Theranos CEO’s Lavish Lifestyle Ruled Fair Game for Trial
- Elizabeth Holmes’s appetite for fame was a motive, U.S. argues
- Holmes’s lawyers say evidence is being used to inflame jurors
Elizabeth Holmes center right, arrives at U.S. federal court in San Jose, California, U.S., on May 6.
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Theranos Inc. founder Elizabeth Holmes’s appetite for fame and fortune can be presented to jurors as a motive for her alleged fraud, a judge ruled.
At her criminal trial set to start in late August, prosecutors have said they want to describe Holmes’s travel on private jets, stays in luxury hotels and her reliance on multiple assistants, one of whom took care of home decorating, clothes, jewelry and grocery shopping.