Disgraced Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes May Claim 'Mental Disease' in Legal Defense
Holmes and her former boyfriend and ex-Theranos president Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani are accused of making false claims about the company's devices which they alleged could perform multiple tests with a single drop of blood, fooling investors and defrauding doctors and patients who trusted the results. Theranos was at one pointed valued at $9 billion before the fraud was discovered.
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Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced former CEO of Silicon Valley darling Theranos, is reportedly considering claiming to have a "mental disease" as part of her legal defense in her criminal fraud trial.
Bloomberg reports that former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is considering claiming to have a "mental disease" as part of her legal defense in her criminal fraud trial. On Wednesday, the judge presiding over the case ruled that government prosecutors can examine Holmes, the ruling was in response to Holme's plans to introduce evidence of "mental disease to defect" or other mental condition "bearing on the issue of guilt" according to a court filing.
