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Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes has another child

SAN JOSE, CA –

Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes cited her newborn baby as another reason she was allowed to delay the start of her more than 11-year prison sentence while her lawyers She appealed her conviction for misleading investors about the possibility of her company’s failed blood test. technology.

The birth of Holmes’ second child was confirmed in court documents filed last week ahead of a March 17 hearing on how her bid to be released on appeal could take a long time. years to complete.

Records do not reveal the child’s date of birth or gender, but the news is not surprising. Holmes, 38, was pregnant at the time of her sentencing November 18 in the same courtroom in San Jose, Calif., where a jury convicted her of four felony counts of fraud and conspiracy .

The start of that trial was delayed so Holmes could give birth to her first son. Holmes has two children with her current partner, William “Billy” Evans. She met Evans after breaking up with her former lover and business partner Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani in 2016, who was convicted of 12 counts of fraud and conspiracy in a separate trial.

Balwani, 57, is also trying to convince US District Judge Edward Davila to postpone the start of his nearly 13-year prison sentence. A hearing on his claim was held earlier this month, but Davila has yet to issue a verdict.

Holmes did not cite her two children as the only reason she was allowed to stay out of jail during the appeal period. Her attorneys argue that a series of mistakes and abuses during her trial made her sentence likely to be overturned. They also pointed to Holmes’s spotless record while she was out on bail during the four-and-a-half years since her criminal prosecution as proof that she was not a flight or flight hazard. danger to the community.



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