depicting.

[@PungiFungi]

Sunny is getting what he deserves.😄😄😄 Love it that the prosecution have her read those cloying messages.

[@Maria.9094]

@@PungiFungi yep, they are both guilty and belong in jail.

[@JuJu-cz1lw]

Sentence her to the max, 20 years. Emotions don't care about facts. Don't go easy on her just because she's a female and looks great.

[@Vulturefist]

She looks great? Nah dude. She looks weird, Zuckerberg weird.

[@JuJu-cz1lw]

@@Vulturefist Looking hot and looking great are two different things. Btw... I'm a chick

[@MsMak03]

@@JuJu-cz1lw even so, she is neither of the two.

[@kkmcknight5463]

She really doesn’t though 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@zeitgeist3024]

She look creepy to me

[@garygagnon5057]

She`s playing the blame card: And the prosecutor is playing the " Go to jail card"

[@danihesslinger7968]

Just for the distinction: if she is a psychopath, she would belong into a mental institution, but I guess she is a sociopath - meaning prison (jail is too mild :-)

[@davefoc]

The prosecutor is holding a wide variety of "Go to jail cards". She is holding a lot of "blame somebody else" cards. I don't think they are as valuable as she thinks they are.

[@LB-id6wf]

@@danihesslinger7968 same thing

[@ajewachichester882]

I feel like Holmes throwing Balwani under the bus hurts her case more. Her pushing blame on him doesn't alleviate any of her wrongdoings.

[@hartdr8074]

Its a desperate move on her end

[@franknichols6966]

well done to the 12 year old court artist. good job.

[@debbiejones4935]

I read your comment before I saw the drawings. The second they showed them, I cracked up! 😂

[@buffhuskies]

Hoping “badly mishandled” is perceived as code for “yes, I’m guilty” by the jury.

[@ADAPTATION7]

I believe this is called a euphemism.

[@bate01071]

Yeah she is well schooled in corporate double speak, although I suspect her statements are what her attorney told her to say to stick to the narrative they are working on.

[@kristenmarielle3497]

The hand holding is nauseating

[@mrrandom1265]

CNBC: Are you a courtroom sketch artist? Dude: I'm a manga artist. CNBC: Whatever... You're hired!

[@jullianbashir18]

What a bad liar .. she could’ve walk away at anytime but she continued it all the way through . She and her boyfriend are both equally responsible

[@OttawaAndy]

I heard she's using "the voice". Jesus that alone would make me convict her.

[@ave0828]

She played victim the entire time. But in the end she admitted to being 110% in control of Theranos. She's going to prison no doubt..

[@southernbelladonna78]

The courtroom artist did an amazing job on Elizabeth's face. Really captured the crazy grimace she always has on.

[@Lommy9999]

Is she not capable of walking without holding her mother's hand?

[@tbprofile1295]

Do you know if that's her brother holding the other hand, or a boyfriend?

[@Lommy9999]

@@tbprofile1295 no sorry

[@LB-id6wf]

@@tbprofile1295 husband

[@kentw6596]

I love it when wolves starting to bite each other when all hell break loose.

[@dannylbc21]

Accountability is Kryptonite for a modern woman!💯

[@thisisbillgates]

what does this comment even mean? lol

[@vitodanelli]

@@thisisbillgates obviously English isn’t your first language.

[@thisisbillgates]

@@vitodanelli why, because I think it makes no sense to suggest that accountability is kryptonite for one half of the world's population, instead of the reality in which it's kryptonite for every person ever?

[@indiasupportstrumpwwg1wga927]

@@thisisbillgates no, it’s actually more for woman. Women rarely blame themselves for mistakes and typically it’s on the guy. I’ve seen so many videos where women are asked why their relationships ended, and 90% of the time, they blamed it on men, and rarely pointed the finger at themselves. Women usually have safety nets, men don’t have that luxury.

[@thisisbillgates]

@@indiasupportstrumpwwg1wga927 everything you typed is anecdotal evidence that I could refute with counter examples showing men behaving the exact same way. A pointless response and waste of your time.

[@hhhorb]

I know a couple of 5 year olds if y'all need someone to do courtroom art.

[@starshiptrooper4506]

She is being manipulative by playing goody goody good girl, which she is not. For what she did, 20 years behind bars is a light sentence.

[@ladida1031]

Come On!

[@Andrew-hx1rd]

“A lot of things done differently”….. yeah like never ever start the Ponzi scheme

[@Anthony-hu3rj]

I suspect the courtroom artist of fraud. That's just awful!

[@mulemule]

(Their venous draw-ing returned negative results.)

[@MrSamialbeik]

Agreed

[@KitJBenn]

Yes!! I think they should be on trial for fraud!!! 80 yrs without parole 😁

[@merph1s]

They got a comic book artist because this trial is a joke.

[@bate01071]

Someone managed to hire a caricature artist from the local fair as a silent protest for what is likely to be a parody of justice.

[@jjww30]

It was really nice of them to let a ten year old draw those court pictures.

[@bate01071]

Yeah. It looks like something done by a caricature artist who is torn between realism and caricature, and created something in the middle.

[@alinatiwa]

@@bate01071 That’s what exactly what she wants to bring to the world

[@marioarias9942]

They were probably a drop out from Stanford too 😅

[@jjww30]

@@marioarias9942 never forget- their mascot is a tree.

[@kenjohnson6326]

The court sketches are a disgrace, really vugar cartoon stuff. I don't remember ever seeing drawings this bad.

[@mulemule]

Most of Walgreens' venous drawings proved even worse.

[@Elegant_Sausage]

Yeah it's seriously jarring and distracting

[@darcandelaria]

I can't believe she's still not in prison! Wait yes I can, those people get away with anything!

[@teiamaru44]

Billy Evans is such a simp to have married Balwani's leftovers. Post wall chick with tons of legal and emotional issues. Even duped him into having a kid as a sympathy ploy. I'm sure she really loves him and not his family's millions...

[@maxxc7534]

I wonder if she is using her real voice

[@madameclark3453]

Holmes, the storyteller 🤥. The fake it until you make it.

[@vintageb8]

Give her some credit, even Warren Buffett fell for this fraud

[@TheWordPaintersLegion]

She really puts the ER in Thanos >*oh snap*

[@nastyab8003]

Wore a mask outside but did not inside where they are required.. always the rebel

[@jonton6541]

Let's be honest here, this woman isn't facing any jail time.

[@Tony.Technics.1200s]

I hope you're wrong, the only thing that might bite her on the ass is taking money from the public and playing with their health by providing them with bad results. Nothing surprises me anymore, so ya, she might get away it.

[@encinobalboa]

Lizzy taking the stand will be her undoing. She opened herself to cross examination.

[@JConestar]

E. Holmes needs to rot in prison for playing with patients lives.

[@chrisclifford6457]

What a compulsive liar and manipulator! I hope the jury holds her accountable.

[@Blackheathenly]

I think that sketch artists used to work for Mad magazine.

[@tombailey1059]

You can tell by the terse responses that she's using the voice in court, which is very cool. Very rock n roll.

[@PaDutchRunner]

Perhaps her child is the Kwisatz Haderach.

[@mulemule]

@@PaDutchRunner *Perfect* 😂

[@PaDutchRunner]

@@mulemule Is it safe to assume that I won the internet today?

[@mulemule]

@@PaDutchRunner I'd like to offer an opinion but first you'd have to sign an iron-clad NDA ;)

[@redazi1]

The court must cease all her possessions property including her boyfriend and husband,and charge them with life in prison

[@nancydrew1882]

All of a sudden she’s a victimized damsel in distress! Thought she was an iron sister!! She even had a child as a pawn, fully knowing that she’ll be facing years in jail!!! I bet she used her sociopathy to lure her young husband as well! She also used Sunny (he was NEVER her type), and then wrung him out like a dirty dishrag! Pathetic!!!

[@ProductShroomz]

I wonder if she's using the fake deep voice😂

[@TapiaJ]

I guess there must be a labor shortage in court room sketch artists.

[@bate01071]

They had to draw from the pool of caricature artists at six flags.

[@onaarchie6837]

Why are people saying this? 🤣🤣Isn’t that what they’re always like?

[@KatGlo]

😂😂

[@thecalmwayhome8483]

She’s going to jail.

[@USVIsteve]

The big bad man made me do it and yet I’m a strong independent woman

[@av8rshane491]

How long is this trial going to last? I guess if you have money you can drag it out.

[@PungiFungi]

Everybody know she is GUILTY as hell. And EVERYBODY knows if she gets off, that is because the jury felt sorry for her.

[@andysmith1996]

The courtroom sketches look like they're from a child's storybook.

[@katedomenico9692]

It's the hair for me. I'm still baffled by the fact that this women was at one point worth a billion and by the looks of it she was dying her own hair with box dye from a drugstore... like get a hairstylist ffs!

[@LUellenmoss]

Who needs James Earl Jones anymore, I'm all for Elizabeth's voice over this time!!!

[@FraBra88]

Why can't we see the trial?

[@FS-mn6oq]

send her to jail already… what a FRAUD… no conscience of scamming people and at the expense of their health ….

[@ruthc8407]

If she'd ONLY made huge donations to the Democrat party, all would have been forgiven.

[@PJMontoya]

Lock her up. It’s one thing to bilk rich investors, it’s quite another to give faulty blood test results. People probably suffered and died because of her ego and greed

[@curiousk9603]

Elizabeth Holmes is an incredibly confident liar.

[@jcman240]

Back in a week... lol.. gotta love the court system

[@henryc1000]

None of this probably matters because there will be at least one sympathetic juror who won’t want to send a new mother to prison.

[@ladida1031]

She is a Hero

[@TheHmongcgi]

BLAME THE MAN.

[@SabbathSOG]

What's with the handholding?

[@danielhoward755]

Good acting to make her appear the vulnerable victim. She needs mommy to comfort her.

[@jeff1pain148]

put her in jail..

[@commercialmodelingforevery2864]

She may just walk away from this, maybe house arrest??

[@PungiFungi]

Sure… hopefully Elizabeth Bathory style house arrest.

[@commercialmodelingforevery2864]

Community service

[@Blackheathenly]

Epstein-style Come-and-go-as-you-please arrest.

[@rodelderosas5416]

20 yrs. Lizzy

[@roadracer1584]

Busted and headed to jail. She'll have a very long time to perfect her fake deep voice.

[@Lacoste7-6-7]

She's actually starting to look closer to normal now. I suspect this is because all the internal conflicts and self ravaging of her integrity is no longer taking place. As the truths are being uncovered, possibly so is her sanity? She has been a creature of deception for a long time and I hope this whole situation is a factor that helps her get rid of those poor quality traits. Albeit, alittle too late to stave off the deserved prison sentence.

[@cyberlord64]

She is still a creature of deception. She didn't "look normal" to you before because her target audience was not you. she was trying to deceive CEOs and investors. She "looks normal" to you now because now you are her target audience. She is trying to deceive the public. Her entire defence is "someone else is at fault". The investors didn't ask questions, I was oblivious, I was abused etc etc.

[@kenjohnson6326]

@@cyberlord64 an astute comment. Holmes is really something, a genius con artist -- and more gorgeous every day. I can't help but hope she gets off.

[@bate01071]

I think having a child humanizes you, even if you are somewhere on the spectrum of psychopathy, and have trouble forming real emotional attachments to others otherwise. That said, she is responsible for her actions and is a consummate liar. I hope she gets justice, whatever that is.

[@didi85515]

It's all part of the con. Every detail down to her hair is planned out by her defense to try to humanize her. She went and got pregnant to try to win sympathy points. Yet didn't care at all when her lead scientist unalived himself... Don't fall for it

[@bate01071]

@@didi85515 yeah and even more sad, this child is likely a pawn in her efforts to tie this guy to her and garner sympathy to stay out of jail. Talk about selfish behavior! Poor kid.

[@alinatiwa]

Now they are holding her hands, but it is no game any more ...

[@tomgeorge7281]

Cross examination is always “withering”.

[@SJWetz88]

Why did the courtroom sketch artist draw her like an anime character?

[@rxtf]

I'm dying to know what voice she used.

[@Izzy-dl9nw]

Why are they holding hands and looking excited 😆

[@fbsarnanto8935]

One day, sooner or later, another medical instrument company will make Theranos' ideas come true. Even though it might need 1 ml of blood to test instead of one drop. E Holmes just did not have the scientists, engineers and time she need.

[@deepgeny1]

No that's physically impossible because 1ml of blood does NOT contain each and every pathogens or other diseases

[@beebeb3524]

First they call you crazy, then you change the world. Then they call you crazy. Because actually you are as mad as a box of frogs.

[@JJ-wk8zd]

What voice did use ? If she tried her deep Voice the lawyer should say " is that your real voice or are you faking that now too" No way she can use her fake voice.

[@krissimms4775]

I smell a full acquittal..with Suni.Belwani catching a 10/20 hit for wire fraud...

[@chasehicks7465]

She gets what's coming, karma...

[@marioarias9942]

She's really rolling the 🎲🎲 with her pity me fake tears 😭 😅

[@philipwolf3619]

Shep --' I miss you a bunch !

[@themissingtile2828]

Her trial is now just happening?!

[@tumbles8715]

She's going to jail. Ouch

[@pete6705]

I hope she gets more than a couple years in prison. She wouldn’t have cared if a million people died from her bad blood tests, wouldn’t have slowed her down one bit. This type of person is much more dangerous than a common street thug in my opinion. I hope she gets serious time

[@tomrojas6459]

What else can she say..?

[@OWOT-re5jf]

Is she testifying in her fake voice?

[@jvisme321]

I'm most curious about what voice she used on the stand? Was it her fake baritone one, or did she use her real voice?

[@joeblow4938]

Elizabeth Holmes = Innocent Shepard Smith = Guilty

[@staceyfrangella1829]

This woman deserves to go to prison!! She is a money hungry heartless person who knowingly put people’s lives at risk, for her own success, and used those wealthy men to have on the board who had zero knowledge of the medical field. Foolish old men still thinking below the belt. This must be so embarrassing for them ass well . The Emperor has no clothes!

[@RecyclingMama]

i wonder what voice she is using in court?

[@dumper2dust]

what a snake manipulator of a human being

[@joeblow4938]

she doesn't look like those drawings

[@michaelvonschoech6232]

What I don't get is how does she have 500k to be out on bond or any money at all as a matter fact? She still lives in a million dollar skyrise and lives the good life and stole billions

[@prchix]

Is she using her real voice in the trial? Or the fake low voice??

[@victorjames7]

When it all goes wrong for a white blonde woman, blame a person of colour ... standard, if it's a male even better! And sadly, it actually works!!!

[@june2420111]

Lol she had to tread back on her statements after they showed her evidence about how she harassed WSJ reporters who uncovered her lies. "My abusive boyfriend made me do it," won't cut it. She's the abuser! I think Enron set a precedent that CEOs can't claim theyre not accountants, in her case "scientists." I just hope she doesn't mysteriously die of a heart attack before jail like Skilling. These people have no remorse, the day he was found guilty his pastor was comparing him to Jesus.

[@Diana-gn8rp]

She went from a ball busting CEO of a million dollar company, to a shriveling innocent naive wallflower. 😁. She's not fooling anyone. She was heady with power and it all came crashing down.

[@ronulo]

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