The disgraced CEO is trying to recast her image as a loving mother in an effort to avoid a lengthy prison sentence.
Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is casting herself as a Silicon Valley scapegoat who overcame an abusive relationship to become a loving mother in an effort to avoid a lengthy prison sentence for duping investors in her failed blood-testing company.
Prosecutors are expected to seek a much harsher sentence when they file their own sentencing recommendations ahead of Holmes' scheduled Nov. 18 sentencing. Holmes, 38, will learn her fate in the same San Jose, California courtroom where herAfter starting Theranos as a 19-year-old, Holmes proceeded to raise nearly $1 billion from investors swayed by what turned out to be bogus promises.
Two former federal prosecutors, Duncan Levin and Amanda Kramer, told The Associated Press that Holmes seems likely to get a sentence of nine years to 17 years, although both acknowledged Davila has the discretion to be more lenient. Neither Holmes nor Evans responded when asked if she was pregnant again after that Oct. 17 hearing, and pregnancy wasn't mentioned in the sentencing memo.
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