Elizabeth Holmes’ former assistant dishes on the scammer’s wild demands, and more from the column

A former Theranos assistant, Aria Marinelli, says Elizabeth Holmes made staff accommodate demanding requests well before the company’s fraud became public. Her account describes being asked to rearrange Holmes’s return journey from Asia over a holiday, only to discover the “emergency” was that Holmes was seated in the third row of first class rather than 1A.

Marinelli says the change came at significant cost to the young company. The article also includes unrelated celebrity and society items, including Lin-Manuel Miranda discussing his emotional response to theatre, Alex Witkoff’s engagement in Jerusalem, and filming details for Bravo’s “In the City” in Cancún.