The Theranos founder is due to report to prison later this month to begin an 11-year sentence.
saying she had booked the trip with her husband prior to the verdict with the hope she would be found not guilty and be able to attend a wedding.
Discussing the Mexico trip in his order on Monday, Davila said the booking had been ill-advised, but that he was satisfied it was not an attempt to flee. “Booking international travel plans for a criminal defendant in anticipation of a complete defense victory is a bold move, and the failure to promptly cancel those plans after a guilty verdict is a perilously careless oversight,” Davila said. “Certainly, this incident has invited greater scrutiny of Ms. Holmes’s personal affairs and further speculation into her motivations.
“However, after reviewing the counsels’ contemporary communications and immediate subsequent remediation, the Court accepts Ms. Holmes’s representation that the one-way flight ticket—while ill-advised—was not an attempt to flee the country,” Davila said.
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