⏰Holmes Gotta Serve Time, Judge Say No Moa Chance
Da kine judge wen say “a’ole” on top Monday to Elizabeth Holmes’ wish fo’ stay free while she try fo’ fight her conviction, so dis going make da one time big kahuna of Theranos go jail dis month 🏢.
Judge Edward Davila of da Northern District of California wen tell dat Holmes no make da community kolohe or look like she going run away, but he stay all pilikia ’bout her appeal 🤔. He wen say dat even if Holmes win her appeal, no look like da counts she wen get found guilty fo’ going change or make ’em do da trial all ova again.
Befo’ dis, Judge Davila wen say Holmes gotta go jail on April 27, 2023 📅. Last year, November time, Holmes wen get sentenced to moa dan 11 years in da slammer afta she wen get found guilty fo’ all kine charges of scamming da kala 💰 from da investors wen she was running da kapakahi blood testing company, Theranos. Her lawyers neva ansa wen CNN wen ask ’bout dis ruling.
Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, Holmes’ old kane an’ da ex-COO of Theranos, wen also get found guilty fo’ plenny fraud counts in one odda trial. He wen get sentenced to almost 13 years in jail last December 🌲. Balwani’s wish fo’ stay outta jail while he try fo’ fight his conviction wen get denied too, an’ Judge Davila wen say he gotta go prison on April 20 ⏰.
Long time ago, Theranos wen get valued at $9 billion, an’ had choke investors an’ retail partners wen dey wen claim dey wen make dis new kine technology fo’ test all kine medical conditions wit’ jus’ few drops of blood 💉. But da company wen start fo’ hemo afta one Wall Street Journal investigation in 2015 wen tell dat Theranos wen only eva do like one dozen of da hundreds of tests dey wen promise, an’ da results stay all hamajang.
Holmes’ trial wen get delayed choke times, cuz of da kine corona virus pandemic an’ den cuz she was hapai 🤰. Afta she wen get her sentence in November, Holmes wen try fo’ make her prison time start lata cuz she wen born her numba two keiki 👶.
Even tho’ Judge Davila wen say Holmes no look like she going run, he wen talk story ’bout how she wen book one one-way ticket to Mexico back in January 2022 ✈️. He wen write inside da court documents dat booking da kine travel plans fo’ one criminal defendant wen dey hope fo’ win da case stay one bold move, an’ no cancel da plans right afta da guilty verdict stay real careless 😲.
Holmes’ lawyers wen say befo’ dat she wen hope da verdict going be diff’rent wen she wen make da travel plans, an’ she wen like go Mexico fo’ go one wedding fo’ her friends 👰🤵. Judge Davila wen write inside da court papers dat da court going believe Holmes wen she say da one-way ticket— even tho’ stay not da smartest ting— neva mean she like run away from da country.
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⏰Holmes Must Serve Time, Judge Says No More Chances
The judge ruled on Monday against Elizabeth Holmes’ request to remain free while she appeals her conviction, which means the disgraced former Theranos CEO will report to prison this month 🏢.
Judge Edward Davila of the Northern District of California stated that Holmes does not pose a danger to the community or a flight risk, but he expressed doubt about her appeal 🤔. He said that even if Holmes won her appeal, it is unlikely to result in a reversal or an order for a new trial for all the counts she was found guilty of.
Previously, Judge Davila ordered Holmes to turn herself into custody on April 27, 2023 📅. Last November, Holmes was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison after being convicted of multiple charges of defrauding investors while running the failed blood testing startup Theranos. Her attorneys did not immediately respond to CNN’s request for comment on the ruling.
Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, Holmes’ ex-boyfriend and former COO of Theranos, was also found guilty of multiple fraud charges in a separate trial. He was sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison last December 🌲. Balwani’s request to remain out of prison during his appeal was also denied, and Judge Davila ordered him to surrender to prison on April 20 ⏰.
At one point, Theranos was valued at $9 billion and attracted many investors and retail partners with claims that it had developed technology to test for a wide range of conditions using just a few drops of blood 💉. However, the company began to unravel after a 2015 Wall Street Journal investigation reported that Theranos had only ever performed about a dozen of the hundreds of tests it offered using its proprietary technology, and with questionable accuracy.
Holmes’ trial was delayed multiple times due to the coronavirus pandemic and then her pregnancy 🤰. After being sentenced in November, Holmes sought to delay the start of her prison term after giving birth to her second child 👶.
Although Judge Davila agreed that Holmes does not represent a flight risk, he also addressed the fact that she had previously booked a one-way ticket to Mexico in January 2022 ✈️. In the court filing, he wrote that booking international travel plans for a criminal defendant anticipating a complete defense victory is a bold move, and failing to promptly cancel those plans after a guilty verdict is an extremely careless oversight 😲.
Holmes’ attorneys had previously claimed that she had hoped the verdict would be different when booking the travel plans and that she wanted to attend a wedding for friends in Mexico 👰🤵. Judge Davila wrote in court documents that the court accepts Holmes’ “representation that the one-way flight ticket—while ill-advised—was not an attempt to flee the country.”
