Elizabeth Holmes accuses ex-lover, business partner of abuse | AP News SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Disgraced entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes described herself as the abused puppet of her former lover and business partner Sunny Balwani in tearful testimony Monday, part of her attempt to refute accusations that she lied about a fl Theranos: Elizabeth Holmes denies misleading investorsOnce valued at $9bn, the blood-testing startup Theranos collapsed after it was uncovered that its devices were flawed. Elizabeth Holmes admits that she was CEO of Theranos, the company she foundedMotive established: Theranos needed money, fast In trial testimony, Holmes denies trying to control negative reporting on TheranosTheranos founder Elizabeth Holmes faced cross-examination by a prosecutor on Tuesday morning at her fraud trial, denying that she tried to control the media from reporting critical accounts of the blood-testing startup before it collapsed. Elizabeth Holmes trial: former Theranos CEO recounts alleged abuse by her former loverHolmes said in her fourth day of testimony that Sunny Balwani berated and controlled her to make her more disciplined and focused Elizabeth Holmes trial: Cross examination of former Theranos CEO beginsProsecutors are expected to question her statements that she believed her company’s technology to be more accurate than it was Holmes arrives at U.S. court to testify for fourth day in Theranos fraud trialTheranos founder Elizabeth Holmes arrived at a California court on Monday to testify for a fourth day at her fraud trial, where she has portrayed herself as an entrepreneur who faced challenges in an attempt to reshape the blood-testing industry. Elizabeth Holmes says Theranos’ former president abused herSunny Balwani "impacted everything about who I was."