Elizabeth Holmes Breaks Silence on ‘Hell’ of Prison Life

Elizabeth Holmes Breaks Silence on 'Hell' of Prison Life

Elizabeth Holmes Breaks Silence on ‘Hell’ of Prison Life

Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes has broken her silence on the “hell and torture” of being in prison for defrauding shareholders and customers.

Theranos, once hailed an innovation success, collapsed after its faulty blood testing devices were exposed. Holmes, who amassed a $4.5 billion fortune as the company’s founder, claimed the technology could detect numerous diseases with a few drops of blood. However, unreliable results led to a criminal scandal.

“I’m not the same person I was back then,” Holmes, who was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and three counts of wire fraud in January 2022, told People in a new interview. “It’s surreal. People who have never met me believe so strongly about me. They don’t understand who I am.”

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