Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, convicted of fraud in January, on Tuesday demanded a new trial, saying a key prosecution witness showed up at her home disheveled and apparently remorseful over his testimony against her.
Former Theranos laboratory director Dr. Adam Rosendorff had testified that Holmes’ now-defunct Palo Alto blood-testing startup “valued PR and fundraising over patient care,” and that he felt “obligated from a moral and ethical perspective to alert the public” about the company’s inaccurate test results. In response, a lawyer for Holmes told jurors during the four-month trial in U.S. District Court in San Jose that Rosendorff’s “incompetence” was behind problems in the startup.
On Tuesday, lawyers for Holmes filed a motion for a new trial, based on “new evidence” that Rosendorff appeared at Holmes’ house Aug. 8 around 6 p.m. in apparent distress, telling Holmes partner Billy Evans that he had to talk to Holmes.
