Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is casting herself as a Silicon Valley scapegoat who overcame an abusive relationship to become a loving mother in an effort to avoid a long prison sentence for duping investors in her failed blood-testing company.
In an 82-page document filed late Thursday, Holmes' lawyers tried to persuade U.S. District Judge Edward Davila that sending Holmes to prison is unnecessary, partly because she has already been stigmatized by intense media coverage that has turned her into a “caricature to be mocked and vilified."
After starting Theranos as a 19-year-old, Holmes proceeded to raise nearly $1 billion from investors swayed by what turned out to be bogus promises. Two former federal prosecutors, Duncan Levin and Amanda Kramer, told The Associated Press Holmes seems likely to get a sentence of nine years to 17 years, although both acknowledged Davila has the discretion to be more lenient.
The filing also cited her motherhood to a 1-year-old son she had with her current partner, William “Billy" Evans, shortly before the start of last year's trial. Former Theranos lab director Adam Rosendorff, a key prosecution witness in that trial, said he understood that Holmes is currently pregnantlast month for further sworn testimony in Holmes' failed bid for a new trial.
In their memo, Holmes' lawyers also pointed out some of her past trauma, echoing Holmes' testimony about being raped while she was still a student at Stanford. After that, Holmes testified she
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