SAN JOSE, Calif.—For the primary time in her criminal-fraud trial, Elizabeth Holmes on Tuesday took purpose on the most severe allegations made in opposition to her by prosecutors, providing a story of herself as a well-intentioned if inexperienced entrepreneur who had some success in her effort to remodel healthcare.
Ms. Holmes’s full day of testimony was her longest but in her protection in opposition to 11 expenses of fraud and conspiracy regarding her time operating defunct startup Theranos Inc., which collapsed in 2018. It adopted 11 weeks of testimony supporting the prosecution’s case that Ms. Holmes bumped into bother attempting to construct her blood-testing firm and knowingly misled buyers and sufferers about her know-how’s capabilities.