- Elizabeth Holmes was denied three requests for a new trial. One of these was based on a witness’s visit to her house after she was convicted.
- The sentence for Theranos founder Willie McConnell is expected to take place in just 10 days.
- Holmes could spend up to 20 years prison for each of four charges on which she was convicted.
Elizabeth HolmesAfter losing her bid to retry the case, she is now days away from being sentenced.
Monday’s judge denied the three motions she made to have her case remanded.
Holmes wanted a new trial because Adam Rosendorff, the former director of Theranos’ lab, was not present. He allegedly visited her home in August, and expressed regret at his testimony for her conviction.The claim was that prosecutors made the blood-testing startup’s problems look worse than they actually were.
Holmes received a modest victory in this regard, but the judge later ruled against him. Ordained a hearingInquiry into whether the prosecution engaged in misconduct surrounding Rosendorff’s testimony. Holmes was sentenced to November 18 instead of October 17.
However, the hearing was attended by Things changed. — and not in Holmes’ favor.
Rosendorff claimed that he stood by His testimony during the trialHe claimed that he visited her house because of his “distress” at the idea her child, born last January, growing up without a mom.
“I don’t want to help Ms. Holmes,” Rosendorff said at the hearing. She is the only one who can help her. She has to repay the society for her debt.
Holmes also requested a new trial due to the fact that Holmes was misrepresented by the prosecutors. Ramesh Balwani “Sunny”.They were treated differently in each trial. Balwani, Holmes’ ex-boyfriend, is also the former president and COO at Theranos. Convicted for fraud and conspiracyIt stemmed from his time at Theranos.
Holmes stated that the government underlined the differences in their experience and age at Balwani’s trial in order to convict Balwani. But, they did not in her trial. This could have resulted in Holmes being acquitted. (Balwani’s age is 20 years younger than Holmes.
Holmes said that she was denied emails from prosecutors indicating that they failed to take proper steps to preserve Theranos databases. Holmes claims these emails would have helped her in her trial.
White-collar criminal defense experts Insider previouslyEach motion was Hail Mary attempts unlikely to succeed.
After investigations revealed exaggerated financials and a pattern in inaccurate test results and the use third-party equipment, the Stanford dropout was convicted of four counts of fraud.
Balwani’s sentencing hearing has been moved from November 15th to December 7.
