Elizabeth Holmes Gets Emotional Under Fire by Prosecutors

Elizabeth Holmes Gets Emotional Under Fire by Prosecutors
Elizabeth Holmes, leaves the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building in downtown San Jose, Calif., on May 4, 2021.Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group via AP
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SAN JOSE, Calif.—One-time entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes, under questioning by prosecutors, struggled Tuesday to recall key events that led to her facing criminal fraud charges for allegedly fleecing investors and customers of her failed blood-testing startup Theranos.

Her cross-examination began the day after she shared painfully vivid memories of alleged abuse by her ex-lover and business partner, Sunny Balwani.