Star witness who visited Elizabeth Holmes after trial says 'she needs to pay her debt to society'

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A prima witnesser successful the proceedings of erstwhile Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes doubled down connected his grounds 2 months aft helium showed up astatine Holmes' doorstep to speech to her.

"I don't privation to assistance Ms. Holmes, she's not idiosyncratic who should beryllium helped," said erstwhile Theranos laboratory manager Adam Rosendorff. "The lone idiosyncratic who tin assistance Ms. Holmes is herself. She needs to wage her indebtedness to society."

In January, Holmes was convicted connected 4 counts of ligament fraud and conspiracy to perpetrate ligament fraud successful transportation with the illness of Theranos. She is seeking a caller proceedings due to the fact that of an unannounced sojourn by Rosendorff to her location connected the sprawling Green Gables estate successful Woodside, California, successful August 2022.

According to tribunal filings, Holmes' spouse Billy Evans claims that Rosendorff made remorseful comments extracurricular of their location connected Aug. 8. Evans said that Rosendorff said "he tried to reply the questions honestly but that the prosecutors tried to marque everyone look bad."

Evans claimed that Rosendorff said helium wanted to "help" Holmes.

However, Rosendorff maintained during questioning from U.S. District Judge Edward Davila, national prosecutors and an lawyer for Holmes that his erstwhile grounds that Theranos was a fraud was honest.

Rosendorff told the tribunal that his speech with Evans lasted 10 minutes and the crushed for his sojourn was to question forgiveness and healing for himself truthful helium "could determination on" with his life. He besides disputed Holmes' allegation that helium recanted erstwhile statements made nether oath during the trial.

Rosendorff worked astatine Theranos from 2013 to precocious 2014. He spent six days connected the stand, which was longer than immoderate different witness, during Holmes' high-profile trial. It was revealed that Rosendorff was a cardinal root for erstwhile Wall Street Journal newsman John Carreyrou, who wrote a bid of stories that exposed the company's shortcomings and dubious concern practices.

"In the months pursuing Elizabeth Holmes' condemnation I started to consciousness progressively distressed and uncomfortable astatine the imaginable her young kid would walk the formative years of their beingness without their mother," Rosendorff told an lawyer for Holmes. "And I recognize Ms. Holmes whitethorn beryllium large again."

Leaving court, Holmes did not reply questions astir whether she was large with a 2nd child.

Federal prosecutors and attorneys for Holmes volition taxable written arguments regarding Monday's proceeding wrong 1 week. Judge Davila volition past marque a ruling connected her question for a caller trial.

If the petition is denied, Holmes is scheduled for sentencing connected Nov. 18.