‘she must pay her debt’

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A star witness within the trial of former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes doubled down on his testimony two months after he confirmed up at Holmes’ doorstep to speak to her.

“I do not wish to assist Ms. Holmes, she’s not somebody who must be helped,” mentioned former Theranos Lab Director Adam Rosendorff. “The one one that may help Ms. Holmes is herself. She must pay her debt to society.”

In January, Holmes was convicted on 4 counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud in reference to the collapse of Theranos.  She is searching for a brand new trial due to an unannounced go to by Rosendorff to her house on the sprawling Inexperienced Gables property in Woodside, California, in Aug. 2022.

In response to courtroom filings, Holmes’ accomplice Billy Evans claims that Rosendorff made remorseful feedback outdoors of their house on Aug. 8. Evans mentioned that Rosendorff mentioned “he tried to reply the questions truthfully however that the prosecutors tried to make everybody look unhealthy.”

Evans claimed that Rosendorff mentioned he needed to “assist” Holmes.

Nonetheless, Rosendorff maintained that his earlier testimony that Theranos was a fraud was sincere as he was questioned by U.S. District Choose Edward Davila, federal prosecutors, and an legal professional for Holmes.

Rosendorff advised the courtroom that his dialog with Evans lasted 10 minutes and the explanation for his go to was to hunt forgiveness and therapeutic for himself so he “might transfer on” along with his life. Rosendorff disputed Holmes’ allegation that he recanted earlier statements made beneath oath throughout the trial.

Rosendorff labored at Theranos from 2013 to late 2014. He spent six days on the stand, which was longer than some other witness, throughout Holmes’ high-profile trial. It was revealed that Rosendorff was a key supply for former Wall Avenue Journal reporter, John Carreyrou, who broke a sequence of tales exposing the corporate’s shortcomings and doubtful enterprise practices.

“Within the months following Elizabeth Holmes’ conviction I began to really feel more and more distressed and uncomfortable on the prospect her younger little one would spend the youth of their life with out their mom,” Rosendorff advised an legal professional for Holmes. “And I perceive Ms. Holmes could also be pregnant once more.”

Leaving courtroom, Holmes didn’t reply questions on whether or not she was pregnant with a second little one.

Federal prosecutors and attorneys for Holmes will submit written arguments concerning Monday’s listening to inside one week. Choose Davila will then make a ruling on her movement for a brand new trial.

If the request is denied, Holmes is scheduled for sentencing on Nov. 18.