Elizabeth Holmes has testified that she was emotionally and physically abused by her former lover and business partner, Sunny Balwani, part of her attempt to refute accusations that she lied about Theranos’ core blood-testing technology.
Monday marked Holmes’ fourth day on the stand as the continued to testify in her own defense in a fraud case that has gripped Silicon Valley.
After recounting how she met Balwani while she was still in high school, Holmes said she eventually fell under his sway after she dropped out of Stanford University in 2003 to found Theranos, the startup she led as CEO for the next 15 years.
Holmes, now 37, grew tearful as she testified that she was raped at Stanford, a factor she believes played a role in what she
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