Christie Smythe caught the internet’s attention on December 22, when a lengthy profile about her relationship with Martin Shkreli was published by Elle magazine.
Smythe, a former court reporter for Bloomberg News, unfolded the whirlwind story about how she fell in love with Shkreli — a former pharmaceutical executive and biotech entrepreneur — while reporting on his case and subsequently breaking the news of his 2015 arrest.
Shkreli (the so-called “Pharma Bro,” as Elle states) increased the price of a lifesaving drug by 5,000 percent overnight and was convicted of fraud in 2017.
He’s now serving seven years in prison. While sitting in on his trial, Smythe said she fell in love with Shkreli. Stephanie Clifford, the author of the Elle
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