The embarrassing founder of Therano, Elizabeth Holmes, said life behind bars has been “hell and torture” while the ex -beloved Silicon Valley broke her silence for the first time since she was convicted of fraud.
The mother of two young children, who was sentenced to 11-plus years and has been locked in the Bryan Federal Camp in Texas, told People magazine that she only wakes up after 5am, wins 31 cents a prisoner teaching friends of prisoners on how to apply for work and undergo treatment for post-traumatic stress.
“Surreal. People who have never met me believe me so strongly for me, ”she told the magazine.
“They don’t understand who I am. This forces you to spend a lot of time asking the faith and hoping that the truth will prevail. I am walking through faith and, after all, the truth. But it has been hell and torture to be here. “
In her first interview in prison, she reflected in her life, her conviction and her aspirations in the future.
The hardest part, Holmes told people, was watching her children leave the glass door secured after every visit – a scenario that “destroys my world every time.”
“The people I love more I have to leave while staying here, a prisoner and my reality sinks,” the 41-year-old’s former technology executive, once like Steve Jobs, told the magazine.
Holmes said she finds comfort in weekend visits with her partner, Billy Evans and their children, William, 3, and Invicta, 2, while they pass metal detectors in the minimum security prison of all women.
When they participate, her children crush their fingers together in a heart -shaped and say, “Mom, this is our love,” according to people.
“Our love is a superpower,” Mother tells her children.
Holmes said she has adapted to prison life, waking up only after 5am, she has stuck in a routine that includes lifting weights, rowing and running before she starts work as a reentry clerk.
It wins 31 cents an hour helping prisoners prepare resumes and apply for government benefits, while also working as a law official who helps women seeking compassionate release.
“So many of these women have no one, and after they are there, they are forgotten,” she told the people.
Holmes also teaches French and participates in cognitive and behavioral therapy for PTSD, reflecting on past trauma and the fall of Therano.
“I wish I could leave, or I had seen the abuse or understood it – and why I didn’t do it – and I’m finding peace with that,” she told the people.
“It can break a lot of people and I’ve been able to get up through it as best as I can.”
Holmes continues to maintain her innocence, claiming that while Therano turned out to be a father, “failure is not a deception.”
She still considers the trial and her conviction a misconception of justice.
“It was first to admit it happened. Then it was about forgiving myself for my part. [And] I refused to plead guilty to the crimes I didn’t make, ”Holmes said.
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Grad Stanford said that despite her reputation being in tattoos, she aims to return to the health care industry after her release from prison, which is planned for April 3, 2032.
At the height of its popularity in 2015, Holmes had a net value of $ 4.5 billion, according to Forbes.
This estimate was based on its 50% ownership shares in Theranos, the biotechnical company it established, which was once estimated at $ 9 billion.
However, after Theranos collapsed because of the discoveries that its blood testing technology was misleading, Forbes reviewed its net value at 0 $ in 2016.
In 2022, Holmes was charged and convicted of fraud and plot, namely wire fraud and plot to carry out wire fraud.
A year later, she was sentenced to 11 years and 3 months in prison for her role in cheating investors regarding Therano’s technology and financial health.
Her sentence was reduced to 9 years due to good behavior, which is a standard decrease applied under federal sentence guidelines. She is also ordered to pay $ 452 million in return to the victims of her crimes.
Holmes claim to have changed significantly since its time as the Director General of Therano and is now focusing on criminal justice reform.
It has drafted a proposed draft law, the American Freedom Act, aimed at strengthening the presumption of innocence.
Holmes said she advises prisoners who are surviving rape, finding meaning to help others.
“Human beings are not made to be in cells. It goes so far beyond understanding, ”she said.
During the interview, Homes said, “I’m really trying hard to get torn now.”
“I am trying to grow, as every moment matters. And if a person’s life can be touched by trying to help them in a crisis, it matters. “
Despite her conviction, Holmes is still working on patents for new healthcare technology and aims to return to the industry after release.
“There is no day that I have not continued to work on my research and inventions,” she told people.
“I remain completely dedicated to my dream of making affordable health care solutions available to everyone.”
Holmes said she dreams of traveling with her family and continuing advocacy work on imprisoned mothers and reform in prison.
She accepted the pain that her loved ones caused.
“It kills me to put my family through the pain as I do,” she told the people.
“But when I look back in my life, and these angels who have entered it, I can pass nothing. It makes me want to fight for it all.”
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