Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, defending herself against prosecutors’ claim that she tried to flee the U.S. after her 2022 fraud conviction, failed to explain her one-way ticket to Mexico, the prosecution said in a court filing Wednesday.
Prosecutors alleged in a court filing last week that Holmes, convicted in early January 2022 and facing years in prison, had a Mexico flight booked for later in the month in an “attempt to flee” the country.
Holmes’ legal team responded Monday, claiming in a court filing that the prosecution had used “incomplete and provably inaccurate statements” in “recklessly and incorrectly” alleging Holmes schemed to escape justice. Her partner Billy Evans had booked tickets for the two of them to Mexico in Holmes’ name before her conviction, because the couple hoped she would be acquitted and they could attend their friends’ wedding, Holmes’ lawyers claimed. But she canceled her trip.
