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The "drop blood cancer test" fraud case is back, and the "female version of Steve Jobs" asks for a retrial

  • linda
  • 2022-09-07 20:15:34
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  this week, the heroine of the book "Bad Blood" and founder of blood testing company Theranos Elizabeth Holmes...

  this week, the heroine of the book "Bad Blood" and founder of blood testing company Theranos Elizabeth Holmes (Elizabeth Holmes) asked for a retrial of her fraud case . She said a key witness in the case visited her after the sentencing and expressed concerns about the testimony given.

  On Tuesday, Holmes said in a court filing that Adam Rosendorff, the former director of the Theranos lab, visited her home on Aug. 8, noting his suspicions that his own testimony last fall had been taken into account. Prosecutors distorted.

  The documents show that Rosendorf came to Holmes' door at around 6 p.m. that day and was met by Holmes' partner, Bill Evans, and found him "unkempt" with a shirt and Hair is messy. The two had a brief conversation, and Evans wanted him to leave, while Rosendorf insisted on seeing Holmes. According to Evans, Rosendorf said he wanted to help Holmes. His voice trembled "slightly" at the time.

  The lawsuit against Theranos and Holmes is one of the most high-profile cases in Silicon Valley history. It's been eight months since Holmes was convicted of fraud and she is expected to be sentenced within weeks.

  During the Holmes trial, Rosendorf testified that he emailed Holmes raising concerns that Theranos' blood analyzer was not ready for commercial rollout at Walgreens pharmacies.

  When Rosendorf spoke to Evans, he said, "he tried to answer the questions at the trial honestly, but prosecutors tried to make everyone look bad," according to Holmes' filing Tuesday.

  "Whatever interpretation of his claims warrants a rehearing," Holmes' lawyers said in the filing. At a minimum, the court "should order an evidentiary hearing to allow Holmes to subpoena Rosendorf." , to testify on the concerns he expressed."

  However, some legal experts pointed out that Rosendorf's expressed concerns did not involve his lying or inaccurate testimony, so he may not be able to persuade the judge to reopen the trial.

  Holmes, 38, founded Theranos, a once-hot blood-testing company that was valued at $9 billion at its peak, but quickly went out of business. Holmes was subsequently convicted of defrauding investors and conspiracy. Her ex-boyfriend and former Theranos president Ramesh Balwani was convicted in July of similar charges, as well as defrauding patients.

  After leaving Theranos in 2014, Rosendorf served as lab director at uBiome, a Silicon Valley healthcare startup. Similar to Theranos, the company has been mired in bankruptcy, regulatory investigations and criminal charges. There is evidence that Rosendorf was one of the sources of information in the 2015 media exposure of Theranos' shady story.


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