'Failure is not a crime,' defense says in trial of Theranos founder Holmes

Name: 'Failure is not a crime,' defense says in trial of Theranos founder Holmes
Uploaded: 2021-09-09T13:38:09+00:00
Duration: 1 min 41 s
Description: Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is not a villain but rather a hard-working, young and naive businesswoman whose company simply failed, her lawyer told jurors on Wednesday at the former Silicon Valley star's trial on federal fraud charges involving the now-defunct blood-testing startup once valued at $9 billion.

Issued on: 09/09/2021 - 15:38

Video by: Catherine VIETTE Follow

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is not a villain but rather a hard-working, young and naive businesswoman whose company simply failed, her lawyer told jurors on Wednesday at the former Silicon Valley star's trial on federal fraud charges involving the now-defunct blood-testing startup once valued at $9 billion.