Elizabeth Holmes Transforming From CEO to Victim for Jurors

  • Jurors are ‘primed’ to be thinking about abuse, expert says
  • Prosecutor cautions ‘this may not be the right case for you’

Elizabeth Holmes leaves federal court in San Jose, California, on Aug. 31.

Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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The repackaging of Elizabeth Holmes as a victim is already under way before her jury has even been chosen.

In the second day of jury selection for her criminal fraud trial, potential jurors were again asked about their experiences of abuse, producing sometimes wrenching accounts of trauma.