She cosplayed Steve Jobs with the sweater, had obviously studied the west coast CEO bullshit trope stuff, and everything and used her earnest attractive nature to dupe a bunch of well known old men to endorse her.
Being female was a part of the grift but not the most notable. Many male grifters do the same thing without the girl power thing.
Being female is key for the sympathy play after the fact, and this little exercise to fish for a pardon from POTUS with a documentary. She went from Steve Jobs Girlboss to exploited victim, boo hoo.
Yeah, the Balwani stuff. Now I know there is nuance and some people will read this as victim shaming but...
"she was really just a innocent naive girl fighting her way up and through, revolutionizing tech and the medical industry, but being beat down, serially sexually harassed, if not assaulted, or abused by Balwani, the real evil in this story"...
Except she was the CEO. She might have had a romantic relationship with Balwani but she was his boss.
"Powerless to help herself and stop this from happening". To steal from our current occupant in the White House, "You're fired".
Being female was a part of the grift but not the most notable. Many male grifters do the same thing without the girl power thing.
Being female is key for the sympathy play after the fact, and this little exercise to fish for a pardon from POTUS with a documentary. She went from Steve Jobs Girlboss to exploited victim, boo hoo.