Elizabeth Holmes talks 'hell and torture' of prison in new interview — Transcript

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1. 0:00is there anything that you want to say
2. 0:02Elizabeth Holmes speaking out for the
3. 0:03first time since being convicted of
4. 0:05fraud in a voice far different than the
5. 0:08one she used as CEO of her failed
6. 0:10biotech company Theos she didn't
7. 0:13resemble the iconic image we all
8. 0:15remember of her time as CEO of Theos
9. 0:18with the black turtlenecks Crimson
10. 0:19lipstick and green juices first they
11. 0:22think you're crazy then they fight you
12. 0:24and then all of a sudden you change the
13. 0:25world the baritone voice is now gone um
14. 0:30she just talks in a normal voice in an
15. 0:34interview with People Magazine from the
16. 0:36Texas Federal Prison where she served
17. 0:38nearly two years of her sentence for
18. 0:40defrauding investors in her billion
19. 0:42dooll startup Holmes saying quote it's
20. 0:44been hell and torture to be here Holmes
21. 0:47revealing there's not a day that she
22. 0:49hasn't continued working on her research
23. 0:51and inventions from behind bars saying
24. 0:53that she's committed to her dream of
25. 0:55making affordable healthare Solutions
26. 0:57available to everyone she doesn't think
27. 0:59she frauded anyone or lied to anyone um
28. 1:03she believes in the technology and
29. 1:06believed you know one day potentially if
30. 1:09she had more time she would have changed
31. 1:11the world and wants to try to do that
32. 1:14when she gets out hello
33. 1:16Walgreens welcome to Theos in a case
34. 1:19that riveted the public and inspired a
35. 1:21TV series and documentary patients who
36. 1:24use theosis medical devices for blood
37. 1:26tests testified that they received false
38. 1:29diagnosis for miscarriages and diseases
39. 1:31like HIV following a nearly 4-month
40. 1:34trial Holmes was found guilty of Fraud
41. 1:37and sentenced to 11 years in prison
42. 1:39which has already been reduced to nine
43. 1:40for good behavior Holmes is expected to
44. 1:43be released in 2032 and she continues to
45. 1:46appeal her sentence in the meantime
46. 1:48Holmes's daily life looks far different
47. 1:50than during her years as a biotech
48. 1:52Trailblazer by 8: a.m. Holmes begins her
49. 1:54work as a re-entry clerk helping women
50. 1:57inmates write resumés and prepare to
51. 1:58apply for government benefits upon their
52. 2:01release from prison she also teaches
53. 2:03French Classes twice a week she sees her
54. 2:05two young children and her partner Billy
55. 2:07Evans Holmes's first child was born just
56. 2:10before her trial began and her second
57. 2:12three months before she reported to
58. 2:14federal prison their time together the
59. 2:16highlight of Holmes's days behind bars
60. 2:19saying goodbye the hardest
61. 2:21part Holmes and her codefendants Sunny
62. 2:23balwani were also ordered to pay $452
63. 2:26million in restitution Holmes's attorney
64. 2:29did not respond to our request for
65. 2:30comment Holmes says that she's speaking
66. 2:32out now because she feels passionately
67. 2:34about advocating for other prisoners
68. 2:36especially other mothers who are
69. 2:38separated from their children all right
70. 2:40Chloe thank you appreciate it hey thanks
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