Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, center, and her partner, Billy Evans, right, arrive at the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in San Jose, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
Federal prosecutors used “incomplete and provably inaccurate statements” when they “recklessly and incorrectly” accused Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes last week of trying to flee the U.S. after her fraud conviction, her legal team said in a court filing Monday.
The prosecution last week made the bombshell allegation that Holmes had a one-way plane ticket to Mexico, to leave in late January 2022 following her conviction at the