Grifting Girlboss Elizabeth Holmes Requests a New Trial

Elizabeth Holmes—the founding father of blood testing startup Theranos and the poster little one for deceptive buyers, media, and harmless folks on the lookout for medical care by means of an online of deceit—needs a do-over. She is requesting a brand new trial, in keeping with a doc filed Tuesday within the Southern District Court of California.

The movement for a brand new trial, authored by Holmes’ attorneys, hinges on “newly discovered evidence,” particularly: the alleged testimony regrets of Adam Rosendorff.

Rosendorff was a lab director at Theranos and later, testified as a key witness within the case in opposition to Holmes and her ex-boyfriend/associate in crime Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani. His unique testimony lasted a number of days and emphasised the strain that Theranos staff had been below to demonstrate the defective diagnostic expertise labored, even when it didn’t.

“I felt that it was a question on my integrity as a physician not to remain there and to continue to bolster results I essentially didn’t have faith in,” Rosendorff mentioned whereas on the witness stand in 2021, according to CNBC. “I came to understand that management was not sincere in diverting resources to solve issues.”

Now, Holmes and her legal professionals are claiming that Rosendorff left a voicemail after which confirmed up at Holmes’ residence on August 8 in a determined bid to speak that he “felt he had done something wrong, apparently in connection with Ms. Holmes’ trial.” The movement, supposedly paraphrasing Rosendorff, says that the previous Theranos worker said, “the government made things seem worse than they were.”

In the doc, Holmes’ authorized crew wrote, “Under any interpretation of his statements, the statements warrant a new trial under Rule 33. But, at a minimum, and to the extent the Court has any doubt about whether a new trial is required, the Court should order an evidentiary hearing and permit Ms. Holmes to subpoena Dr. Rosendorff to testify about his concerns.”

The new trial request comes eight months after Holmes was convicted on 4 counts of fraud and associated prices, and simply a few months after Balwani was discovered responsible on 12 counts of fraud. Initially, Holmes’ sentencing was scheduled for September 26, however was lately delayed till October 17.

Prior to the movement for a brand new trial, Holmes’ authorized crew tried to enchantment the responsible verdicts, in an anticipated procedural long-shot bid. However, a choose upheld the original conviction on September 1.

You can learn the complete doc requesting a brand new trial right here: