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Elizabeth Holmes conviction upheld by US appeals courtroom

By Miles Cooper
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February 24, 2025
Elizabeth Holmes conviction upheld by US appeals courtroom
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SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes’ bid to have her conviction overturned was shot down in courtroom Monday. A 3-judge panel for the ninth US Circuit Courtroom of Appeals in San Francisco rejected claims of authorized errors on the trials of Holmes and her former boyfriend, Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani.

The duo was convicted in separate trials of defrauding traders of their failed blood testing startup, Theranos, which was as soon as valued at $9 billion. Holmes launched Theranos as a startup whereas nonetheless a university pupil.

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She quickly ascended to Silicon Valley biotech stardom and was topped America’s youngest self-made billionaire. At the moment, the disgraced former CEO is serving an 11 years and three months sentence on the all-women’s Federal Jail Camp Bryan in Texas.

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Elizabeth Holmes conviction upheld by US appeals courtroom(AP Picture/Michael Wyke, File)

The courtroom’s opinion ruling towards Holmes’ bid learn partially:

“Defendants argued that the district courtroom erred by permitting former Theranos staff, who testified as lay witnesses, to supply improper professional testimony. The panel defined that if a witness presents an opinion that’s primarily based on specialised information, expertise, coaching, or training contemplated by Fed. Rule of Proof 702, a celebration can not evade the Rule by labeling a witness ‘percipient. And there’s no ‘on-the-job’ exception to Rule 702. However the truth that a witness’s testimony pertains to scientific issues, or conveys opinions drawn from the witness’s personal experiences with such issues, doesn’t routinely render it professional testimony inside the ambit of Rule 702. Contemplating every of the challenged witnesses with these ideas in thoughts, the panel held that some facets of the testimonies veered into professional territory, however any error was innocent.”

In a current interview with Folks journal, she gave particulars about her new life behind bars. Balwani is serving a 12 years and 11 months sentence.

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