Bombshell

The Dropout

ABC News

True Crime

4.6 • 25.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Today, after four postponements, a global pandemic and a baby, Elizabeth’s long-awaited trial finally begins with jury selection. With millions of pages of discovery, a potential witness list of more than 200, and nearly 4,000 exhibits, Elizabeth’s team of heavyweights has their work cut out. And at the 11th hour, the biggest bombshell yet -- Elizabeth’s team has alleged that she was subjected to a decade of physical, sexual and psychological abuse. How will this play for a jury? Will Elizabeth take the stand, and what are the chances of a conviction? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Previously on the dropout, Elizabeth Homes on Trial.
0:08.6	It's been more than three years since Elizabeth Homes was charged with multiple counts of fraud.
0:13.9	If convicted, she could be facing decades in prison.
0:17.8	But Elizabeth has seemingly been living life to its fullest.
0:20.8	It's just amazing.
0:22.8	Most people would be devastated, but not her.
0:25.6	She lands on her feet.
0:27.4	And God knows what she's got planned next.
0:29.9	She's in a relationship with a hotel heir nearly a decade her junior.
0:33.9	I remember thinking, wow, you know, she just bounces right into the next opportunity.
0:39.5	Good luck to that guy.
0:41.1	And perhaps most surprisingly, at least to some, Elizabeth gave birth to her first child.
0:47.4	A boy named William Homes Evans, a month and a half before her criminal trial.
0:53.7	Oh, well, I certainly was just waiting for that.
0:57.7	It's a great way to garner jury sympathy.
1:01.2	Throughout it all, Elizabeth has maintained her innocence.
1:04.6	But now a jury of 12 will have the final say.
1:10.2	From ABC Audio, this is the dropout, Elizabeth Homes on Trial.
1:17.0	Episode two, bombshell.
1:22.2	It's August 31st, 2021.
1:28.2	1,266 days since Elizabeth Homes was charged with multiple counts of criminal fraud.
1:36.2	A lot's happened in that time.
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