[HN Gopher] Elizabeth Holmes tried to 'flee' US with one-way Mex...
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Elizabeth Holmes tried to 'flee' US with one-way Mexico ticket,
prosecutors say
Author : sorokod
Score : 47 points
Date : 2023-01-21 17:58 UTC (5 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.theguardian.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.theguardian.com)
| pipeline_peak wrote:
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| mshake2 wrote:
| Apparently she's also pregnant _again_ [0] during these legal
| proceedings that will likely end in her imprisonment. She's
| willing to risk the early development of her children in order to
| decrease the odds of her going to prison. I think that says all
| that needs to be said about how desperately this person wants to
| escape the consequences of her actions.
|
| 0. https://news.yahoo.com/elizabeth-holmes-gotten-pregnant-
| twic...
| newaccount74 wrote:
| I'm not a fan of fraudsters like Holmes, but I still think she
| has a right to have children even if she is convicted, and it's
| a cheap shot to call her out for that.
|
| There's no reason to be concerned for the development of her
| kids without knowing more about the family situation. I'm going
| to assume her husband will be capable of raising them.
| mshake2 wrote:
| It's not a cheap shot when, given all that we know about her
| endless pathological lying and manipulation, it's very
| plausible that getting pregnant twice during her trial is a
| ruse in an attempt to diminish her sentence by manipulating
| peoples emotions around mothers and children. She doesn't
| deserve the benefit of the doubt that you appear to be giving
| her, especially with this new data point that she was
| allegedly attempting to flee to Mexico.
|
| But maybe there is no deception and she saw it as her last
| chance to have children before prison. That is possible too.
| But it still has the appearance of attempting to use her
| pregnancies to influence justice, regardless of if she
| intended it. I mean, what kind of heartless people would send
| a new mother to prison?
| Itsawoman wrote:
| The biological clock is ticking. She won't be able to have
| children [safely] when she gets out of prison. It's pretty
| understandable that she tries now, IMHO. Prison is not
| supposed to take away all of your humanity even before it
| began. She stole some money. Let's not be _that_ harsh.
| consumer451 wrote:
| You have provided a plausible explanation. Given her
| other behavior, a darker explanation is also plausible.
|
| > She stole some money. Let's not be that harsh.
|
| As far as I am aware, she also deployed medical tests
| which she knew did not work to retail users. That is
| pretty messed up.
| metadat wrote:
| Discussed yesterday:
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| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34459666 (150 comments)
| ThalesX wrote:
| Lesson: if the gov is after you, and you want to flee, buy a two-
| way ticket just for the reasonable doubt.
| listenallyall wrote:
| Or just drive. Bay Area to Mexico is only what, 8 hours?
|
| Starting to think the Mexico ticket was subterfuge. Seems too
| obvious. Buy a ticket to Mexico, meanwhile you hire a private
| jet to a remote location in Uruguay or something.
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