The Svengali Defence

The svengali defence was used in the trial of boston marathon bomber at sokar sarnif, his lawyer tried to shift the blame to his older brother tamerlan. It didn't work and Sokar was convicted on all counts. Elizabeth holmes's lawyers are using a similar strategy against her ex boy friend sunny. But if sunny was a mean and abusive boy friend, would that necessarily absolve elizabeth of guilt? it's a very, very dicy defence.