Elizabeth Holmes makes second bid in two days for new trial, this time over relationship with former lover
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes on Wednesday demanded yet another new trial, her second bid in two days, again claiming “new evidence” invalidated the verdict of the jury that convicted her on four felony fraud counts.
Holmes, who founded the now-defunct blood-testing startup in 2003 as a Stanford University dropout, on Tuesday filed a motion in U.S. District Court in San Jose, claiming a key prosecution witness in her trial had last monthOn Wednesday, Holmes filed a motion arguing that federal prosecutors made arguments in the trial of her co-accused and former lover Sunny Balwani — whose trial followed hers — that likely would have led the jurors in her trial to a different decision.
Holmes, 38, brought on Balwani, 57, as chief operating officer at Theranos. The company went bust in 2018 after the pair were charged with fraud. SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – JULY 7: Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, former president and COO of failed blood-testing startup Theranos, leaves federal court in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, July 7, 2022, after a jury found him guilty on all charges in his federal fraud trial.
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