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I don't know if I agree with you. Personally, I can't imagine the humiliation of carrying this around with me...

• mikepurvis 9y ago
  Lots of people currently in prison would happily choose "carrying around humiliation" as an alternative, I expect.
• BinaryIdiot 9y ago
  Everyone loves a comeback story, though. In a few years she'll take the circuit of podcasts / news outlets. "I thought we could do it. It started with a single, tiny lie and then it snowballed. I get out of control. I took some time off and now I'm starting my own company. We will be the most transparent company in the world and we're innovating X!" Something along those lines. It's not a life or career ender IMO.
  • gaius 9y ago
    Even Tonya Harding is the subject of a flattering movie now
• fiblye 9y ago
  She got to live a few years as a billionaire. She could easily get a normal, non-executive job like 99% of Americans after this. I think most people would take a lifetime of "humiliation" if they got to live an unreasonably extravagant life for a while then return to an upper middle class lifestyle, occasionally having news articles written about them until it all fades away completely after 5-10 years. A sentence of "humiliation" would only make scams like Theranos a more appealing idea to many people. And frankly, if someone could go so deep with a scam like Theranos, I don't think they/Holmes have much of a sense of shame to begin with. They'll justify their fraud to the very end.
  • tehlike 9y ago
    I assume she took plenty of money from the table, too.