Elizabeth Holmes

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is asking for a new trial, claiming one of the witnesses allegedly expressed regret over his testimony.

During Holmes' trial, Rosendorff testified that he left Theranos in 2014 because "it was a question on my integrity as a physician not to remain there and to continue to bolster results I essentially didn't have faith in," [CNBC reported](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/05/adam-rosendorff-ex-theranos-lab-director-testifies-about-pressure.html). She's scheduled to be sentenced in October. [The Wall Street Journal reports](https://www.wsj.com/articles/theranos-founder-elizabeth-holmes-seeks-new-trial-citing-fresh-evidence-11662496376).

Attorneys for Elizabeth Holmes, the former Theranos CEO convicted of fraud, have asked a judge for a new trial, citing a visit to her home by a prosecution ...

Holmes' attorneys are now returning to these problematic portrayals of Rosendorff's testimony in their request for a new trial, which they allege amounts to prosecutorial misconduct or bias. The pushback caused him to leave Theranos, he said. During the trial, he testified as an expert witness for the prosecution in late September and early October of 2021. When Evans stopped him to give him directions, Rosendorff indicated he had misgivings regarding his testimony, according to the court filing. Rosendorff was reportedly trembling and had his cellphone open when he sought to speak to Holmes, but Evans told him he had to leave. In a separate trial, Balwani was [convicted](https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2022/07/07/former-theranos-executive-sunny-balwani-convicted-of-12-counts-of-wire-fraud-conspiracy) of 12 counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud on July 7.

Ms Holmes claims that a former Theranos lab director visited her house and cast doubts on his testimony.

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Adam Rosendorff, Theranos' former lab director, allegedly left a voicemail asking to speak with Holmes and showed up at her house later the same day.

"He said that everyone was just doing the best they could." "My first thought was he was lost, he looked disheveled," Evans recalled in an email to three of Holmes' attorneys, filed with the motion, that documents their interaction. He said that the government made things sound worse than they were when he was up on the stand during his testimony. Later that day, Rosendorff showed up at Holmes' house, according to an account of the incident from Billy Evans, Holmes' partner. In it, he asked to see Holmes, saying such a meeting would be "quite healing" for both of them. Holmes had been [convicted](https://www.businessinsider.com/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-trial-found-guilty-of-wire-fraud-conspiracy-2021-12) on counts of fraud and conspiracy in January.

Holmes is scheduled to be sentenced in October after a jury early this year found her guilty of defrauding investors in her blood-testing startup Theranos.

“If the jury had heard from Dr. Evans said he turned Rosendorff away from the home he shares with Holmes and their young son, telling Rosendorff that Holmes could not speak with him. “He said when he was called as a witness he tried to answer the questions honestly but that the prosecutors tried to make everybody look bad (in the company).”

Adam Rosendorf, the company's former lab manager, is a key witness in the lawsuit against Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos. Holmes's attorneys feel that ...

However, it was necessary to note that the jury decided she was not guilty on four other charges and couldn't arrive at a decision for three charges. The views expressed here are that of the respective authors/ entities and do not represent the views of Economic Times (ET). Everyone in the company was working to do something of substance. The India-Russia trade deal is turning out to be a tale of ‘who will bell the cat’. [Amy Mason Saharia](/topic/amy-mason-saharia), Holmes' attorney, felt that if the jury heard that the government chose to pick out instances and scrutinize them rather than see the whole gamut of the project, the story would have been different. That was to use high-end gadgets to test tiny drops of blood instead of the usual quantity needed for current tests. This caused her rich company to come crashing down once it proved to be acquiring wealth out of dishonesty, the media reports said. The jury declared that she had cheated investors and found her guilty on four counts. Her request rested on a claim that a star witness had a change of heart and felt he had committed a mistake. [Holmes](/topic/holmes)is supposed to be sentenced in October, having been convicted in the court of defrauding investors through Theranos. Holmes had started Theranos with the expectation that she would do something good. The latter had come personally to tell her at her residence about this.

Attorneys for Elizabeth Holmes, the former Theranos CEO convicted of fraud, have asked a federal judge for a new trial, citing a visit to her home by a ...

Holmes' attorneys are now returning to these problematic portrayals of Rosendorff's testimony in their request for a new trial, which they allege amounts to prosecutorial misconduct or bias. When Evans stopped him to give him directions, Rosendorff indicated he had misgivings regarding his testimony, according to the court filing. During the trial, he testified as an expert witness for the prosecution in late September and early October of 2021. Rosendorff was reportedly trembling and had his cellphone open when he sought to speak to Holmes, but Evans told him he had to leave. Balwani was [convicted](https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2022/07/07/former-theranos-executive-sunny-balwani-convicted-of-12-counts-of-wire-fraud-conspiracy) of 12 counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud on July 7. Adam Rosendorff, a key prosecution witness at Holmes' trial, or alternatively, for an evidentiary hearing.

Lawyers for Theranos' embattled founder argue that a key witness for the prosecution now feels guilty over the part he played in Holmes' conviction.

"Even if we assume the statements were made they seem to reflect perhaps a level of guilty feelings on the part of Rosendorff for his part in Holmes' conviction. I don't know if I'm the only person who feels that way." Rosendorff also allegedly admitted that he "felt that he had done something wrong" during the trial and was having trouble sleeping. [Amanda Seyfried stars in Hulu's eight-part miniseries](https://www.newsweek.com/dropout-hulu-ending-elizabeth-holmes-theranos-1696427), The Dropout, which was released earlier this year to largely positive reviews. "And I also know, in my gut, that there's a space for her outside of this whole Theranos thing, outside of prison—if she goes to prison. Criminal defense attorney Julie Rendelman told Newsweek that it looks like Holmes' legal team is basing its request for a new trial on what it has described as "newly discovered evidence."

The former CEO of the once-acclaimed blood-testing startup says a key witness for the prosecution has had second thoughts.

He testified that he brought his concerns directly to Holmes at the time. A new document filed with the US District Court for Northern District of California recounts that former Theranos lab director Adam Rosendorff came to Holmes' house unannounced on Aug. The disgraced former CEO has asked a federal judge in California for a new trial, claiming that a key witness for the prosecution came to her and expressed regret.

A former Theranos lab director who testified during Elizabeth Holmes' trial said he's had trouble sleeping because of regrets about the trial and showed up ...

The next day, after Rosendorff visited Holmes’ house, Holmes’ lawyer emailed the lawyer who appeared with Rosendorff at trial. And his statements at least raise the possibility of government misconduct.” Rosendorff’s statements suggest that the government’s presentation of evidence may have misled the jury, whether intentionally or not,” according to the motion. Rosendorff told her partner said that he had regrets about the trial and it was keeping him up at night. The motion cites ethical constraints limiting Holmes’ lawyers from returning Rosendorff’s phone call without consent from Rosendorff’s lawyer. An hour and 15 minutes later, Rosendorff showed up at Holmes’ house and her partner answered the door.

Attorneys for Elizabeth Holmes, the former Theranos CEO convicted of fraud, have asked a federal judge for a new trial, citing a visit to her home by a ...

Holmes' attorneys are now returning to these problematic portrayals of Rosendorff's testimony in their request for a new trial, which they allege amounts to prosecutorial misconduct or bias. When Evans stopped him to give him directions, Rosendorff indicated he had misgivings regarding his testimony, according to the court filing. During the trial, he testified as an expert witness for the prosecution in late September and early October of 2021. Rosendorff was reportedly trembling and had his cellphone open when he sought to speak to Holmes, but Evans told him he had to leave. Balwani was [convicted](https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2022/07/07/former-theranos-executive-sunny-balwani-convicted-of-12-counts-of-wire-fraud-conspiracy) of 12 counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud on July 7. Adam Rosendorff, a key prosecution witness at Holmes' trial, or alternatively, for an evidentiary hearing.