

Holmes told the Times that she preferred to be known as “Liz” rather than “Elizabeth.” “Maye people picked up on that not being authentic since it wasn’t,” Holmes said. Holmes told The Times that she created a public persona because she “believed it would be how I would be good at business and taken seriously and not taken as a little girl or a girl who didn’t have technical ideas.”
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When Chozick brought up Seyfried’s portrayal of Holmes in the Hulu series as well as the rumor that Jennifer Lawrence pulled out of playing her in the film “Bad Blood,” Holmes told her: “They’re not playing me.

Holmes, who is due to begin serving an 11-year prison sentence after she was found guilty of defrauding investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars, was featured in a controversial profile by The New York Times, whose writer, Amy Chozick, was accused of offering a sympathetic portrayal of a convicted criminal. NY Times blasted over ‘puff piece’ on convicted fraudster: ‘Nice to be a pretty white lady’Įlizabeth Holmes avoids reporting to prison after last-minute appeal of judge rulingĬonvicted Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes said that Amanda Seyfried didn’t play her in the Hulu series “The Dropout” but instead played a “character” that she created.

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes loses bid to avoid prison, required to pay $452M in restitution This is when Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes will begin her prison sentence
