https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/09/08/theranos-founder-holmes-trial-opens-greedy-liar-or-naive-innovator/

As Elizabeth Holmes’ high-profile criminal fraud trial opened in San Jose on Wednesday, a federal prosecutor painted her as a greedy liar who sold investors and patients on technology she knew didn’t work, while a lawyer for Holmes described an innovator who devoted her life to revolutionizing health care but made some mistakes.

During the next three months as testimony unfolds in U.S. District Court, jurors will have to decide whether Holmes, as prosecutor Robert Leach claimed, had been “lying and cheating to get money” or whether, as defense attorney Lance Wade argued, she “worked herself to the bone for 15 years trying to make lab testing cheaper and more accessible.” The trial, focusing on Silicon Valley’s most infamous failed startup, has drawn interest around the globe, with Holmes’ story generating two documentaries, a best-selling book and an upcoming movie starring Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence.