Attorneys for Theranos Inc. founder Elizabeth Holmes made a last-ditch effort to remove some evidence prosecutors could use ahead of the former CEO’s long-awaited criminal fraud trial.
Ms. Holmes’ attorneys argued Friday that U.S. District Judge Edward Davila should exclude from the trial seven articles about Theranos and Ms. Holmes, limiting the testimonies of doctors who had used Theranos lab tests and drafting large portions of reports from government agencies that had penalized Theranos while in operation. They have made these requests repeatedly.
The judge, who has rejected previous attempts to exclude the material, did not rule Friday on the requests. Jury selection in the case begins Aug. 31; initial arguments are scheduled to begin Sept. 8.
Government prosecutors and Ms. Holmes has argued about what evidence and how much of it should be allowed in the proceeding. Ms. Holmes’ attorneys have argued for restricting the thousands of pages of evidence provided by the government and discussed whether the testimonies of patients who received inaccurate Theranos lab tests, the company’s internal emails and details about the wealth of the Mrs. Holmes should be admissible.
Mrs. Holmes faces a dozen crimes of cable fraud and conspiracy to commit cable fraud so federal prosecutors say it was a plan to defraud investors and patients about the nature of Theranos’ technology. The launch of blood tests closed in 2018 after raising nearly $ 1 billion from investors with a tone to reinvent the lab testing business by creating a machine that could test a wide range of conditions. of health by means of a few drops of blood.