https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/11/holmes-parents-seeded-theranos-connected-her-with-powerful-investors/ > For months, legal observers have been speculating whether Elizabeth Holmes would take the stand in her own criminal trial. Friday afternoon, Holmes put those questions to rest and was sworn in. > In her testimony, it was abundantly clear that, without her family’s wealth and status, Theranos would have been little more than a college student’s flight of fancy.