CEO -Severs Elizabeth Holmes says Lockup is ‘Hell’ in first prison interview

Notorious Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, once celebrated as the first female self-made billionaire, broke her silence in her first interview from a federal prison in Texas.

Holmes was sentenced to 11 years in prison in November 2022 for fraud and conspiracy and ordered to pay $ 452 million in recovery to investors to scam investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars by lying to raise money for her blood testing start -up theranos. She began her verdict on May 30, 2023.

“The people I love most must go away while I stand here, a prisoner, and my reality sinks in,” the 41-year-old mother said in a Interview with peoplethat detailed her experience behind bars.

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Holmes is held in the Federal Pict Camp (FPC) Bryan in Bryan, TexasAbout 100 miles outside Houston.

Twice a week, she has permission for a few hours of visits to prison with her partner Billy Evans and their two children, William, 3, and Invicta, 2, shared Holmes in her interview.

When you see them leave through the secured glass door that sets her apart from freedom, “my world cracks every single time,” she said.

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The disgraceful Exec’s company, once appreciated in billions, falsely claimed that it invented a machine that could run complex tests with only a drop of blood.

“I’m not the same person as I was then,” said Holmes, who pleaded not guilty to the trial.

“There are things I would have done differently,” she added, even though she maintained her innocence today. “I refused to plead guilty to crimes that I did not commit. Theranos failed. But failure is not fraud.”

Holmes said she found the hulu series “The Dropout”, which is based on the climb and fallen by her company, “difficult” to look at.

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“It’s surreal. People who have never met me believe so strongly at me. They don’t understand who I am. It is forcing you to spend a lot of time questioning faith and hoping the truth will prevail, “Said Holmes. “I go by faith and ultimately the truth. But it’s been hell and torture to be here.”

Holmes gave birth to her first child weeks before her trial began, and she had her second baby only three months before she began her prison sentence.

“I’ve always wanted to be a mother,” she explained to people. “I really didn’t think I would ever be convicted or found guilty.”

With her own experience of trying to breastfeed her newborn while she was imprisoned, Holmes spoke with the ward of giving women the opportunity to breastfeed privately. Eventually, in 2023, authorities created breastfeeding rooms for mothers in prison.

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Holmes said that her reason for conducting the interview was to advocate on behalf of prisonered persons and inmates separated from their children.

Behind pillars, she works as a reentry officeist where she helps women to be released to prepare for their freedom and she teaches French classes. She also maintains one mostly vegan diet, but started eating fish after being anemically during her first year in prison, she told people.

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Holmes is scheduled for release on April 3, 2032, and she said she is planning to continue her health technology career after her freedom.

“There’s not a day when I haven’t continued to work on my research and inventions,” she said. “I remain completely engaged in my dream of making affordable health solutions available to everyone.”