https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/11/29/elizabeth-holmes-trial-theranos-founder-tries-to-quash-allegation-she-lied-about-military-use/ > Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes testified tearfully Monday that former company president Sunny Balwani, her romantic partner for more than a decade, belittled her, controlled her diet, sought to keep her from her family and forced sex on her when she displeased him. > In the most emotional testimony yet at the former CEO’s trial on charges that her blood-testing start-up was based on fraud, Holmes described a relationship that began with Balwani giving her advice and ended with her questioning why she was staying with him. “He wasn’t who I thought he was,” she testified.