Originally Posted by
Dan Druff
BUMP
Remember Sunny Balwani, the second-in-command at Theranos? I read a lot of really bad allegations against him, including by that one kid who was a whistleblower, who Balwani relentlessly threatened and tried to intimidate.
It kind of appeared to me that Balwani was a cold-blooded scammer and manipulator, whereas Holmes was a delusional weirdo who kinda drank her own Kool-Aid, and then did all she could to prevent her empire from falling apart.
Neither were innocent, but I always saw Balwani as worse.
Well, apparently Holmes is trying that tactic, as well. She is claiming that she had a romantic relationship with Balwani, where he manipulated, controlled, and threatened her. Basically she's saying that most of this was his fault, and she was threatened/intmidated to go along with it.
The documents pertaining to this were recently unsealed, having to do with a court motion to separate the two defendants currently facing criminal charges.
https://twitter.com/saraashleyo/status/1431628191307808768
Here's an NPR article about it:
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/28/10319...l-sexual-abuse
Pretty good read but I think she's an innocent victim on many levels, she was victimized first by her scumbag bf, then by the people who thru her under the bus incl the feds and especially by the media.
How dare them put out all those hit pieces on her before her trial and I bet anything they knew her BF was calling the shots but that doesn't fit in with their politically correct narraritive.
And now this
Fortune
Texts between Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and ex-COO Sunny Balwani show their dynamic in a new light
Amiah Taylor
Thu, April 14, 2022, 3:13 PM
While Sunny Balwani’s legal team maintains that he was simply an investor in Theranos, newly revealed text messages cast his involvement with the infamous startup in a new light.
During Balwani’s trial, a collection of private text messages were shown to jurors to help them gain insight into the nature of Balwani’s romantic relationship with Elizabeth Holmes and their business partnership.
“I am responsible for everything at Theranos,” Balwani wrote in one text exchange to Holmes, as reported by NBC.
“I worked six years day and night to help you…sad about where we are,” Balwani also texted Holmes, emphasizing his dedication to his work at Theranos, according to NBC.
The relationship between Holmes—Theranos’ founder—and her ex-boyfriend Balwani—its former president and chief operating officer—is a talking point the lawyers have brought up repeatedly in both fraud cases.
In the public eye, Holmes was in charge of Theranos, and in 2017, she even told the SEC that she was “the ultimate decision-maker” for the company. The former startup CEO was touted as the youngest self-made billionaire in 2015. Beyond being the face of the company, Holmes also represented Theranos at prestigious conferences like President Bill Clinton’s CGI (Clinton Global Initiative) meeting in 2015, a 2014 TEDMED Talk, and the Wall Street Journal’s WSJD Live 2015.
While Balwani’s image wasn’t known to the public, his private influence was present in all areas of the company, according to the newly revealed text exchanges in which he admits to wielding a lot of power and takes responsibility for Theranos. This new information undermines the position of his legal defense, which maintains that he wasn’t in charge of the company.
Balwani is currently on trial for his role in the company’s defrauding investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars. He is charged with 10 counts of wire fraud and two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He has pleaded not guilty to all 12 counts.
Holmes has previously labeled Balwani as verbally and sexually abusive and even claimed that Balwani controlled what she ate and berated her, likening her leadership skills to a “monkey trying to fly a spaceship.”
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https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/t...221327594.html
So everything she was saying was motivated to impress him and to not get yelled at and abused, NOT GUILTY!
Where was this info during her trial.