Elizabeth Holmes Returns to Court in Bid to Avoid Prison

Elizabeth Holmes Returns to Court in Bid to Avoid Prison
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes leaves federal court in San Jose, Calif., on March 17, 2023. Jeff Chiu/AP Photo
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SAN JOSE, Calif.—Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes on Friday made what might be her final court appearance before beginning a 11-year prison sentence, unless a judge grants her request to remain free while her lawyers appeal her conviction for masterminding a blood-testing hoax.

The 90-minute hearing came four months after Holmes’ last court hearing. That was when U.S. District Judge Edward Davila sentenced her for duping investors in Theranos, a startup she founded 20 years ago and rode to fleeting fame and fortune on her promises of a revolutionary blood-testing technology.