Ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes Takes The Witness Stand In Her Fraud Trial

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7. I can't help but feel she was treated a bit differently because she was a woman

There are all kinds of carnival barker CEOs making false claims and promises they can't satisfy. So why the crackdown on her?

Elon Musk, for instance, has made all sorts of deceitful comments about the safety and efficacy of the self-driving features on his cars. Oil and gas companies regularly lie about what the benefit/harm done on their behalf to the environment. Banks like Wells Fargo regularly lie to and rob their customers. Big pharma regularly lies about the safety and efficacy of it's non-vaccine products (opioid-based treatments in particular). Defense contractors regularly fail to complete their bids on time and within budget.

Holmes likely should be in jail, yes, but why no one else? Only outlier is her gender.

The jury will have the full details to make the final decision, but that's just what I see from the high level.